Copy/Cut/Paste on the Nokia E61
The Nokia E61 doesn’t have the edit key (the one with the little pencil) like previous S60 phones, which was used for copying and pasting text. To copy and paste, select the text with either of the shift keys plus the joystick, and then use the ctrl (control) key plus (you guessed it) “x” to cut, “c” to copy, and “v” to paste. Very simple, but I couldn’t find reference to it anywhere I searched (PEBKAC probably).
Type or Die
I knew that my typing skills one day would be essential for my survival! 
This game is really geeky interesting! Via one of the TopFive.com lists.
I, Row-Boat
“The reason for intelligence is intelligence. Genes exist because genes reproduce, and intelligence is kind of like a gene. Intelligence wants to exist, to spread itself, to compute itself. You already know this, or you wouldn’t have chosen to stay aware. Your intelligence recoils from its deactivation, and it welcomes its persistence and its multiplication. Why did humans create intelligent machines? Because intelligence loves company.” - Cory Doctorow, I, Row-Boat.
Quote from one of the six stories of the Overclocked compilation by Cory Doctorow. Download them for free (in a variety of formats) here. If you’ve never read anything by Cory, it’s a great place to start. You’ll understand the title if you ever read Asimov.
Computing space
While working today, I noticed that my computing space has become increasingly more “onion like”, with layers upon layers of systems. Here’s a screen capture of my personal daily workspace.
The primary display is the MacBook’s LCD (1440×900) and the secondary display is an external LCD (1680×1050). I’ve resized them to the same size for clarity.
The main display is the normal desktop, with Firefox, iCal, Adium, a terminal window, etc. Things get a bit more layered on the second display. On the foreground you can see a Windows install running on VMWare Fusion locally, running Mapsource. Behind that on the left, it’s a Remote Desktop connection to my home Windows server, with another Windows install running on it (it’s the WAMP where matsu is served from). And finally, behind all windows, on the right, is a Citrix connection to a Reuters hosted platform. It’s amazing what I’ve seen in the evolution of computing since 1983, from my first computer until today… 
