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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, August 30)
FOXNews.com - Views - Straight Talk - Drunk With Power, Spending Out of Control
Bush signed the bill after sternly telling his party he'd veto any highway bill that spent more than $256 billion. He promptly "adjusted" that figure to $284 billion after complaints from party leaders. The bill Bush ultimately signed came at a price of $286 billion, $295 billion if you count a few provisions disguised to make the bill look cheaper than it actually is. Not exactly holding the line.
The Republican Party's wholesale abandonment of limited government principles has been on display since President Bush took office. Government spending under the GOP's reign has soared to historic highs, any way you want to measure it. And in stark contrast to President Reagan � or even the president's own father�President Bush refuses to rein in spending. He hasn�t used his veto a single time since taking office � the longest such streak in U.S. history.
Don't you just love "Conservative" Republicans?
Will someone tell this focker to stop spending money? Sweet Jesus, I would love to be able to retire in a country where at age 50 i am not taxed 50% of my retirement, to pay for Bush's A.) Waste of a War, and B.) insane ability not to veto ANYTHING pushed in front of his face. Does anyone understand where all this comes from? It's not the National Debt, its other countries with booming economies (ie China).
(I won't tell where this article came from, other than a fairly right winged person, who is even starting to get fed up with it)
Haven't his business friends made enough already? Yes, Yes, we know George.. we can all imagine all the boar dof directors chairs you will be getting after 2008, but please, please stop waisting our money to get them.
Drunk With Power, Spending Out of Control
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Disclaimer
The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in anyway.
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