I'm doing 13 things
Falling in love
2 years ago
I fell in love. I’d lost hope I ever would again. Then I lost her.
It hurt, but I know it can be done. Here’s to better luck next time.
andrewwyld's Life List
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1. find 43 bugs in 43 things
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2. meet Adonna Vichet
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3. Write a new, better operating system based on TWENEX
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4. finish my thesis
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5. Have an underground lair
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6. fix my circadian rhythm
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7. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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8. Get more sleep
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9. Kiss in the rain
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10. Learn to play the guitar
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11. fix track six of my mixer
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12. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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13. play a stadium gig
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Recent entries
Twenex.org
4 years ago
I have now acquired an account on twenex.org, which unaccountably appears to be dead to the net. Nevertheless, this is a surprising amount of progress.
TWENICES
4 years ago
TWENEX was the nickname for TOPS-20, the operating system used on late model PDP-10s, or DECSYSTEM 20s as they should probably be called.
I read about this and found the notion fascinating. Basically, TWENEX had a feature which enabled you to call help by pushing the question mark at any time. This meant anyone could understand the system but expert users were not slowed by user friendliness.
Systems have moved on insanely since TWENEX, but the idea of a clean, crisp system which always helps you when you need it and always leaves you alone otherwise is delicious balm.
I’m still wayyyyyy inexperienced to be writing an OS, but I really think we can do better than what we have now.
