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Clojure Conj 2011 – Learning more pt.1

Feb 1, 2012

By my measure, the second Clojure Conj was a smashing success. I wrote summaries of the mainline Conj activities and the unconference activities if you need some context. The amount of brain power on tap at the conference was intoxicating. ...

Lisp in 32 lines of Ruby

Jan 25, 2012 some comments

Playing around yesterday during lunch.1 [sourcecode lang="ruby" gist="1677501"]You are being redirected.[/sourcecode] And the LISP ecosystem has been enriched -- much like manure to the garden. uLithp Github repo -- fork and reduce! :F I also made some mods a few minutes after posting to reduce the count ...

A quick review of “Money” by Martin Amis

Jan 23, 2012

Although I typically do not post book reviews on my blog1, I'll try to do so when the mood hits me. Money by Martin Amis Money is often lauded as one of the best novels of the 20th century, and was loved by Christopher ...

The best things and stuff of 2011

Dec 31, 2011 some comments

Great things and people that I discovered, learned, read, met, etc. in 2011. No particular ordering is implied. Not everything is new. Great blog posts read Xv6: Unix v6 Ported to ANSI C, x86 -- in fact, the OS Blog is one ...

The Road to Clojure Survey

Dec 20, 2011 one comment

The following form is an informal survey gauging the roots and inspirations of the Clojure community. The tone and text is (mostly) inspired (stolen) from the classic Road to Lisp Survey. Loading... :F p.s. This is my 1000th post. Seems fitting.

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