Archive: February 27, 2006

Monday, February 27, 2006

1. Benjamin Franklin's 13 virtues (via Lifehacker, via reddit). Not a bad list at all.

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2. The Implementation of Functional Programming Languages. "My 1987 book is now out of print, but it is now available online in its entirety." (Via reddit).

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3. YouTube - microsoft ipod packaging parody (via Matt). Excellently done, it exemplifies my biggest criticism of Microsoft: as an organization, from top to bottom, they lack taste.

   Update (3/25): Turns out the video was done by Microsoft (via Matt)!

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4. Ned Batchelder: We're hiring. What an awesome list of job requirements.

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5. Stefan Tilkov's Random Stuff: Hiding Complexity:

   Sometimes you can invest lots of time in building a great framework with the goal of simplifying life for its users, and end up with something that is much harder to use, and use correctly, than implementing the stuff explicitly and matching your business requirements.

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