If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
Cheryl Brooks Taggert, Atlas Shrugged
Things to remember, ponder and / or smile at
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.
Isaac Asimov
Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won’t shoot your foot off.
Miles Vorkosigan, Miles in Love
You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.
Jordan B. Peterson
Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.
Croaker, Shadow Games
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny…
Isaac Asimov
See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.
Raven, Snow Crash
Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.
Juan Rico, Starship Troopers
Lighten up, Frances.
Sgt Hulka, Stripes
Blog
iOS / iPhone Setup
Per Tim Ferriss and one of his 5-Bullet Fridays, I went through How to Configure Your iPhone to Work for You, Not Against You. It was interesting. I started some of this on my own, after listening to some other productivity books Cal Newport Deep Work and James Clear Atomic Habits (Inversion of 1st Law: Make it invisible). …
Coding Dojo – Bowling Score
I was in training for a couple days to start the week. Test Driven Development (TTD) with a side of Extreme Programming (XP) to be precise. The presentation was a bit … hyperbolic. TDD w/XP was presented a the one modern way to create defect free code. I am not persuaded. First, creating an algorithm …
Change in Plan
I started a new job. Yay! I need to learn some different things. Yay? Ah, it is all good. I am having fun. However, the Haskell Book Club is going dormant for the time being. In it’s place I will be doing an algorithms study, using Robert Sedgewick’s Algorithms (4ed). I have already created a …