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Doing Latin for money again, I downloaded the Latin dictionary for OO.o because the red squiggles started getting on my nerves, and found a brief commentary discussion in Latin, culminating in,

Multa sunt optanda,
non omnia perficienda -
nisi ipse perficies. :-)

I think this is a wonderful Latin motto for open source programmers! Ditto, for open source lexicographers, story tellers, graphic or video artists, and anybody doing that kind of grass-roots projects.

'There should be a...' -- 'Then make one!'

Quote of the day

"This bloody octopus is ruining my life's work!"

David Spiegelhalter, statistician from Cambridge, about Paul the Psychic Octopus of Oberhausen*


*Link is in German; original Times article is behind a f*cking paywall. Thanks to the Nazgul for the quote and the link.

Knights of the Gulf Coast

Jousting as a serious competition -- thanks to carolinw for the link!

Kaltenberg, I must admit, is all show. We nevertheless plan to go again, on July 24th.