http://cyrus.omar.name The perils of Cyrus Omar Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:27:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The director has the chutzpah to drop his last name, calling himself simply Tarsem. Hes comparing himself to such greats as Prince, Madonna and Arvind. Luckily for him, The Fall is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Its got whimsy, beauty and emotion. Check it out. ... http://cyrus.omar.name/2008/the-fall/ I never knew Swedish synth could be so decadent. http://cyrus.omar.name/2008/the-knife/ Alessandro Warth and Alan Kay released a paper and prototype Javascript implementation of a concept they dub "Worlds". In essence, it allows you to fork off the current state of a program and then treat that fork, called a "world", itself as an object. When you are satisfied with ... http://cyrus.omar.name/2008/worlds-first-class-checkpoints-of-program-state/ Here's a commonsense idea: public financing of public elections. It would break up the symbiotic relationship politicians and corporate lobbyists have, which prevents action on issues where corporate interests are at odds with the public interest (healthcare reform, environmental regulation, copyright and patent reform, the list goes on.) Think about it. ... http://cyrus.omar.name/2008/satisfying-the-needs-of-politicians/