May 2012
9 posts
April 2012
29 posts
Brogrammers Beware!
Must read for people in software:
This article is a riveting introduction to a new manifestation of the sexism inherent in the software development industry.
Particularly well put:
Adda Birnir … said she empathizes with a new breed of coders who are sick of the mainstream view that they are all undersocialized mouth-breathers living in their parents’ basements. “Brogrammers...
Jim C. Hines -- Posing like a man →
I love my bear It’s mine, mine, MINE
This link has been making the rounds — all over facebook too — but it’s worth it. Really great article. It’s the second in a series: in the first one he tries to take the female poses, and struggles. The point is: you may look absurd playing the man, but playing the female is anatomically impossible… for a reason. A kind of...
Ok… first of all, I apologize that you need...
Spotify on Tumblr is pissing me off
First of all, I assume that people who want to listen to tracks I post via spotify need to have spotify installed in order to play it. Secondly, the fact that some tracks I post turn out to not be listenable by contract is *extremely* annoying. At least tell me that the track is not allowed before I post the thing, dammit!
The music industry continues to make me hate it, even though I continue to...
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This is perhaps my favorite new discovery of the...
De-legitimizing Christians outside the (right... →
mcjulie:
Slacktivist (who is a normal Christian) on the topic of where the normal Christians are. In the comments it comes up again — can the church be saved? Should the church be saved?
Great questions. Personally, I am not very interested in “the Church” — but in the horror of seeing a beautiful teaching and an ancient practice that is simply based on love sullied by those...
One Useful Thing
Accomplished one useful thing today. And that makes it a very good day. Some days that’s a stretch goal.
Once upon a time it was all about writing software. Running code. Shipping code. Creating things. Fixing things. At some point, you don’t necessarily get to do that any more. You reach a point where you need to pay very close attention to make sure you are still part of the...
Hallelujah (not that one) by Boxcar Rebellion.
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Scientific Retraction →
Another reason to take your “science news” with a grain of salt. Some portion of it is published by “administrative error.” The above link is hilarious.
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
– Richard Feynman, The Physics Teacher Vol. 7, issue 6 (1969)
modida asked: What is dark matter?
There’s something irresistable about Super...
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Blogginess
Nothing unusual, a damp day in Seattle.
Weekend was gorgeous, that’s unusual, but Monday morning, sure enough, somewhere just the umbrella side of drizzle.
Bus. Work. Lunch. Work. Bus. The day is symmetrical.
And the renewal of some blogginess.
It’s been a while. Livejournal is still living out there somewhere, but stale. Annoying.
Tumblr, all the hip kids say. Of course, missed...
