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Linked List: April 13, 2007

Friday, 13 April 2007

Song of the Sausage Creature 

It’s a good week to recall another recently-departed hero, Hunter S. Thompson. Here’s one I hadn’t seen before, his review of the Ducati 900 racing motorcycle for Cycle World in 1995:

Some people will tell you that slow is good — and it may be, on some days — but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….

(Thanks to Don Haring.)

Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion 

I said it back in 2005: Google is an advertising company.

From the Annals of Funny Think Secret Predictions 

Think Secret, two months ago:

Development of Mac OS X 10.5 is wrapping up faster than many at Apple even anticipated, and at present, a release can be expected as early as late March, sources say.

Think Secret, in an “exclusive” scoop 11 days ago:

Apple is currently planning to release Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard in June, mostly likely at or around its Worldwide Developers Conference, reliable sources report.

Apple Stock Down About Two Percent 

Some Mac users might be freaking out over the Leopard delay, but investors aren’t.

Nisus Writer Pro Public Beta 

Includes table of contents generation and indexing, bookmarks, widow and orphan control, and more.