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The best things and stuff of 2023

Dec 18, 2023

Great things and people that I discovered, learned, read, met, etc. in 2023. No particular ordering is implied. Not everything is new. also: see the lists from 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 I’m releasing this year’s post early due to upcoming travel, so please hold off […]

The Best Albums of the 2000s

Dec 24, 2009 some comments

Boards of Canada – Geogaddi (2002) My friend Rob introduced this album to me about 6 years ago and it has since been in constant rotation. In many ways, it’s this album that foreshadows the entire Hauntology movement. Every track is a shining star. Untrue – Burial (2007) As Warren Ellis put it, “Dubstep’s on […]

Moleskine Notes for June 2008

Jul 16, 2008

Lambda C++ \#define Lambda(args, ret, body) \ class MakeName(__Lambda__) { \ public: ret operator() args { body; }} Lambda((int a, int b), int, return a+b) foo; cout

Linkage 2007.03.05

Mar 5, 2008

Technorati Profile<br/> Google Chart API<br/> Meta-object protocol<br/> Rails is the best thing that ever happened to Python?<br/> Software Masterpiece<br/> <br/> <br/> A rant about C++ new<br/> Most of the problems mentioned in this document stem from the fact that C++ took a particular class of functionality, namely memory allocation and object construction, and threw a […]

Linkage 2007.01.23

Jan 23, 2008

On Abandoning Xlisp-Stat<br/> My first Lisp environment<br/> The new CLIPS home<br/> What other languages should learn from Lisp<br/> Optional type declarations (Common Lisp.) CL allows, but does not require, type declarations. Eloquent Javascript<br/> 5 Whys by Joel<br/> <br/> Garlic programmers…<br/> I have noticed a trend in my own productivity: my productivity varies greatly with the […]

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