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28 June 2011 @ 08:55 am
Comes from Douglas Crockford in 'Coders at Work':
If only we could do that, the world would be a far better place.
You could argue that we'd be better off if we just threw out everything we're working on now and go back to Smalltalk and Scheme, and we probably would be better off than we are right now, but that doesn't appear to be an option.
If only we could do that, the world would be a far better place.
09 February 2009 @ 08:19 pm
2009 so far:
Neal Stephenson - Anathem - a heavy tome, but excellent. I even enjoyed the 'calcas' (explanations of theorics - aka theoretical science and mathematics), but I may be weird.
Tom Holt - You Don't Have To Be Evil To Work Here, But It Helps - Good comedy fantasy. I should read more of his books (I love Who's Afraid of Beowulf).
Ken MacLeod - Star Fraction - Definitely one of the best books I've read in a long time. Near future sci-fi, with a good smattering of politics and computers. Just my cup of tea.
I also finished off Tucker's 'Instead of a Book...' although I skipped most of the section on banking since I currently have no idea what he was talking about (he seems to have assumed that his readers would know the basics - not a bad assumption when writing for Liberty really - I'll go back to them when I know what he's defending from the critics).
Currently reading the sequel to Star Fraction, The Stone Canal, which is so far proving to be just as good (if not better).
Neal Stephenson - Anathem - a heavy tome, but excellent. I even enjoyed the 'calcas' (explanations of theorics - aka theoretical science and mathematics), but I may be weird.
Tom Holt - You Don't Have To Be Evil To Work Here, But It Helps - Good comedy fantasy. I should read more of his books (I love Who's Afraid of Beowulf).
Ken MacLeod - Star Fraction - Definitely one of the best books I've read in a long time. Near future sci-fi, with a good smattering of politics and computers. Just my cup of tea.
I also finished off Tucker's 'Instead of a Book...' although I skipped most of the section on banking since I currently have no idea what he was talking about (he seems to have assumed that his readers would know the basics - not a bad assumption when writing for Liberty really - I'll go back to them when I know what he's defending from the critics).
Currently reading the sequel to Star Fraction, The Stone Canal, which is so far proving to be just as good (if not better).
06 January 2009 @ 06:00 pm
cold21 December 2008 @ 05:22 pm
We've been very productive this weekend...
Yesterday we were collecting for HAWS.
We then moved the last remaining fish to the small tank and emptied the big one and moved it across the room.
Then the couch was moved.
Today the tree went up and moved the TV etc so we can see them from the couch again.
Unfortunately, the back room is now a tip resembling a teenager's bedroom (you need acrobatic skills to move from one side to the other...)
Poor Milford has been a bit perturbed by the changes, but now we're tidying rather than rearranging he seems happier.
Yesterday we were collecting for HAWS.
We then moved the last remaining fish to the small tank and emptied the big one and moved it across the room.
Then the couch was moved.
Today the tree went up and moved the TV etc so we can see them from the couch again.
Unfortunately, the back room is now a tip resembling a teenager's bedroom (you need acrobatic skills to move from one side to the other...)
Poor Milford has been a bit perturbed by the changes, but now we're tidying rather than rearranging he seems happier.
17 December 2008 @ 09:53 pm
Boiler is fixed. Hopefully this will lead to showers without the water suddenly going cold...
Not only was the fan on its way out ('twas the first suspect and has been replaced), one of the circuit boards was fried.
Last night with no heating would have been very bad if it weren't for![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.7)
delph_bunny and leonerd who very kindly let us borrow two electric heaters (thankyou!). The bedroom was nice and warm last night, even if the rest of the house was a bit chilly this morning.
Not only was the fan on its way out ('twas the first suspect and has been replaced), one of the circuit boards was fried.
Last night with no heating would have been very bad if it weren't for
delph_bunny and leonerd who very kindly let us borrow two electric heaters (thankyou!). The bedroom was nice and warm last night, even if the rest of the house was a bit chilly this morning.13 December 2008 @ 11:42 pm
Missed the work Christmas do because we'd already booked tickets to see Apocalyptica.
It was worth it, one of the best shows I've seen. Good music, entertaining show and Finnish accents.
It still amazes me that they can get such sounds out of cellos. I suspect the use of a wah-wah pedal twice in the show, but that was it.
They were more metal than some metal bands, even when they played the Greig...
bloodofareptile's obsession has been fanned again however.
It was worth it, one of the best shows I've seen. Good music, entertaining show and Finnish accents.
It still amazes me that they can get such sounds out of cellos. I suspect the use of a wah-wah pedal twice in the show, but that was it.
They were more metal than some metal bands, even when they played the Greig...
bloodofareptile's obsession has been fanned again however.13 December 2008 @ 11:20 pm
I may as well do LJ properly....
1. Answer each of the questions below using the Flickr Search engine.
2. Choose a photo from the first three pages.
3. Copy the URL of your favorite photo into this site: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.ph
4. Share!
The questions:
my name / favorite food / hometown
favorite color / celebrity crush / favorite drink
dream vacation / favorite dessert / what I most want to be when I grow up
what I love most in the world / one word that describes me / my username
1. Answer each of the questions below using the Flickr Search engine.
2. Choose a photo from the first three pages.
3. Copy the URL of your favorite photo into this site: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.ph
4. Share!
The questions:
my name / favorite food / hometown
favorite color / celebrity crush / favorite drink
dream vacation / favorite dessert / what I most want to be when I grow up
what I love most in the world / one word that describes me / my username
11 December 2008 @ 01:22 am
