The Programming Rat Race
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For a while now I’ve been feeling like something has been missing in my programming work. I’ve referred to it as ‘craftsmanship’ when trying to express the sentiment to someone else. You know, the ability to really hone something to as close to perfections as possible give you current skill set. But that, unfortunately, is…
More about Cycling Being Broken
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With all the talk of doping it’s great to read an article that talks about more than just the doping culture that existed in the professional ranks. Micheal Barry address the stupid points system, and how revenues are not shared with teams from TV contracts. I just hope that all the bad press for cycling…
And Lance Goes for Farce
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Yes this is from last week, but it does help to show the levels that the Armstrong camp has gone to to try and have the upper hand. Really Lance, Big Tobacco??? It’s like when a kid is caught lying and keeps going. All the adults see what a farce the lie is, but the…
Looking At Lance Armstrong
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I’ve been a huge Armstrong fan since I was a teenager. I watched him win le Tour every time, and I have newspaper clippings from each win. So it’s with a small personal investment I read about the doping case against him now. A Few Weeks ago If you had asked me a few weeks…
Throw Away TODO Items
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Eric Davis asks a simple one line question. What would happen if you threw away 10% of your TODO items every day, not finished threw away. So I took a look at my TODO list and realized that at least 10% of it is simply things I mean to do at some point. They’ve been…
Applications I’ve Tried to Review
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If I was to choose one writing topic that I enjoy, but don’t get to write enough about it would have to be software reviews. Spending the time to fit a new piece of software in to your workflow forces you to analyze the way you’re currently doing things and maybe even find a better…
Vacation Next 2 Weeks
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Just letting any regular readers know that I’m heading on vacation for the next 2 weeks. The first week will mark my first totally unplugged (from work) vacation since going freelance. Posting will be down (if at all) for the next 2 weeks.
Software Version Numbers are Meaningless
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Tom McFarlin wrote a great post on software version numbers. If you put version numbers in anything then it’s a good read. I admit to agonizing over plugin version numbers. See I build a bunch of custom plugins for clients to extend their WordPress installation and all the plugins get a version number. I even…
Oh the Elusive Blog Subscriber
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First off, props to @matthewlang for pointing out this article which inspired the post. If you’ve been reading for a while you know I’m trying to grow my readership with the far future intent of writing more than I’m coding. Really I want to stop trading time for money and I enjoy writing lots. To…
IFTTT Twitter Trigger Removal is good for App.net
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So one of the bigger storied lately is the removal of IFTTT triggers that allow you to send tweets to other places automatically. Yes this sucks for archiving purposes (which I think is stupid anyway) but I think it’s good for alternative services like App.net. See all the people I found using triggers to send…
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