I even have some comedy in here this week.

• Here’s some interesting ideas on improving the standard terminal window.  (via)
• Hey, a Windows Phone application that aggregates BSD news!  Including this one, I think.  No way to test it because Windows Phones are rarer than hen’s teeth.
• This article about Bruce Perens has some good quotes in it – especially the Mark Shuttleworth one.  (via)
• I think these computers all predate the integrated circuit.  (via)
• How Google Code Search Worked.  (via)
• The Rise and Fall of Personal Computing.  (via)  I don’t think the numbers used are accurate, but the trend is correct: a lot more people are computing through devices that are “walled gardens”, where they can’t install what they want.
• The App Store Guide – Take Two.  It boils down to: Curated information on what programs to run is very useful.  Someone could do this with pkgsrc or ports, easily.  pkgsrc.se is sorta there, but not really with any sort of authorial voice.
• Variable typing can be surprisingly funny.  (via)  The final punchline is great but may not make sense unless you’ve seen where it comes from.
• Network jokes are the bestest jokes.  (via)

Your unrelated comics link for the week: Tom Neely‘s Doppelganger.  Page 11 is my favoritest.

Another unrelated thing: David Shao, are you out there?  Can you get on IRC (EFNet #dragonflybsd) and help some people out with GEM/KMS questions?  Nobody’s been able to find you.