While GUIs are fun I am of the opinion that the best way to get yr machine to do things is to throw language at it.
While GUIs are fun I am of the opinion that the best way to get yr machine to do things is to throw language at it.
Books, philosophy, magic (especlially close-up), music (see music entry), photography, art, and backgammon.
People who share similar interests. Tom Robbins fans and anybody who likes any of the music listed in the music section.
The Dead, John Cage, Brian Eno, Terje Rypdal, Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, Elaine Elias, Diana Krall, John Zorn, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Bang on a Can, Jeff Beck, Miles Davis, Anthony Braxton, Basia, DJ Spooky, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Henry Kaiser, Fred Frith, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Larry Coryell, Charlie Parker, Shakti, Zappa, Wayne Shorter, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Bebel Gilberto, M.I.A., Bill Laswell, Pat Metheny, Karen Kosowski, Stockhausen, Schoenberg, Mozart, Beethoven, David Torn, Ralph Towner, Bela Fleck, Dylan, Trane, Ornette Coleman, Jerry Garcia, John Oswald, Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Dave Brubeck, The Residents, Husker Du...
Office Space, Somethings Gotta Give, BladeRunner, PI, A Beautiful Mind
I rarely watch TV.
I don't know where to start, Sir Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Sam Harris, Tom Robbins, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Alan Watts, Gary Snyder, Douglas Hofstadter, Eugene Burger, Borges, Robert Anton Wilson, E.E.Cummings, George Carlin, Raymond Smullyan, Martin Gardner, William Gibson, and let's not forget Dave Barry.
Most of my heroes are either dead, deranged or on their way to being either.