Archives for May 2007
links for 2007-05-26
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Elegance is solving two completely unrelated problems with a single solution.
links for 2007-05-25
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Set up an area for bags, keys, mail, etc right by the door.
links for 2007-05-24
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Why can’t the news here in the DC area be this funny?
links for 2007-05-22
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Using “Ashokan Farewell” was a nice touch.
And You Thought Dog Sweaters Were Bad
If robots ever achieve sentience, it’s this kind of shit that’s going to cause them to rise up and kill us all.
links for 2007-05-18
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The result is almost poetic.
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After reading the article, watch the YouTube links from the bottom of the page.
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“Thats what we did with our summer vacation.”
links for 2007-05-15
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Now if only I can find out how to make Jabba out of gummi.
links for 2007-05-12
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“He doesn’t want anybody in his yard.”
Abstraction
Jeff Atwood posted the following quote by Nathaniel Borenstein over at his site. I think it sums up the mentality of most programmers quite well.
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
links for 2007-05-03
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“With that much under management, the fund could buy up Wal-Mart…and have enough left over to pick up General Motors.”