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Month: September, 2006

Whose Distributed VCS Is The Most Distributed? – The Changelog

Whose Distributed VCS Is The Most Distributed? – The Changelog A good read on the more recent tools available. Included is: SVN GIT Darcs Arch baz Mercurial bazaar-ng

Good Agile vs. Bad Agile? Earth to Google…

Stevey wrote a long post today on the development environment at google, and what “agile” means there versus the meaning of the “Agile Programming” methodology that is all the rage right now. It’s a good post, and the comments section underneath is also a really good read (less the whiny Agile fanboys). He has a [...]

Poe, E.: Near a Raven

Poe, E.: Near a Raven Hat-tip to Ben Schumacher via John Derbyshire.

Top 10 worst top 10 lists?

This list at gideontech.com is stupid.  I like a good top ten list, particularly the geeky kind like “Top 10 worst portrayals of technology in Film”, but this one is anything but.  The summarized list, with abbreviated explanations of why each movie is on the list: 10. Wargames (1983) – “…the idea of a computer [...]

Carpentry Project #3: Day IV

Since my back is still in bad shape from my injury, both my wife’s parents and my parents came to our house on a Saturday last month to do some work around the house for us. My dad helped get the flooring put on the floor frame that I built. It’s just a simple 0.5″ [...]

Back Injury, Day XI

As promised, I have posted some images that illustrate my injury.