a more or less weekly digest of juicy stuff

• why van halen demanded "no brown m&ms"
• vim: seven habits of effective text editing by bram moolenaar
• compfight and flickrcc, search for creative commons licensed photos on flickr
• the bus factor is the total number of key developers who would need to be incapacitated, as by getting hit by a bus/truck, to send the project into such disarray that it would not be able to proceed
• why we have our best ideas in the shower
• spiel mit dem tod, brilliant documentary (german)
• surveillance, no matter which government is elected next, it is going to do the same, because we do not care
• what if we had a planet instead of a moon?
• bring back the 40-hour work week, 150 years of research proves that long hours at work kill profits, productivity and employees
• valve handbook for new employees, a fearless adventure in knowing what to do when no ones there telling you what to do (pdf)
• the sprouts game explained
• graham chapman's memorial speech, delivered by john cleese at his memorial service
• that's life, short film by martin wichmann andersen. hilarious, nsfw
• ministry of silly walks sketch by monty python
• stains the dog, vietnam flashbacks
• anglo-eu translation guide, what british people say vs. what they really mean
• when dogs could talk
• ammo, photography project by sabine pearlman
• monokini, excellent bavarian surf guitar band (listen)