January 2010
37 posts
Why Arel? →
Nick Kallen’s Arel library is a great idea, and the source is a joy to read.
“But my personal reckoning has just shown me that a bunch of libertarian-leaning...”
– Free Publicity - Who do we help? This totally isn’t his point, but the combination of words amused me. Worth reading in its entirety.
Correct, Beautiful, Fast (In That Order) →
Not new advice, but still: +eleventy
ZOHMG →
Using Hadoop and HBase for large, multi-dimensional time series data. Great idea.
“I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a...”
– Brian Eno (via Eric Case) (via buzzandersen)
Goodbye, gutbombs →
Java Build Tools: Ant vs. Maven →
It’s the Maven rant I always wanted to write, but always avoided by saying “for fuck’s sake!” and going back to my happy non-Java bits.
“I blame Eric Raymond and to a lesser extent Dave Winer for bringing this kind of...”
– Dabblers and Blowhards
Why Some Comics Aren't Laughing at Jay Leno... →
Brilliant take on “the thing” behind “the thing”. (via rc3)
A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope →
How should one frame the original trilogy in light of the prequels? This essay is aging quite well.
Amplifying complaints →
I wish I could tactfully print this on cards and mail to people who annoy me with their incessant grousing.
WatchParks and Recreation is the Wu-Tang of Comedy
“[Godel’s Incompleteness] Theorem can be likened to a pearl, and the method of...”
– G.E.B., pg 17.
These sentences alone made me stop reading and stare off to visualize every oyster/pearl pairing I’ve met. What a beautiful description of that feeling you get when you’re working through a nasty problem with a hodgepodge of data, but finally something clicks, it all makes sense…and...
“Paging DeSean Jackson. The National Bank of Newman is on line two. You have...”
– Quick Snap — Cowboys 34, Eagles 14
Practice isn’t fun →
Actor Thinking →
A Pet Project is For Life, Not Just for Christmas →
Do stuff to work with awesome people, to earn a little scratch on the side and, of course, to make cool things happen.
Buster Benson's Big Checkin for 2009 →
Buster Benson continues to intrigue
“You the rap version of Snakes on a Plane”
– Talib Kweli, “Internet Connection”