We've all heard the importance of figuring out what's important versus what's just urgent. Steve Pavlina wrote about another way to distinguish important from urgent and as an EMT, it's one I could immediately relate to. Medical workers responding to a disaster triage victims into: [quoting from Steve Pavlina] those who will die anyway [...]
Read More »I often get asked to recommend reading on open source software so I thought I'd share with everyone. Here are the two staples I recommend to everyone: Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary. This is a a collection of essays by Eric Raymond that describe the bazaar [...]
Read More »This post on conference T-shirts made me laugh because it hit home. My dad and my boyfriend have a huge stock of t-shirts (and HP conference shirts) because I can't seem to get anyone to give me one that fits. To understand, you have to click on this link to see the picture … Tech [...]
Read More »A new study links being a vegetarian with higher IQ. High IQ link to being vegetarian: A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10. This news struck me because: I know a lot of programmers who are vegetarians I [...]
Read More »I just found the coolest website that shows you how big those spaceships really are. Ever read a science fiction book or watched a science fiction movie and wondered how big that ship must be to have the whole story's set inside it? Jeff Russells STARSHIP DIMENSIONS is a website that shows you mockups of [...]
Read More »I like to see the similarities in things. I find it interesting to find connections and look at things from that point of view. It is certainly not a unique habit, but I do find that many people, (and particularly engineers) do not think that way. Things are specific and even small differences mean that [...]
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