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• The Unix Koans of Master Foo - several extremely entertaining koans written by Eric S. Raymond in the style of a Great Master. you may or may not agree with the postulates, but they're very well written and entertaining. always had a thing for that style of teaching..
• You have to see it to believe it: the AMISH HOMEPAGE.
• CiteSeer the CiteSeer research index is a compendium of digital scientific literature that aims to improve the dissemination of and feedback on research-oriented academic whitepapers. everything is connected together, so all inter-paper references are linked, plus it contains a wealth of additional meta information regarding authors, related proceedings, etc.
• Long Life Foods MREs (Meal Ready to Eat) are basically the pre-packaged food meals that the military uses. they are relatively cheap and light compared to the freeze-dried alternatives, and are ideal for backpackers who prefer convenience and taste over an unnoticeable increase in weight to their packs.
• Boing Boing perhaps better than Slashdot, Boing Boing thoroughly catalogues various social, political, and cultural happenings in our increasingly technological society. worth reading every day.
• The Math Club insanely intelligent, aempirei runs this site chock full of tons of great references, links, and his own work. it's the OG shit, stunnaz!
• life of the codemaker small blog by one of the most brilliant, thought-provoking, karmically-inclined people I have ever known in my entire life. we started a company together.
• Fravia's Searchlores considered the next generation of fravia, searchlore is the rebirth of the art of information hacking, while having taken on a much more modest tact towards reverse engineering and classic hacking. some of the old essays alone are worth at least a few hours of reading.
• SaveMyAss simply brilliant, it sends someone (presumably a romantic interest) flowers regularly, and on important dates. jesus, they're gonna make BANK.
• Flavor Pill this is one of the coolest sites/content I've seen in a long long time. collaborative cultural review. for SF, beats sfgate/sfstation/et al.
• Cameo's Wallop! if I really had to compare, I'd say that Cameo is the most brilliant woman I have ever met or known. and I've met some great minds all around. but here's the clincher: my absolute all-time favorite book is Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, and she's building the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer!!! And this link is to her blog on it. Just fucking brilliant.
• perhaps the Baddest BAMF's I know, Matasano is a security company formed by a group of some of the smartest minds I know (still stealth, sorry kidz). they blog about all sorts of stuff, all of it shit hot, all of it rad. check it out or I'll hurt you.