I remember Sept 11th like it was just yesterday. I was supposed to be at a meeting near the World Trade Center that morning around 10. A meeting in Stamford, CT went longer than expected and I had to miss that meeting. I still remember a co-worker interrupting the meeting to tell us that the [...]
Tim Bray has written up a quick outline of his thoughts on Ruby. Suffice to say he is impressed (although I do agree with his criticisms).
Frontline nails it again with a blistering expose on Dick Cheney and the war on Iraq This is an absolutely incredible report that lays bare the inner workings of the administration in those days after 9/11 and the launch of the Iraq war. The depth and breadth of research is phenomenal, its a report that [...]
Lauren Weinstein (via the Interesting People mailing List) has a great post on problems with Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) along with a response from the Program Director of the Windows Genuine Advantage program. I have run into similar problems (re-installing Windows XP on my laptop) and spending endless hours on the phone with Microsoft [...]
Anything by Martin Fowler has long been a must read for me. He has been a big fan of Ruby. Now he asks if Ruby is ready for the enterprise. Read it over at http://martinfowler.com/bliki/EvaluatingRuby.html He really nails the politics behind technology choices in enterprise business perfectly. Ruby is getting very interesting…
Found this one from Lance Tracey’s blog. We are all trying to get a few more hours every day. Jon Bischke has a great post on How to have a 36 hour day. He mentions one of my favorite self-improvement bloggers Steve Pavlina. Enjoy
Random links for review, first up: Evolving Humans Were At The BOTTOM Of The Food Chain then finally, looks like a google mis-step maybe? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/06/google-desktop-embarrassement/
Even the packaging looks amazing, see it all after the jump…
Happy New Year! 2006! Woohoo!
This offer from south carolina music retailer Millennium Music. Jump on it while its hot…