 by Flemming Funch
Yesterday there were large anti-war demonstrations in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and other places.
Apparently a new planet has been found in our solar system, called "Quaoar" (pronounced kwa-whar). Why the weird name? It is 800 miles across and a billion miles further out than Pluto.
I just realized that I've completely forgotten that word processors justify lines in both sides when they get printed out, so that everything is flush. That used to be a subject that was important in my mind, and that particular feature seemed rather magical when one moved from the world of typewriters into the world of word processors. But I realize that I've paid no attention to that for years. And webpages don't do that. The right side of the text in my webpages is all jagged. Why? That shouldn't be too hard to do for webpages too.
Come to think of it, a bunch of things used to fill a big portion of my mind space that today are very, very unimportant. Like, when I was a kid my grandfather had carefully explained to me the procedure to follow if you're inside a car that accidentally ends up under water. You know, you open the window slightly, let the water slowly fill up the car, and when it is beginning to be full of water, you're then able to open a door, without the water pressure forcing it in. I would think about that a LOT, imagining the whole thing in great detail, trying to be prepared so I'd know what to do. It all got reinforced by seeing street signs around town in Copenhagen that shows a car driving off into the water, to warn people about canals and stuff. So I knew it was really important. And I was, like, 5 years old, and couldn't even swim.
"always make new mistakes" --Esther Dyson
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