What is Worse, Energy-wise?
I’ve long wondered about the “real” energy cost of materials. For instance, a couple of years ago, my father bought a solar panel to power his RV while camping. According to the literature that came with the panel, it would have to be active for 4 straight years, given average daily sunlight, to [...]
When to comment code
If you are a developer, you don’t speak one language, you speak at least two. If you already speak several spoken languages, like French, English, Spanish, Russian, or Canadian, then you add to it “programming”.
What I’m saying is that you don’t need to comment all of your code. Big concepts perhaps, variable names and describe [...]
Why Alix Spiegel is the best NPR Voice
I’ve long loved the TAL tao. The flippant story-telling attitude on PRI’s This American Life. It’s infiltrating the rest of Public Radio. Thank you, God. Alix Spiegel is the best at it.
Here’s a great example of what I’m talking about, a story Spiegel filed in 2009. You should go here and listen to the story [...]
Ramblings Compiled #1
Compiled from my 2000-2002 “Ramblings” blog at goofiness.com:
Anyway, the other day my wife was telling me about a conversation she had on the phone with a client where she works. As she was saying goodbye, she had one of those brain locks that each of us has at some point. During the final stages of [...]
I could care less; in fact, I have to
We all hear a lot about micro-managers and control freaks. No one addresses why someone is a control freak or micro-manager, though.
I am a foster parent, I’ve had probably 20 kids in my house at some point or another. There was one child who lived with us for about 2 years with whom, [...]
