That's a paddlin'

Software: defending the big ball of mud. Joel on web apps: "The developers who put a lot of effort into optimizing things and making them tight and fast will wake up to discover that effort was, more or less, wasted." Extraneous fun at work is bad. [JR :(]

Science. Cannabis reduces educational attainment. But is Epidemiology fundamentally flawed? [:o]

Games, Ouroboros snake. Ramp puzzles. Island. [*]

Pics. Celebrities act out their names. NYC photos. Death masks. Largest terrestrial crustacean. Soviet Woman With Paddle statues. [:o]

Misc. Long EU article [:(] Mozart's "Lick Me in the Arse". Ghetto capitalism. Toki Pona is a cutesy made-up language. [:o] [:(]