Software developer productivity

Software developer productivity should not be measured in lines of code per day. Rather, it should be measured in litres of beer per day.

I plan to be very productive this afternoon.

Quote of the day

"Give someone a program, you frustrate them for a day; teach them how to program, you frustrate them for a lifetime."

// David Leinweber

JavaScript debugging techniques

alert("fuck");

or:

console.error("fuck");

are sometimes your only friends.

50 Guitars to play before you die

I might try 49 of them, but no way I'm ready to play the 50th yet.  There are some beauties in here though...

50 Guitars to play before you die.

Campfire cologne

Who knew?

http://uncrate.com/stuff/campfire-cologne

I smell like this most of the summer.

Signs the kids are growing up

The Sears Christmas Wish Book catalogue has been in the house for two weeks now, and there's not a single page corner folded over yet.

A Conservative comes to his senses

Nice to see a Conservative come to the realization that smart people aren't flocking his way.  He seems oddly proud of it.

Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum attacked the media and "smart people" for not being on the side of conservatives in a speech to the Values Voter Summit. "We will never have the elite, smart people on our side."

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Quote of the day

"When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb." 

- Steve Haflich 

Spell checkers are for the weak

Ladies and Gentlemen of Kitchener-Conestoga, aren't you proud of your MPP?

Book learnin' is for losers...

Why I need to stop reading code

const double JUNK = 1.5324E+19;
double x_dist = JUNK;
double y_dist = JUNK;

And later on...

const double JUNK = 9E15;
double best_distance = JUNK;

Things I have learned the hard way

When emptying a curling locker in the Spring, do not leave a half-roll of Halls at the bottom of your curling bag, especially in the basement through the heat of summer where they are apt to melt.

Riddle me this...

In what other line of work could you ask someone, "Did you Jelly Bean the Xoom yet?" and they will know exactly what you mean?