GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline

GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline - a nifty diagram showing what distros branched off which other ones when, as well as who influenced whom.

“How do I get from Written Mess to Data Gel?” — “Take the Cleric.” Or: an Underground anagram map

A London Underground anagram map. Nifty!

Also features such gems as “Snowmobile Thud”, “Supertanker Bow”, “Nether Bangle”, and “Scouse Mouth”.

In fact, I’m pleasantly surprised at how apt some of the word combinations are! They managed to put things together that aren’t simply noun–noun or adjective–noun, but actually make some kind of sense (see the Scouse mouth, for example).

Others, of course, are not quite so brilliant; particularly some of the shorter ones, where there simply weren’t enough letters to make anything funny out of. (I mean, there aren’t all that many anagrams of “Bank”, for example.)

Thank you, Amazon!

So I bought myself a new printer as a slightly early Christmas present (from Stella, too, since she contributed to it).

I had also ordered a USB cable from Amazon, which was suggested as a typical “customers who bought this [printer] also bought this [cable]” accompaniment. (Though I ended up buying the printer from a local dealer, they were out of the black ink cartridge, so I bought that and the cable on Amazon.)

It had a little gimmick: it would light up if it’s connected, so you could tell when it has power.

Unfortunately, it ended up being too short: 6 feet (1.8 m) is not enough to reach from my computer around my desk to where my printer sits against the wall.

So I went to return the thing… and Amazon offered to let me keep the item but get a refund anyway! So yay!

Perhaps it’ll come in handy at some point, or someone else might like it. Either way, I’ll get my money back.

That was nice of them!