Diversions, excuses, etc.

OK, so it's going to be a week of open science spread out over the month. Probably. I've been distracted by:

• Silverlight: actually it's quite cool - writing simple multimedia apps is a cinch. Shame that it's probably not going to catch on... it's not that much better than Flash.
  
• All that Zed Shaw ragging on the Rails community stuff - mainly cause I think Rails is overhyped (though definitely has its place). I also liked his quote about implementing the semantic web over existing web infrastructure: "Einsteins brain on a crack whores body isn’t going to happen". I disagree but made me laugh...
  
• BioMoby (via Egon's delicious bookmarks)
  
• Hangovers (there is no cure).
  
• Mass Effect - incredibly cheesy sci-fi plot. Naked alien ladies. Voice acting from Seth Green and Lance Henriksen. Had to buy it. Is OK.
  
• Annual appraisal time at work.