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Jason McDonald - software engineering, form meeting function, philosophy, language, art, computers, music, science, learning, et al. Atlanta, GA.
RT @andreasohlund: Ok there is probably some valid use cases, BUT: Swallowing exceptions has always come to bite me in the ass every single time!!
RT @pilotsource: There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. Robert Louis Stevenson
RT @hypepotamus: Breakfast in bed? How about @WaffleHouse delivered to your door? It's now possible thanks to @Roadie! http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta... #Atlanta
This is a test of the @advancedtweets to @friendfeed integration. This is only a test.
People Are Awesome 2014 (INSANE Edition) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Final Stand: The Pod Zook - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
#readinglist Started For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
#readinglist Finished The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
Just encountered "in consistent" used to mean "in a consistent spirit". Oh #engrish you amuse me :)
In Issaquah, WA this week and next if anyone wants to grab a drink.
How did I not know sqlserver could do temporary stored procedures?! ad hoc scripts can get so much easier now...
Re: The most disappointing video games of all-time, according to Redditors - http://news.tigerdirect.com/2014...
""Disappointing", by definition, means the game had to be hyped... It failed to meet expectations, even if the overall quality was still good. You sell a game as a 3 and it's a 5, then it's a great unexpected thing. You sell a game as a 10 and its a 5 then its a disappointment." - xero
AMAZING! GO PRO UNDER 75MPH Train!!! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
#readinglist Started Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
Battleloggers - SRAW - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Inside the World of Longsword Fighting | The New York Times - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
RT @benkimediyorum: Design VS User Experience https://twitter.com/benkime...
RT @tad: Today’s irritation: sample code which only half-ass works. Why bother providing a sample if it’s not a complete sample?
#readinglist Finished Hammered by Kevin Hearne
RT @ackenpacken: ContinuousTests was just open sourced under the GPL license and pushed to github :) http://www.acken.no/blog...
RT @jimwooley: Notes on new C# language features coming at https://t.co/DANBLpr6iJ
RT @codinghorror: I do hope one result of Ferguson is that all police wear cams when on duty. I truly believe this will produce better outcomes for everyone.
Is it bad that when I see "sync" spelled "synch" I just want to stop reading and ignore everything after it?
Risk compensation. Keep the right things dangerous... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki...
exercise trampolines DO NOT REQUIRE SAFETY NETS!!! It's a longer fall from my bed! #fail https://twitter.com/jokeyxe...
RT @SeanNoxious: @codinghorror assume no one will read email. If you need something call. #itWentInSpam #idkWhy #neverHappens
RT @BenedictEvans: Think of the first computer you ever used, and how primitive it would seem now. That's how a toddler today will remember the iPad.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person I know who care about consistent namespaces #coderproblems #programmer
RT @afroazn: JUST IN CASE YOU GOT DISTRACTED: https://twitter.com/afroazn...
RT @abdullin: Unexpected side effect of having a living diagram of the system: it makes development more tangible. You can point to things in discussions.