Fridays I try and surf a little to see what I’ve been missing the rest of the week. Seems I’ve been missing Google’s project page for more than a week…

Today is Eugene McCarthy’s 90th birthday. It’s also my 34th birthday. MPR broadcast a retrospective on McCarthy’s life today on my midday commute to my accountant’s office. Death, taxes, birthdays, politics, and two men named Eugene (that’s what the E in pek stands for). I found the stories about the Vietnam vets’ interactions with McCarthy to be especially moving.

Interesting interview with Tim Berners-Lee (eh-hem, Sir Berners-Lee) marking the 15th anniversary of the invention of the www.

Ever feel like you’ve got a mental to-do list that’s stretching your memory capacity? Here’s my list of things I want to do: [originally posted 7/15/05, updated 3/25/06]

• improve my Java
• learn Python
• learn PHP
• understand encryption theory a little better
• re-do the Whole Farm Coop website to use MySQL and mod_perl
• re-write Swish-e to support UTF8 In progress
• rationalize why I need Swish-e to support UTF8 other than because it’s cool
• re-read What’s the Matter with Kansas

That seems like enough to keep me busy. That’s mostly just computer related. It doesn’t touch on:

• learn Hebrew
• read more Girard
• exercise more
• write a short story
• brew more beer

And those are the leisure activities.