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The Magpie Developer
Jeff Atwood is one of the best programmer/writers around. I love reading his stuff, some I agree wholeheartedly with, other stuff we disagree, but this post is about a dead-on as they come. This idea has been floating in my head for a long time, but it is hard for me to conceptualize it in words, Atwood does a brilliant job at it. Must read for any developer. |
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Andy Olmsted's Last Blog Entry.
(Warning: Pretty rough) No matter how you feel politically about the war, this reminds you that each number people throw around as statistics is a human life. This is extremely well written, and pretty rough on your soul towards the end, but something everyone should read. Its a shitty situation all around, but there is always a human face behind the statistics and I want to make sure I never forget that. |
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Drinking stories that put yours to shame
Via Keith
To preserve his body during the voyage home, the second-in-command stored Nelson's body in the ship's vat of rum and halted all liquor rations to the crew. Not a bad idea, but when the ship reached port, officials went to retrieve Nelson's body and found the vat dry.
Disregarding good taste (in every sense), the crew had been secretly drinking from it the entire way home. After that, naval rum was referred to as Nelson's Blood. |
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making vodka pills in 24 hours
Recently, Chef Fabian was experimenting further with the Adria/Torreblanca technique of making 'vodka pills.' I use this word to describe the process of making liquid-filled candies by pouring flavored alcohol syrups into cornstarch and letting it set until a hard outer shell forms. |
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Strategy Letter VI - joelonsoftware.com
As a programmer, thanks to plummeting memory prices, and CPU speeds doubling every year, you had a choice. You could spend six months rewriting your inner loops in Assembler, or take six months off to play drums in a rock and roll band, and in either case, your program would run faster. Assembler programmers don’t have groupies.
Entire Article is Dead On. A must read for anyone in the software biz. |
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(Tuesday, November 9)
Ding Dong the Ashcroft Gone
"The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved"
Hmmm....[waiting for him to look at the camera and yell "NOT!" in Wayne and Garth style].
Eric: "Asphictersayshuh?"
GW: "Huh?"
Respect and Hate go hand in hand. In all honesty I think Ashcroft held internet policies that were so far right, AnneCoultier.com could cut her teeth on them, I do wish him the best health wise. Politicians that want to "cover female statues breasts" in our nations capitol may be old school (and almost Amish for that fucking matter) but I know here lately he has had some health problems and we all know he is a 'popular target' for the patriot act (when it is the Bush admin, and certain intelligence executives who want to make *their* job easier) that push it. I wish him well and hope he stays out of the spotlight and enjoys life. Dear God please don't let GW appoint another Zealot. I fear Ashcroft was step 1 and we may be about to see step 2. Prepare the world for Joe Smithism.
MSNBC - Ashcroft, Evans resign from Cabinet
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Disclaimer
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