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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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(Monday, December 19)
This is a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue.
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- In an open letter to the Time Warner Inc. (TWX) (TWX) board, investor Carl Icahn questioned the company's agreement to sell 5% of its AOL Internet unit to Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG), warning that the move may be "short sighted" and a "blatant breach of fiduciary duty."
In a press release Monday, Icahn, the founder of equity group Icahn Partners LP and known as an activist investor, said, "I...question whether Google is the best partner for unlocking the value of the AOL asset."
Time Warner agreed to sell a 5% stake in AOL to Google for $1 billion cash in return for an advanced partnership between the two companies.
Huh? If I were Icahn and Google I would take a note from Steve Miller:
Take the Money and Run
I know the Big G has money all over the place, but 5% for 1Billion (a 20 billion value on AOL)? Maybe I am missing something but a company like AOL who was built on the fact that they provided a service (internet connectivity) when it was needed. Now, it is being eroded every single day by a new generation of connectivity (that AOL has yet to offer from what I know). But then an investor doesn't like a 20 billion dollar valuation of AOL? I don't think it is worth near that personally and I think this was a waste by G. If you take Y!/MSN/G* in a 3 way chess game, this was like Google sacrificing 3 pawns for a knight. In some cases it could make sense, but in most it doesn�t. Let Y! or MSN take the knight.
But hey, if you are AOL, get as much as possible.
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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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