Rubber ducky

As a programmer, I am well into its different methodologies. Not all are completely serious, but all carry a message. My favourites being KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) and DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself). Something I discovered recently was that there is a Rubber Duck methodology which is described at Jaffa Monkey:
1) Beg, borrow, steal, buy, [...]

In the 80s zone!

After the last post, I decided to have a look at Roller discos from the 80s. I searched on Flickr and my hankering was almost instantly satisfied. You really can’t fake the shots. They look like they were taken in the 80s. You can try and get the style back in modern times, but it [...]

Now that gamers rule the land

I’ve been reading a couple of similar posts recently (links below) which have been talking, roughly, about the same thing. That, on the whole, successful websites are using gaming rules. Or the coolest ones anyway. I do find this interesting. We’re in an age where the first generation of gamers are now grown and well [...]

The buses have order!

I spend a lot of time thinking about stuff. I need to find answers a lot (the last thing I decided to look up was why, at the front of barbers they have a red and white spiral). For example, I’ll end up waiting at bus stops (waiting for a bus of course, nothing dodgy [...]

People can make time

I sometimes have no idea how this happens, but if you want to do something. And I mean REALLY want to do something. Time can almost be made. I just read this little snippet: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1619-theres-always-time-to-launch-your-dream
And it’s true! There is time. Say you are working on a side project away from work. You get home. The [...]

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