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Hott! Work-Historical Shirt

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Production University Tools Seminar

Originally uploaded by Norm Walsh

Loved this shirt. Blogged longer about it at XML.com History Repeats: Teaching Publishers Markup.

Hiding Complexity

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

I just started reading the second edition of The Ruby Way by Hal Fulton and came across this gem:
We can’t avoid complexity, but we can push it around. We can bury it out of sight. This is the old “black box” principle at work; a black box performs a complex task, but it possesses simplicity [...]

Cheese

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Ben said:
I am in colorado and I’m bored [....] please send me lengthy updates on your lives, situations, problems, joys, sorrows, aspirations, favorite kinds of cheese (melted and non-melted), etc.
Then, after I didn’t respond, he said:
btw you’re not off the hook for emailing me a rundown of your life and favorite types of cheese, ESPECIALLY [...]