Make Your Code Better: Delete It

Across my twitter stream recently came the following casual missive: Facebook almost seem to make a point of making their app worse & worse with each “update”. – curlydena Just a regular user of Facebook (I assume) making a very relevant observation.  I don’t follow curlydena (but i think i’d like to drink with her); … Read more

Is This Disaster Natural Enough For You?

Last Friday I read an innocent enough tweet from @Slate: Tornado outbreak now the worst US natural disaster since Katrina:http://slate.me/m8ZWnN – Apr 29 2011 My first reaction was “wow, those tornados were nasty.”  Which is, i’m sure, how it was intended. Then I thought “worst? what are they using to determine badness?”  Of course, this … Read more

Slate Culture Gabfest Endorsements

Slate Daily Podcast includes a variety of weekly podcasts on different subjects.  I think i prefer the Culture Gabfest (FB) infinitesimally more than the Political Gabfest (FB), which is to say it teeters back and forth as to which I prefer each week. One thing they do is have each gabfest participant “endorse” some cultural … Read more

Streetviewed

I mentioned a while back that I saw the Google Street View car pass while I was working on the building.  Then, not too long ago, Dwight mentioned that he saw someone in the street view before he visited for the first time.  I finally got around to checking it out myself. Bill painting. All … Read more