This week I listened to “Glass Houses” by Billy Joel
Listening – Never For Ever
This week I listened to “Never For Ever” by Kate Bush
Listening – Double Fantasy
This week I listened to “Double Fantasy” by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Listening – Uprising
This week I listened to “Uprising” by Bob Marley And The Wailers
Read – Black Beauty
Today I finished reading “Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell
Listening – Duke
This week I listened to “Duke” by Genesis
Voices carry
That voice in your head…
Are you the one talking?
Or are you the one listening?
I think, if the voice in my head won’t shut up, then I am the one talking.
But…
If the voice in my head says something I don’t know, then I am the one listening.
Ergo, I hope I never say anything to myself that I don’t know.
Read – Rendezvous with Rama
Today I finished reading “Rendezvous with Rama” by Arthur C. Clarke
Listening – British Steel
This week I listened to “British Steel” by Judas Priest
Read – Winnie-the-Pooh
Today I finished reading “Winnie-the-Pooh” by A. A. Milne
Re-read actually, because you don’t appreciate the art and the stories and the characters when you are six years old and nostalgia (even for a few years ago) is a powerful force.
Nostalgia is a powerful force if you do any kind of product marketing.
Evoking a simpler time, or harkening back to an earlier point in someone’s life, especially their childhood or adolescence (their formative years?) is a huge marketing lever you can use to sell products.
And I think I just had an epiphany of how to sell my video games.
Listening – Iron Maiden
This week I listened to “Iron Maiden” by Iron Maiden
Read – The Lost Worlds of 2001
Today I finished reading “The Lost Worlds of 2001 ” by Arthur C. Clarke
Listening – Kings Of The Wild Frontier
This week I listened to “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” by Adam And The Ants
Listening – The Game
This week I listened to “The Game” by Queen
Listening – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
This week I listened to “Searching for the Young Soul Rebels” by Dexys Midnight Runners
Listening – Gaucho
This week I listened to “Gaucho” by Steely Dan
Listening – Colossal Youth
This week I listened to “Colossal Youth” by Young Marble Giants
Read – Principles of Compiler Design
Today I finished reading “Principles of Compiler Design” by Alfred V. Aho
Listening – Blizzard Of Ozz
This week I listened to “Blizzard Of Ozz” by Ozzy Osbourne
Listening – Los Angeles
This week I listened to “Los Angeles” by X
Listening – Dirty Mind
This week I listened to “Dirty Mind” by Prince
Read – Asterix and the Big Fight
Today I finished reading “Asterix and the Big Fight” by Rene Goscinny
Listening – Zenyatta Mondatta
This week I listened to “Zenyatta Mondatta” by The Police
Read – The Cat in the Hat
Today I finished reading “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss
Re-reading because the cleverness of Seuss is lost on a child.
Listening – Sound Affects
This week I listened to “Sound Affects” by The Jam
Read – 6502 assembly language subroutines
Today I finished reading “6502 assembly language subroutines” by Lance Leventhal
Listening – Ace Of Spades
This week I listened to “Ace Of Spades” by Motörhead
Listening – Get Happy!!
This week I listened to “Get Happy!!” by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Simulation vs emulation
A bureaucracy is a system designed to emulate persistence.
Unfortunately for the bureaucracy it is only an emulation of persistence whereas you are armed with the real-thing.
Listening – Heaven And Hell
This week I listened to “Heaven And Hell” by Black Sabbath
Listening – Crazy Rhythms
This week I listened to “Crazy Rhythms” by The Feelies
Listening – Boy
This week I listened to “Boy” by U2
Read – The C Programming Language
Today I finished reading “The C Programming Language” by Brian W. Kernighan
I need a C compiler.
Listening – Seventeen Seconds
This week I listened to “Seventeen Seconds” by The Cure
Listening – Permanent Waves
This week I listened to “Permanent Waves” by Rush
Where do we start if we’re both dancing and playing at the same time?
Why do musicians start with “1, 2, 3 4”?
But dancers start “And 5, 6, 7, 8”?
And where do we start if we’re both dancing and playing at the same time?
Listening – Making Movies
This week I listened to “Making Movies” by Dire Straits
Listening – Sandinista!
This week I listened to “Sandinista!” by The Clash
Read – All the Time in the World
Today I finished reading “All the Time in the World” by Arthur C. Clarke
A smile means the same thing in every language
A smile transcends gender, orientation, culture, nationality and language. It is the universal communication tool.
Listening – Pretenders
This week I listened to “Pretenders” by The Pretenders
Read – 1984
Today I finished reading “1984” by George Orwell
Listening – Peter Gabriel III
This week I listened to “Peter Gabriel III” by Peter Gabriel
Read – Tales From The White Hart
Today I finished reading “Tales From The White Hart” by Arthur C. Clarke
It works! Sort of.
I think every programmer has at some point uttered the phrase “It works on my machine.”
Or maybe it is just me.
Listening – The River
This week I listened to “The River” by Bruce Springsteen
Listening – Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
This week I listened to “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” by David Bowie
Software Maketh The Machine
Operating System?
Who gives a flying monkeys about the operating system?
It’s the software stupid.
Software maketh the machine.
Listening – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
This week I listened to “Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables” by Dead Kennedys
Controlled versions
I love version control.
If you’re not using it, you should be.
I see a day when every project will use it, and every programmer will be required to understand it.
People will treat you like some kind of weirdo if you don’t use it.
But today, because I use it, people treat me like the weirdo.