Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.– Bertrand Russell

[stars: 3] The Pursuit of Happyness. A reasonable record of the Christopher Gardner story, staring Will Smith (and son). The cast’s performances were solid, but the movie moved awkwardly to its conclusion. I didn’t like the premise that riches are required for happiness, though the truth of the real life story is that a father’s love is enough to make any child happy.

God Damn I Hate Cygwin, a story of an unhappy Cygwin user. I bumped into the same bug tonight and couldn’t believe how many normal options could cause it to fail so hard.

An apt-like script for Cygwin. I haven’t tried this one yet, but if it works I’ll be happy: using the GUI tool to add a specific application is a bit of a chore.

A 37Signals-style free online book, Happy Hour is 9 to 5, covers happiness and the workplace. Happy is good.

The Chief Happiness Officer writes about Business lessons from the Nintendo Wii. Don’t sweat the specs: make ‘em happy.

A mostly-unhappy rant about Life with Vista.

Havoc Pennington suggests that they stick with compiz compositing, instead of attempting it in Metacity. I’m happy if Metacity does 2d well, it’s simple and solid (no sense in buggering that up).

How to do solvent transfers, something I’ve been meaning to learn to do.

A practical DIY mosquito trap, designed by a class of Tawainese students.