Simon Law’s Journal

acts of random kindness, alcohol, algorithms, all-night coding sessions, alternative sleep schedules, augmented reality, backpacking, baking, baths, being loved, bike rides, biking, blue steak, books, brie, british humor, c, c++, canada, canadian socialism, cast-iron cookware, chatting, chinese cuisine, chinese culture, classic literature, classic movies, classic rock, classical music, coding, communities of interest, community, community-sponsored agriculture, computer science, computer security, computers, conferences, cooking, creating sexy desserts, cryptography, debian, donald knuth, douglas adams, douglas hofstadter, duck fat, dying without regrets, eating, eben moglen, english, equal-opportunity mocking, equity not equality, fair trade, fairy-tale endings, faith in humanity, false pretention, feeling alive, flirting, fontography, free culture, free software, freedom of expression, french cuisine, geeking out, geeks, gnu, green tea, groking, hacking, helping those in need, herman zapf, hope, horseback riding, human computer interaction, human factors, humanity, hurd, integrity, irc, italian cuisine, keeping my own counsel, larry lessig, latin, learning, linux, lisp, literature, living, long-range planning, love letters, loving, making people happy, mastering all trades, math, mathematical education, microcredit, montreal, music, my spies are everywhere, neil gaiman, optimism, order, organic foods, pacifism, peace, people who care, perl, philosophy, photography, plays, poetry, privacy, programmable hardware, programming, public art, quality, reading, red dwarf, scheme, science, self-sacrifice, sharing, simon and garfunkel, singing, skating, sleeping, software architecture and design, stanley kubrick, sugar, sushi, swimming, tasting, tea, teaching without pedantry, the decemberists, thinking, timin lavoie, toolsmithing, toronto, true-cost economics, trust, truth, typography, ubiquitous computing, unlinked lj interests, ursula le guin, user interfaces, valrhona chocolate, wikipedia, words, worse is better, writing