2 history lessons today: Dervala writes about the Brehon Laws of ancient Ireland. Dervala’s weblog has become a great source of smart reading material, and is firmly on my daily list.
History: The Electronic Telegraph: Code-breaker reveals a diarist to rival Pepys (via forteana). Not quite as saucy as old Sam, though; he was a Puritan. Shame.
Food: The World’s
Worst Food, courtesy of Joe McNally via NTK. A bit short of the
traditional brain/tongue/tripe
dishes however. (Relevant: low grade meat products, urgh.)
SCOvEveryone: Economist interview with Darl McBride of SCO. Interestingly, it notes ‘in 1998, Mr McBride himself won what he calls a ‘seven-figure settlement’ by suing his employer at the time, IKON Office Solutions (who, he says, had breached contract by urging him to move to an office outside Utah).’ Nice! However, the SCO management page doesn’t mention that, for some reason… (Link)