How to write good code
Or you could do Agile programming from the start.
(Cartoon swiped from xkcd, with permission)
Topic
Humour
A collection of 155 issues
2010 Ig Nobel Prizes
I love the Ig Nobel prizes, the Peace and Management prizes are awesome this year!
Engineering Prize
Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse and Agnes Rocha-Gosselin of the Zoological Society of London, UK, and Diane Gendron of Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Baja California Sur, Mexico, for perfecting a method to collect whale snot, using a
Quantum Christmas
I love xkcd:
You need to go to the website and hover over the cartoon to see the ALT text too.
Proper pronounciation
It's NaNo WRY Mo, not NaNo REE Mo. Not that Snooch would care...
7101 words and counting. Busy and awful day today.
2009 Ig Nobel Prizes
You have to love the Ig Nobel prizes! And wonder "what were they thinking" when these people got grant money to study...
Veterinary Medicine
Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are
999 Emergency!
Had to be done. I am still English after all. It's 999 day!
This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 at 9:09 am
People are flocking to get married in China and at Gretna Green today.
More chives and no-one gets hurt
My house is near the best spice shop I've ever met, Penzeys. They have every herb, spice, seasoning, and blend you could imagine, all in jars for you to smell, plus an amazing hot chocolate mix. The Network Guy at work also loves Penzeys, and we have an
Mathematics vs. the Zombies
Wired: Mathematical Model for Surviving a Zombie Attack.
It is possible to successfully fend off a zombie attack, according to Canadian mathematicians. The key is to "hit hard and hit often." Oh yes, somebody actually did a study on mathematics of a hypothetical zombie attack, and published it
Cod moves in mysterious ways
Back in Guildford I wanted a t-shirt with a picture of a running chicken and the caption "Poultry in Motion". It was a Simon Drew design, I love his sense of humour and drawing style.
These are links to some of his designs on coasters available from Castle
Ungrateful cat is ungrateful
Brand new squishy cat bed vs. free cardboard box. Even sprinkled with catnip, she prefers the box.
You snooze, you lose.