Holding page

[j4]

I've written today's blog post on paper. I'm on a train. Will update tomorrow!

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Comments

[htfb.livejournal.com]

WILL ATTACH LONGER COMMENT WHEN I FIND MORE DYMO TAPE . ONLY 140 LETTERS ' WORTH LEFT.

[brrm.livejournal.com]

I think you should scan it and post it as an image. :-)

[hatmandu.livejournal.com]

You're going to need a lot of pigeons.

[mnementh.csi.cam.ac.uk (from livejournal.com)]

"on paper": how quaint:-)

[j4.livejournal.com]

It's a tried and tested technology in which all the bugs have long since been ironed out, and it has all the functionality I require; it's easy to use 'anytime, anywhere'; & it's the only reliable archive medium we've invented so far.

it's the only reliable archive medium we've invented so far

[sparrowsion]

I've just been reminded of The Domesday Project. Which came up because the search software it used was the forerunner (via a complete rewrite in a different language, albeit by the same author) of the system I'm release-managing today. That probably says something about the endurance of ideas beyond the media they are committed to.