Year: 2009
-
Another good reason not to have an account
Twitter dulls compassion for human suffering.Findings, Harpers June 2009, Pg. 84
-
Getting ready to ride
Went on a ride with Jill on Sunday, 24 May on the Gateway trail, got five miles and had two flat tires. Ripped the tire the first time less than a mile out and I didn’t know it; and the second time decided to bag it because I found the hole in the tire. Took…
-
Happy Birthday COBOL!
The world’s most demonized legacy software development language (See the world didn’t end because of the Y2K crisis) turns fifty-years-old today. I think the talk of it’s certain demise in the 1990s was a little exaggerated. And, although I haven’t used it in years, I still have my college COBOL textbook, and I fondly remember…
-
Where’s the rake?
We seem to be looking for things all the time; this month, it’s the watering wand. Someone else is looking for the rake. Where is it? Find out here.
-
First Celebrity to Die from the Swine Flu
And we all know who the carrier is.via email from Martha Clark, Mon, 25 May 2009 15:49:58 -0700