Six Word Limit? That's Easy,...

Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words - "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." - and is said to have called it his best work

In Wired's recent article Very Short Stories they challenged a number of great contemporary sci-fi, fantasy and horror writers to produce short stories in six words, mostly with a sci-fi twist (although there were the odd few obligatory digs at Iraq and the Bush administration).

That sounds easy I thought. Well it turns out that it wasn't, but it was a lot of fun. So without further ado...

• Apple releases OSXI, Bill found hanged.
• Java's not efficient, needs native compiler.
• Job requires internet access. Productivity suffers.
• Site got Slashdotted. Need new server.
• Yahoo advertising campaign; "Google eats babies".
• No money in programming, try sales.
• WWW not redundant, needs better PR.
• Microsoft on GNU; "Free software kills".
• OSX virus discovered. Bill whistles innocently.
• Snack machine empty. IT workers revolt.
• Software piracy decriminalised, we were right.
• Similar to a haiku - but shorter.
• Mainframe crash diagnosed; Janitor uplugged it.
• Friends don't let friends do Windows.
• In Soviet Union, Internet searches YOU!
• Making websites is hard. Need coffee.
• Problem exists between keyboard and chair...
• IE7 released. Firefox users don't care.
• Click our ads, family to feed.
• iPod gets cracked (software, not screen).
• W3C standardises internet. Microsoft ignores them.
• RIAA arrests teenager. World safe again.
• Nigerian minister's nephew seeks gullible American...
• Web not democracy - don't criticise Google...
• "...yes, but does it run Linux?"
• Digg this article, good karma results.

and finally, to paraphrase an unkind colleague...

• Trying to be funny. Not succeeding.