A minor muddle of mental models
Languages where null is false make me happy. I am aware that this may label me as a sad, sad individual. →
September 2004
Why "Empire" is the best Star Wars movie
Why Lucas should have got someone else to direct the prequels. →
Applications that Changed My Life: Quicksilver
Quicksilver is the best program I've seen so far that combines the code-fu of the command-line with the aesthetics of the GUI. →
Applications that Changed My Life: screen
screen ran my entire digital life for eight years. Not a bad achievement for a 250k binary. →
The Wonderful Thing About Standards...
If you're running an old version of Blojsom, fix your RSS 2.0 template. For everyone else, a cautionary tale regarding standards that weren't supposed to survive. →
Woohoo. I was (partly) right!
It's nice when one of your random bits of punditry from a few months ago is proven to be mostly correct. →
Portentous Dreams
Anyway, last night, my mother came to me in a dream... →
On Writing Essays
Start strongly. Know your areas of competence. Have a point of view. Aim for 1000 words. →
Dave Rhodes is from Perth?
Opening the letter curiously, I found two printed sheets of paper. At the top of the first was printed: "My name is Dave Rhodes, and in September 1997 I lost my job." →