Monthly Archives: July 2008

I’d rather someone love me or hate me than be indifferent

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Karl

That belief is reinforced by Shelley Power’s thoughts on getting negative book reviews.

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Sad News

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Karl

Every day so many of us struggle with what we consider ‘fair’ or right in the world. Randy Pausch shows us that being consumed by that question can be a distraction from what is truly important – to live our … Continue reading →

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Eight web development and programming links for today

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Karl

Ted Dziuba – I’m Going To Scale My Foot Up Your Ass (via Comcaster Mr. Mat Schaffer): “If You Haven’t Discussed Capacity Planning, You Can’t Discuss Scalability” (Bingo!) High Scalability: Flickr Architecture Gustavo Duarte – Lucky to be a Programmer: … Continue reading →

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It’s important to speak out

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Karl

louisgray.com: Seeing The Web’s Racist Underbelly Is Saddening and Shocking Why does everything suck?: Does Anonymity Lead To Social Anarchy? Sexism Runs Rampant on Reddit (and maybe the rest of the social web) Wha, that last link threw you a … Continue reading →

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Favorite Super heroes?

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Karl

Empire has a feature sharing their choice for the

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What does it mean when our media re-writes itself?

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Karl

Boing Boing decided to un-publish, remove from public view, Violet Blue related posts. What does it mean when our media rewrites itself? NYTimes: Link by Link – Poof! You’re Unpublished Boing Boing on the matter. Violet Blue (NSFW) on the … Continue reading →

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Children’s Creativity

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Karl
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Seven development related links for today

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Karl

Spartan programming – Ssdlpedia (via Coding Horror) HTTP request flow diagram – print out worthy. 36 steps to success as technical lead | Little Tutorials – some good advice here Python best practices – still learning MIT OpenCourseWare: Electrical Engineering … Continue reading →

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Scaling Java EE Applications Series at TheServerSide.com

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Karl

TheServerSide.com: Scaling Your Java EE Applications – Part 1 TheServerSide.com: Scaling Your Java EE Applications – Part 2

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Two Emacs links for the day

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Karl

Got Emacs?: Learning to use the Emacs keyboard macro system effectively Emacs Lisp Idioms

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