Good advice

Focus on the product, not on your code.

The Anti-Car Movement

Erik Curren writes in his review of Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay:

For my money, to get people to demand change on such a large scale, they’re going to need a pretty strong motivation. As any salesman can tell you, fear of loss is a much stronger motivator than hope of gain. And considering what’s at stake at this point — the survival of human civilization — a healthy sense of fear and urgency is also a more realistic reaction than warm-fuzzies about a higher quality of life.

Foolish things done in a moment of weakness

Signed up for Camp NaNoWriMo. Wish me luck.

Failure

The best way to avoid Failure is to fail constantly.

Jeff "Chaos Monkey" Atwood

Gas Station Philosophy

My office-mate's father once saw these instructions inscribed on a humble tire pressure gauge, and I thought it just had to be shared with the world:

Too little pressure causes poor performance, too much pressure causes blowouts.

Remember that as you motor on down the Highway of Life.

Smalltalk Lives

Somewhere in the heart of Reqpro, Smalltalk lives on. Got this notice when I quit:

Quote of the day

functionality is an asset, but code is a liability
- Ted Dziuba on Taco Bell Programming