“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.” — Robert A. Heinlein

I am a (slightly less) Grumpy Old Man (than I was before).

The Fonz Koan:
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A master stood attending to his business when a young disciple came and asked him how he could reach enlightenment.

The master replied,
"Aaaayyyyyy."

Schrödinger's Cat's Koan:
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A master was attending his business when a disciple lifted the lid of his box in order to ascertain whether his quantum wave-function had collapsed.

The master replied,
"Miaow!"

Chewbacca's Koan:
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"Hhhüürrrrrrrn Maarrrruuuuuuuuughhhhhhh! Auurrrrwwwll Grruuuuaaaaggghhh Mroooaaaaghhhh Arrrghhhhh Graaaarwwllllllgh!"

A monk asked Kegon:
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How does an enlightened one return to the ordinary world?"
Kegon replied, "A broken mirror never reflects again; fallen flowers never go back to old branches."

"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat." - Confucius

ZOM.
EMAC
N@IO
TGLM

Participating member of the Ooolongftangftangbank profile scheme.

My Most Top 10 Ideas: http://tinyurl.com/3xqfnn

iPhone app ideas (many of which may already be out there, but which might benefit from some interface improvements):
slave-flash unit
Basic Signal Generator
Binary-Byte Representor (e.g. 17 = [oxxxxoxx] 255 = [oooooooo]) Plus Logic Gates
Tone Dialler
Sandwich Callibrator
Prime Number Informationi(s|z)er
A proper dice-roller where the 3d dice actually roll!
Accelerometer-driven sound generator (i.e. a light-saber simulator that works properly)
Big Fat Logic Box - build up complex nested AND, OR, XOR statements using the cute graphical interface, fill in the answers and get a result - save and share your logic branches, use them to make a robot jump around, or something.

Possible Victorian Technology Ideas Mooted by Messers Quartermain and Moreaux.
Pinhole CCTV (Chemical Circuit Transmission Vestibule)

Some of my favourite glyphs:
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What I sometimes say to myself when I read some of the ideas here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-G0bkl8MQ&NR=1