No gods, no kings, no billionaires
“When your kid scribbles on the wall, you figure: ‘hey — a future artist’. But what should you think when your kid creates intricate attribute-based taxonomies for several imaginary friend personas?”
(Also read Carolyn Snyder’s associated article, “The Joy Of Usability“)
Aw, man. I bought Steve Winwood’s latest album About Time earlier this evening. Laid back funkiness with a generous helping of mellow Latin rhythms. This is one to enjoy late in the evening, with the lights turned low, and a glass of your favourite special reserve to hand (mine’s a single malt, thanks).
The last track, “Silvia (Who is she?)”, kicks all kinds of chilled out ass. Close your eyes, and crank it up loud, or get the cans out to spare the neighbours. Mighty. Simply mighty.
“Last week ago” is my favourite Alex-ism right now. (There are so many good ones, like “have to try and avoid that,” and “we’re alllll cats.”) But this one combines his growing sense of time with a subtly mutated idiom in an unutterably cute three-word package.
“So, Alex, when did you stay overnight at Grandma and Granda’s house?”
“Last week ago I did that.”
It’s a gaming/semantic markup crossover pun. Trust me, it’s funny.