A CORNER OF THE WEB / EST. 1990s
Hello, world.
I’m Michal Ludvig — a programmer, Linux enthusiast, and long-time collector of useful tools, travel notes, and questionable computer jokes.
Programs, technical notes, journeys, and a few carefully preserved oddities. Built over the years. Still here.
// Pick a directory. See what turns up.
[01] OPEN A DIRECTORY
{ } devel/
Programs & patches
Linux tools, debugging experiments, crypto work, and command-line utilities.
[≡] doc/
Articles & talks
Technical writing on AMD64, IPv6, debugging, and the things in between.
[↗] travel/
Travel archive
Workcamps, long journeys, New Zealand, and a canoe on the Vltava.
: ) humornik/
Humorník
A Czech-language cabinet of mathematical and computer humor.
[02] WATT / KNOTT
- Hello, are you there?
- Yes, who are you, please?
- I'm Watt.
- What's your name?
- Watt's my name.
- Yes, what's your name?
- My name is John Watt.
- John what?
- Yes, are you Jones?
- No, I'm Knott.
- Will you tell me your name then?
- Will, Knott.
- Why not?
- My name is Knott.
- Not what?
- Not Watt, Knott.
- What?
[03] ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB
[04] COLLECTED ODDITIES
A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in.
Hello, do you wanna chat?
I am busy.
Hello Busy! I am Johny.
If it happens once, it’s a bug.
If it happens twice, it’s a feature.
If it happens more than twice, it’s a design philosophy.
There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don’t.
If it has a syntax, it isn’t user friendly.
Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogical, with just a little bit more effort?
Programming today is a race between software engineers building bigger idiot-proof programs and the universe building bigger idiots. So far, the universe is winning.