What You'll Wish You'd Known

Paul Graham has written another excellent article titled What You'll Wish You'd Known, things he wishes somebody had told him in high school. From the /. entry:

..."suggesting, among other things, that students treat school like a day job, working on interesting projects to avoid what he has found to be the most common regret among adults of their high school days: wasting time."

Like all of Graham's writing, highly recommended!

What You'll Wish You'd Known

Paul Graham has written another excellent article titled What You'll Wish You'd Known, things he wishes somebody had told him in high school. From the /. entry:

..."suggesting, among other things, that students treat school like a day job, working on interesting projects to avoid what he has found to be the most common regret among adults of their high school days: wasting time."

Like all of Graham's writing, highly recommended!

Empty Roll

Maggie has an impish sense of humor. :)

Empty Roll

Maggie has an impish sense of humor. :)

The Coming Wars

Iran is Next. This stuff's getting scarey. Not happy.

The Coming Wars

Iran is Next. This stuff's getting scarey. Not happy.

Ipod World

Just watched a little comedy clip from the beeb called Ipod World. Sends up the silliness of making everything ipod-like. Loved it.

Ipod World

Just watched a little comedy clip from the beeb called Ipod World. Sends up the silliness of making everything ipod-like. Loved it.

Intel this WAY

Okay, here's a photo that I can't get out of my head! :)

Intel this WAY

Okay, here's a photo that I can't get out of my head! :)

Worse Than Fiction

How did we find ourselves living in a bad novel? indeed. Paul Krugman's NY Times piece paints outlandish elements of what would be a spectacularly bad novel. All of which are true of our current times. Bizzarre. But true.

Worse Than Fiction

How did we find ourselves living in a bad novel? indeed. Paul Krugman's NY Times piece paints outlandish elements of what would be a spectacularly bad novel. All of which are true of our current times. Bizzarre. But true.

Gates' Crashes hit the wider Press

Via the AP - Gates endures computer crash during CES keynote speech

"During a demonstration of digital photography with a soon-to-be-released Nikon camera, a Windows Media Center PC froze and wouldn't respond to Gates' pushing of the remote control."

( quiet chuckles :) )

Gates' Crashes hit the wider Press

Via the AP - Gates endures computer crash during CES keynote speech

"During a demonstration of digital photography with a soon-to-be-released Nikon camera, a Windows Media Center PC froze and wouldn't respond to Gates' pushing of the remote control."

( quiet chuckles :) )

MathWorld

Just discovered MathWorld from a post by Kirby Urner on the Python Edu-Siq mailing list. MathWorld is an incredibly powerful resource for Math thought and learning. Makes sense coming from Wolfram the company behind Mathematica. Still, commercial leverage aside, highly recommended.

MathWorld

Just discovered MathWorld from a post by Kirby Urner on the Python Edu-Siq mailing list. MathWorld is an incredibly powerful resource for Math thought and learning. Makes sense coming from Wolfram the company behind Mathematica. Still, commercial leverage aside, highly recommended.

Microsoft brings the BSoD to the Living Room

Really enjoyed watching the keynote video from CES with Conan O'Brien intreviewing Bill Gates and really enjoyed the repeated windows crashes happening throughout. My favorite line :

"I got so drunk that I woke up with a hooker, Bill got so drunk he woke up with an Apple computer."

-- Conan, recounting his Vegas late night with Bill.

Microsoft brings the BSoD to the Living Room

Really enjoyed watching the keynote video from CES with Conan O'Brien intreviewing Bill Gates and really enjoyed the repeated windows crashes happening throughout. My favorite line :

"I got so drunk that I woke up with a hooker, Bill got so drunk he woke up with an Apple computer."

-- Conan, recounting his Vegas late night with Bill.

Meritocracy in America

The Economist has a story titled Meritocracy in America that asks "Whatever happened to the belief that any American could get to the top?"
This is a central issue for me, since it's been a real focus for me, a dream in many ways, to help capable workers to climb their way out of dead-end careers and into software development. swdev.org is an artifact of that effort. Time, the CallPrint Fiasco and changing demand in software has deeply discouraged those dreams. The Economist Story taps some of the issues surrounding our loss of a true Meritocracy. Give it a read!

Meritocracy in America

The Economist has a story titled Meritocracy in America that asks "Whatever happened to the belief that any American could get to the top?"
This is a central issue for me, since it's been a real focus for me, a dream in many ways, to help capable workers to climb their way out of dead-end careers and into software development. swdev.org is an artifact of that effort. Time, the CallPrint Fiasco and changing demand in software has deeply discouraged those dreams. The Economist Story taps some of the issues surrounding our loss of a true Meritocracy. Give it a read!