Today might be the day that Carlton, Schmidt, McGraw, Rose, get some company in Philly sports immortality.
Today is that one year marker I mentioned in a previous post.
Go Phillies!
(Oh, and I haven’t shaved since Friday. Not going to until this is over. So it is a scruffy manic Monday!)
The guitar scale version, the software engineering version.
Related:
Mozila Developer Center: Class-Based vs. Prototype-Based Languages.
Wikipedia: Prototype pattern
JavaWorld: A look at the Composite design pattern
Fluffycat: Java Design Patterns
The year has gone by so fast, and it still seems like yesterday. Maybe it always will. At least now, when I dream of Mom, I end up waking with a smile and a bounce to my step.
So…
Hi Mom,
I’m doing good. Work is going well, Emma and Richelle are doing great. Dante and Katie say hi. So do Brendan and Matt. You should see their house. You’d be so proud. Al and family say hi too. My back is feeling a bit better. Just have to keep working at it. Anyways, I bet you’ve made some friends, and ruffled a few feathers here and there. That’s okay ya know. Not everyone will like you, even if you’d like that to be true. But ya know, those people that know you love you. I miss your giggles and wicked sense of humor. I swear I see it in Emma more every day. And I’ve been known to crack a goofy smile more myself these days. As for the world, Obama might win, and the Phillies are one game away from doing the same in the World Series. I can see you right now in some over sized Phillies jacket enjoying the show. I know you’d be calling me after every game if you could to share some joy. Ya know, you once told me that it was I who was the adult, and you who was the child, but in the end, that can’t be true, because even though you may not think so, it was you who taught me much.
Love you Mom,
Shane
As part of their Women In Tech series, Blogher’s Virginia DeBolt interviews Shelley Powers. It’s a terrific interview. Check it out.
Old news on my Twitter stream, but thought I should share here: SOAWorld republished a piece of mine I wrote a while back on principals I’ve picked up from programming.
More and more families are facing homelessness. According to Reuters, Wal-Mart customers are delaying buying necessities till payday, including infant’s formula. It wasn’t that long ago I can forget, where I was living payday to payday, check cash to check cash. But I didn’t have a family to support back then. It would be a terrible struggle to be in such a place in this day and age.
Meanwhile: $150,000 Wardrobe for Palin May Alter Tailor-Made Image – yeah – keep on believing she’s someone you can relate to.
Aaron Held writes a great post on specialization and the issues it raises in a development organization.
The Heinlein quote he shares is a keeper, and so is the podcast he linked to: Escape Pod: EP179: Arties Aren’t Stupid. I’m new to Escape Pod, which, apparently is a podcast where a sci-fi story is read and then discussed. The comments thread on this one is hot and heavy with folks arguing the effect of the narrator’s accent and slang – I think they transport you deep into the story’s universe. It’s an awesome fun recording. I typically don’t find the time for podcasts, but in this case, I’m subscribing.
Susie Madrak commented on the possibility some folks just may not care about this World Series since the two teams involved aren’t the usual suspects – but like last night shown – you’re going to get get great baseball. Every game is going to be a nail biter.
Interesting places to get some World Series news:
Ballbug from Memeorandum.
Philly Future: Phillies Search – see what the Philly blogosphere is saying.
It went great, but there’s some lessons to be learned to manage and grow it into the success it deserves to be.
Three links from two Comcasters:
codeartisan: Jon Moore: Measure your improvements
codeartisan: Jon Moore: Cracking down on technical debt
code zen: Arpit Mathur: Isn’t quality code a feature?