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Brian Kernighan remembers the origins of ‘grep’ https://thenewstack.io/brian-kernighan-remembers-the-origins-of-grep/ https://thenewstack.io/brian-kernighan-remembers-the-origins-of-grep/

Photos from my weekend daaaan saaaaaf. https://photos.app.goo.gl/JCJb5KBZm6neXHNV9

Great meeting up with these guys on the annual pilgrimage to Richmond Green.

Out for lunch with Sue.

A welcome return for "Google Now" cards. Ridiculous they had stopped/buried this. Really useful tech. https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1344955

Sunday morning sounds: Absence by pianist Kristjan Randalu    Features (Blackstar) guitarist Ben Monder. See also: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/absence-kristjan-randalu-ecm-records-review-by-mike-jurkovic.php https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/1511879555

Just watched The Day of the Jackal (original 70s version, on UK Netflix). Never watched it from start to finish before. What a great film. I was struck that Fox looked like a prototype for Bowie as TJ Newton & the 83 Bowie. From the wiki article...: I wasn't prepared for how good it really is: it's not just a suspense classic, but a beautifully executed example of filmmaking. It's put together like a fine watch. The screenplay meticulously assembles an incredible array of material, and then Zinnemann choreographs it so that the story—complicated as it is—unfolds in almost documentary starkness.>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Jackal_(film)