something that is particularly interesting is how much interface design relies on white lies -- computers are great examples, the icon and semiotics of "saving" a document has very little to do with what is actually happening. so cognitive abstractions for managing a ship being semi-reliable is fun
feel like I should have a blog or something where I make a post every time I get sent the same link by 3+ different people
always feel a little gross when I have a Makefile target to actually run the program, not just to compile it