David Levine's Collected Writings

Here are some of the things I've written over the years.

Computers

Why Usenet is Like a Penis -- Widely distributed under the title "Why the Internet is Like a Penis," and with all attribution removed. I am the original author.
Just Another Day on the Microsoft Barney Help Line -- Truly we are living in the End Times.
The TeraFLOP Through History -- An attempt to make the truly staggering number of calculations performed by a TeraFLOPS (Trillion Floating Point Operations per Second) computer comprehensible in human terms.
A UNIX Nightmare -- My first Usenet posting (December 15, 1983), and one of my most popular.
Blinkenlights -- A true story about a computer with a truly massive front panel display.

Larry Niven Lightbulb Jokes -- These are pretty obscure, I'll admit.
Hotter than Hell? -- A disproof of the well-known "proof" that Heaven is hotter than Hell.
Response to a Spammer -- If you've ever been tempted to send out one of those "MAKE.MONEY.FAST" e-mails, read this first.
Serendipitous in Seattle -- An account of a fannish trip to Seattle. A shorter version was published in Apparatchik.

Babylon 5 Filks -- Two songs about Babylon 5, based on tunes from the musical Hair.
Jingle Chains -- A happy little song about the joys of ice storms in Portland.

This page created and maintained by David D. Levine, dlevine@spiritone.com. Last modified August 10, 2001.