Been dinking with Erlang for a couple of days, just working my way through Programming Erlang, which has been sitting on my bookshelf for over a year now largely untouched.
When I went back to Python in April, one thing I noticed was how non-pythonic my code was unless I paid attention to what I was [...]
I’m finally digging into building a little web app using Pylons. Even though it’s a toy that’ll probably never see the light of day, I’m sticking to some reasonable coding practices, including a good bit of test-driven development. For me, one of the best things about TDD when I’m working on coding anything of non-trivial [...]
I haven’t really mastered the art of the tweet yet. This is mostly because I’m already in IM venues that are second nature to me when I have something to share (some would say “inflict”); it’s not until after I’ve fired something off that it occurs to me, “Huh, that could have been a [...]
To provide a bit of structure for my time off, I’ve thought about a few things that I’d like to achieve before I need to seriously think about a new job. Some of my goals for the next month:
Finish cleaning up my resume. I haven’t had a real resume for years, and since I always [...]
Let’s try one journal-style today…
This morning was a little reminder of how easy it would be to squander my time off. Start off blog surfing over a few cups of coffee, followed by checking out a bunch of the shiny WordPress toys and options, and then getting embroiled in a discussion with a housemate, and [...]