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March 30, 2011
It's also a shoe polish
One of the things I've noticed is that it is easy to think of technology as coming in little boxes: this is an app, this is a web page, this is a video. As engineers and technologists, we become experts...
March 29, 2011
In Defense of Old Grumpy Guy: Get Off My Lawn!
I was watching a former famous TV anchor being interviewed this past weekend and in response to one of the questions he said something like "I know this is going to make me sound like an old grumpy guy" I...
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March 23, 2011
Slaughterhouse-Five
Just got through reading Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" Pretty good book, but I think it probably has more emotional power for younger readers. If you're interested in the full review, it's over on hn-books. From a technical, website creator perspective, it's...
March 22, 2011
App Store Roulette and Suicide Truckers
Many developers look at this and shake their head. How could these folks be such suckers? Can't they see how they are being manipulated? Then they go write an app for an app store somewhere based on reasoning just as bad.
March 16, 2011
20 Videos of the 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
Wanted to have somewhere to keep these....
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Hating the Wolfram
There's something that's always intrigued me when it comes to Stephen Wolfram. If you don't know Wolfram, he's a child prodigy who went on to become a multi-millionaire programmer. Here's a bit of wiki:Wolfram was educated at Eton. At the...
March 14, 2011
Write even when you have nothing to say
I'm a big fan of writing, even when I have nothing to say. I guess that makes me a blowhard, a bore, or perhaps loquaciously incontinent. Meh. I've been called worse. As the drunken sailor said, I've been thrown out...
March 11, 2011
This Perfect Day
I was getting a little burnt-out with the hard-core programming book, so I looked around for some sci-fi -- nothing that has been done to death, but something really good. I found "This Perfect Day", by Ira Levin. Great book!...
March 4, 2011
The Pragmatic Programmer, From Journeyman to Master
I've been reading some really great books on startups and programming over on hn-books.com. Putting together a resource where I can answer questions folks have about programming and startups in one spot by using books? Then reviewing each book to...
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March 2, 2011
Bullshit Bingo
I found an old game of Bullshit Bingo while cleaning out my office. Enjoy!