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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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(Wednesday, September 21)
Season 2
Still
by far
the best Show
On television.
I was so prepared for the season opener to be a let down after how much I loved season one (Read Here or Here or Here or Here or Here or Here or Here or Here).
I am so glad I was surprised. It opened with a bang. Great Storytellers make somthing so obsurd sound so plausable. I think the writers of Lost and Joss Weadon are like that.
And Those Numbers
Update: Some cool stuff from last nights episode (gathered from diff sources):
** When the Sarah comes into the ER, They describe the other victim as "Adam Rutherford, 57, no chest sounds". The Doc says he cannot intibate. The guy ends up dieing. Shannon's father married Boone's mother and ended up dying (why Boone flys around the world trying to help her). Shannon's last name is Rutherford, was this guy her dad?
** On the wall with the paint is the number 108
4+8+15+16+23+42 = 108
** What Walt says in reverse can be hear here. "Don't press the button?" Is he referring to Jack and the Execute key?
** Was Desmond sleeping in a bunkbed? Why would he need 2 beds? Ethan?
Very Very Cool Post about the symbol (Cabinet, Computer, etc), a lot of people are saying it is an I Ching, and old Chinesse symbol. Here is a good explanation.
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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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