No Fluff, Just Stuff (NFJS for short) is a symposium / conference / geekfest that began touring a few years ago. This year, an NFJS Anthology containing articles from many of the top speakers is being published by the Prag Prog guys. A couple of sample articles have been published … Continue reading
“There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness, and truth are absent.” — Leo Tolstoy
I’ve been reviewing an old PowerPoint slide deck I have from Andy Hunt’s “Refactoring Your Wetware” talk. One of the slides covers the Dreyfus Model of Skill Aquisition, something that Andy and Dave Thomas also discuss in their “Herding Racehorses, Racing Sheep” talk (which you can see when the No … Continue reading
In preparation for my NCHE workshop next week, I decided to move my distance education posts to a separate blog. Distance education is such a compelling new option for high school graduates that I felt it deserved its own dedicated space for posts. I’ll be making all of my new … Continue reading
I’m still using Windows 2000 on my desktop system at home (yeah, call me a dinosaur, I don’t care). One thing I’ve found annoying when switching between my desktop and my laptop that runs Windows XP is auto-completion of paths and filenames on the command line. In short, Win2K just … Continue reading
“The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.” — Laurence J. Peter (1919 – 1988)
“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” — Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997)
An old friend from a project I briefly worked on during my days at RoleModel Software just released a Rails-based open source Content Management System called Radiant this week. It looks pretty snappy! Add to that the fact that the Ruby-Lang web site will soon be using it and you’ve … Continue reading
A full-time stay-at-home mother would earn $134,121 a year if paid for all her work, an amount similar to a top U.S. ad executive, a marketing director or a judge, according to a study released on Wednesday. Mine sure deserves this much, and a lot more besides! Read the article
“It takes more than a college degree to make one a person of education. Any person who is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights of others. Education consists, not so much of knowledge, but of knowledge effectively and persistently … Continue reading