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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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(Sunday, November 19)
Blue Man Group @ Gwinnett Arena 11/18
Blue Man Group
Originally uploaded by 1337Minx.
We went and saw the Blue Man group last night at Gwinnett Arena. I was pretty pumped because a.) never seen Blue Man group live and have only heard good things, b.) never heard a concert at Gwinnett Arena and heard it was a great venue, c.) its been a long week at work and they serve beer,
I found out that
In relation to a.) you can't say enough about this show (Although it could be called a concert in its own right, I think it of it more of a sensory show). Go see it. Easily worth the price, my parents saw them in Vegas a few years back and I am sure if they had more time to set up other visual/audio hardware it would be even better, but still it was a very good job for a traveling show. I was very impressed.
In relation to b.) I though Gwinnett Arena's acoustics were only on par with other places. We sat on about the 10th row from the bottom on the opposite side of the stage and although I think BMG was a little loud, the accoustics really were not all that supurb as I had heard people say abut it.
In relation to c.) the beer was good.
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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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