Random comments on technology, politics and fnord
Picking up where I left off earlier about learning python…
Normally, I wouldn’t write about a few-days-old project I’m working on — one that still has a very chance of going nowhere before I get interested in the next shiny object.
The reason I decided to write about it is because I read the A Django website […]
Up until about 10 days ago, I didn’t know anything about python other than “it’s a computer programming language a little bit like perl,” and I decided to learn the language. I’m starting a new individual project, and I’m going to do it in python.
What’s the project? I’m going to write a game.
Background: I play […]
I can’t recall any commercial ever giving me chills. This one did.
Balance video. There’s no dialog at all, but still manages to get its point across very clearly.
Nobody cares but me, I know, but I feel compelled to note that I’v added a few Wordpress plugins to my blog over the past couple days, adding some bits of functionality:
* There’s a block of “Recent Posts” headlines in the sidebar.
* Entries now have a row of icons at the bottom that allows easy […]
WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES.
The audio track is Jame Blunt singing his song No Bravery. (Lyrics). The video track is some disturbing images of the Iraq war.
I stopped off at the grocery store on the way home from work Friday evening to pick up a few things. I was almost done. Milk: check; beer: check; etc. The last thing on my list was chips. I love chips and salsa, especially with beer (see previous ‘check’).
I grabbed the bag of tortilla chips, […]
Manager-types like to look at things from a “high level.” Instead of worrying about the crucial details of a project, they prefer to be a bit further off, so they can see issues from multple angles, and how those issues relate to each other.
I don’t have anything against this. But some managers can be very […]
I’ve gotten dozens of emails over the past couple days about The Software Wars Map — all of it positive. Many people had suggestions, some had criticisms of a sort, but it was all positive — except for one, single message. I’ve included it below.
I’m going to pull out the suggestions from the other emails […]
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