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- I love playing the "I wonder how long *this* query will take" game. said 57 minutes ago
- TFW your new Oil Temp sensor on the JPI and the replaced factory gauge appear to agree. Oh, and that's the best LOP… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… said 3 days ago
- seems like there's a market opportunity to create "Google Maps for Backhoe Operators"... if Google Maps knows the l… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… said 4 days ago
- @zerodotjander That's the winning answer--in the sense that it's correct, but totally not discoverable. said 1 week ago
- @tony4d That's like trying to kill a fly with a very large hammer. said 1 week ago
Monthly Archives: January 2012
craigslist Charitable Fund Donates to the Perl Foundation
I’m very happy to see the announcement on the Perl Foundations’s home page this morning. According to craigslist CEO and former Perl Hacker Jim Buckmaster, “craigslist has gloried in and relied upon Perl for most of its software development for more than … Continue reading
Posted in craigslist, perl
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Visiting Frozen Tenaya Lake
Yesterday Kathleen and I visited Tenaya Lake in the Tioga Pass area of Yosemite National Park. The weather has been odd this season. While it’s been quite cold at the higher elevations, there’s been virtually no precipitation yet, so the … Continue reading
Renewed Weight Loss, Health, and a new blog…
Back in mid-2006, I documented my fairly dramatic weight loss in a series of blog postings. Some of you may even remember that. It was on boingboing and all that. I went from a high of 224 pounds to a … Continue reading
Posted in health
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On Good Enough Code
Reading There’s no shame in code that is simply “good enough” (and the discussion on hacker news), I find myself strongly agreeing. I have this system I built about 3 years ago at craigslist. Since then it has been extended … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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