Mixed Emotions
OK, not all that mixed, but still…. Fannie Mae hit a little trouble recently with a contractor. I’m glad they caught him in time. But…
Category Archives: Technology
Observations on the lack of art in technology today
On the (F)utility of pre-built CMS’s
My two most recent contracts have been triggering the reflective urge in me. I’ve been a user of Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal, as has been noted in these electrons before. But I’ve never been entirely satisfied with them. I can go down a long list of little things that annoy me about each one of […]
Algis Budrys (1931-2008)
Just read in Locus about the death of Algis Budrys. Ruined what was promising to be a perfectly good day. Some will write about how good of an editor he was. And there will the obligatory homages to Rogue Moon and Who?, his classics in the genre. All of that will be covered by others […]
Returning From Capistrano
Been spending way too much time with Capistrano recently, and it stops now. It’s quite possibly useful to me in my current projects, but its user-hostility makes it not worth the time. As I searched and read page after web page, trying to find a pointer to how to use Cap in my environment (svn […]
Statistics
Jon Gruber writes, quoting Joe Wilcox (go ahead and read the story, but skip the comments as they devolve quickly into meaninglessness) on Apple sales figures. The numbers look great, but the context of the initial report, and the lack of context in Gruber’s later spin, remind us of Mark Twain’s famous comment about statistics.