- McSweeney's Internet Tendency: A Robbery of Three Liberal Arts Graduates: The Police Report.
(humour police )
- YouTube – Apply Daily on Gordon Brown
Great view from China on Gordon Brown Tempergate (copyright some news outlet somewhere, probably). Features 3D CGI reconstruction of what might have happened, possibly, and very large SUPERIMPOSED TEXT. (apple_daily gordon_brown politics news )
- the "national bullying helpline" look dodgy to me – updated twice – bengoldacre
A good bit (and it's only a bit, but it's almost all that's needed) of investigation from Ben Goldacre on the National Bullying Helpline, which fanned the flames in the Bad Tempered Gordon Brown story, while apparently breaching confidentiality: "gordon brown may well be a nasty man, but i cry massive bullshit on the "national bullying helpline" that everyone including the observer are using in their stories." (ben_goldacre gordon_brown bullying politics )
- The Duct Tape Programmer
Uncle Bob Martin responds to Joel O'Software's lauding of "duct tape programmers" in which he says you can write clean code and ship on time. Also of interest are the comments: "duct tape programmers – sacrificing tomorrow’s productivity, today!" (programming software_development software_in_practice )
- The Duct Tape Programmer – Joel on Software
Joel O'Software on "duct tape programmers" who eshew clever solutions for simple ones that work: "A 50%-good solution that people actually have solves more problems and survives longer than a 99% solution that nobody has because it’s in your lab where you’re endlessly polishing the damn thing. Shipping is a feature. A really important feature. Your product must have it." But there's an element of realism in there, too: "One thing you have to be careful about, though, is that duct tape programmers are the software world equivalent of pretty boys… those breathtakingly good-looking young men who can roll out of bed, without shaving, without combing their hair, and without brushing their teeth, and get on the subway in yesterday’s dirty clothes and look beautiful, because that’s who they are. You, my friend, cannot go out in public without combing your hair." (programming software software_development )
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