Linux on the Web. Marc Hedlund: “One of my favorite business model suggestions for entrepreneurs is, find an old UNIX command that hasn’t yet been implemented on the web, and fix that.”
The PDF diet. Elliotte Rusty Harold complains, and I wholeheartedly agree: “Whenever I see a link to a PDF, I know that the author was so enamored of their tool that they didn’t stop to consider the desires or convenience of the reader. They put their needs ahead of their readers.”
To all those who think PDF works better because you can download and read it offline, try ScrapBook.
Fizzle. Giles Bowkett: “It’s even being called the programmer’s “Stairway to Heaven,” except that’s completely wrong, because playing “Stairway to Heaven” does require some practice and skill.”
Vorlath: “Those are user programmers. They actually feel compelled to give a solution. Heck, I do too sometimes. It’s why we’re programmers.” (Both via Reginald)
Wedensday morning sarcasm. “For every problem, there is an apparent solution that is simple, elegant and wrong. Unfortunately, these tend to get implemented before they are known to be wrong. When this happens, it is common practice to simply change the definition of the problem.” More choice quotes. (Via Bill de hÓra)
Snakes on a plane. “One of the things we have going for us is, because we’re founded by computer scientists, we don’t have to defend our use of that programming language because it’s not Java … We have a wonderful ability here to choose the right tool for the job.” And a few other choice quotes. If you’re using Python, you’re in good company.
Chipping the web - ‘A’ — Chip’s Quips