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    Dilbert on Agile Programming started by philcrissman
    This is old, but I’m reminded of it every time I hear the term Agile Programming, now. Which is probably not really a bad thing, as it serves as a good reminder to make sure this isn’t really what we’re doing.
    A Simple Email Filtering Plan started by philcrissman
    I’m trying a new plan to attempt to keep my email inbox at or near zero.
    One of my challenges in going through email, especially if it stacks up a lot in one or two days, is deciding what I need to keep. There are a lot of emails I may want to refer back to, [...]
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    Sun VirtualBox started by philcrissman
    Even if you don’t need to run Windows for yourself, you might need to run it for someone else. In particular, if you’re a web developer, you want to know how Internet Explorer will mutilate your web pages so you can minimize that behavior. You may also need to open a Mi
    John Adams started by philcrissman
    If web comics are awesome, and history is awesome, what does that make web comics about history? Really awesome. Especially when they’re as smart as Kate Beaton’s, whose work can be found at Hark! A Vagrant.
    The HBO mini-series John Adams is also very good.
    At least let’s pretend we’re not biased started by philcrissman
    Before I leave the restroom, I like to check that the fly of my jeans is zipped up. Call me crazy. It’s just a common courtesy that I like to extend to society at large, sparing people the awkwardness of either needing to pretend they don’t notice, or of overcoming soci
    People Who Pirate Music Are Also More Likely to Purchase Music started by philcrissman
    The full story from the guardian.co.uk is here.
    I only post this (other than the fact that it is interesting) because I think if you think about it for a moment, it should be almost a stunningly obvious tautology.
    People who will bother to pirate music are going to be, generally speaking
    Rails: Testing your floating point numbers started by philcrissman
    You’re being a Good Software developer and diligently testing all your code, and lo and behold, you get this result to one of your tests:

    1) Failure: ... <1.0> expected but was <1.0>

    An annoying problem with floats that might look and for a
    A Modest Proposal for a new sitcom started by philcrissman
    My wife Amy was giving me the update on the Coleman-Franken senate race this morning (summary: nothing has changed), and I have an idea for a new situation comedy.
    The premise is that two candidates for a Senate seat have deadlocked (something like what’s going on above). B
    The Term “Hacker” as Shibboleth started by philcrissman
    An old Paul Graham essay on the word “Hacker” was posted to Hacker News today and generated a comment to the effect that the use of the word “Hacker” in the title may be part of what has kept the site from exploding in size. (As opposed to what one m
    Fluency2 started by philcrissman
    I stopped using Fluency awhile back when it momentarily lagged behind in compatibility with the latest version of WordPress. I didn’t check until just recently, but that lag has been remedied, and Fluency2 is fully compatible with WordPress 2.7.1.
    Fluency is simply a plugin which c
    Яolcats started by philcrissman
    English translations of eastern bloc lolcats. Яolcats
    Redcar started by philcrissman
    I’m going to have to find a way to resurrect my Linux desktop, if for no other reason than to try Redcar. Looks great.
    Nobody Goes There Anymore, It’s Too Crowded: On Online Communities started by philcrissman
    Paul Graham just posted his thoughts on the 2-year anniversary of HackerNews.
    It’s interesting for a number of reasons.
    One thing that stands out is the implicit understanding that many mainstream communities of a similar nature have suffered what Paul refers to as “dil
    DestroyTwitter started by philcrissman
    DestroyTwitter is the first AIR twitter client I’ve really liked. So far.
    I usually quit using them and go back to the web in a day or less. We’ll see how long it lasts.
    Can We Stop Versioning the Web, Already? started by philcrissman
    Yes, I was one of those. I was initially less than excited about the term Web 2.0. It seemed like just so much marketing fluff to describe a trend in web applications that was not necessarily technological in nature, nor did it really alter the way in which the web was used, or add to [...%5
    oops started by philcrissman
    Evidently there is something about an upgrade to WordPress 2.7.1 which did not play well with K2’s stylesheets and layout options. So this looks all wrong, right now.
    That said, I just finished watching David Carson’s TED talk and I’m half inclined to just l
    Practical Paperclip started by philcrissman
    Paperclip is a great rails plugin for attaching files to your models. I won’t reiterate the basic functionality: see the link for that, it’s really just that easy. That said, I did note a couple things that could be practical to keep in mind for development.
    1. Rememb
    Notes from Paul Arden started by philcrissman
    Sometimes I’m still surprised by what I find on the internet. Looking for more information about Paul Arden, author of It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be, (and not finding much) I came across a page where a graphic designer in (app
    The Numa Numa Dance started by philcrissman
    The Numa numa dance is just a flash movie of some guy’s hysterical lip synching of a silly,  infectious, europop/dance song. I don’t even know why I’m posting this; it’s just funny. I think it’s probably funny because most
    The Warm Fuzzy Feeling™ started by philcrissman
    Continuing in the "customer service" vein… Today I came across a page by Steve Friedl called, So you want to be a consultant?
    It’s not a new page; I had seen it before, and it’s still an interesting read.
    One thing that I had forgott
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