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Daily Life in an Ivory Basement : /mar-08/software-quality-death-spiral.html |
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Topic: Technology |
9:35 pm EDT, Mar 25, 2008 |
At PyCon '08, I gave a talk on testing and the OLPC project where I referred to the "Testing Death Spiral". My accompanying slide, which aimed to be simple rather than comprehensive, had this scenario: 1. Write a bunch of code & manually test it. (Good so far.) 2. Start adding features over here. 3. Watch code break over there. 4. Rinse, lather, repeat (Where do you think this ends?)
Daily Life in an Ivory Basement : /mar-08/software-quality-death-spiral.html |
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Modafinil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Topic: Technology |
1:58 am EDT, Mar 25, 2008 |
In the United States, modafinil is approved by the FDA for the treatment of narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea and shift work sleep disorder. In some countries, it is also approved for idiopathic hypersomnia (all forms of excessive daytime sleepiness where causes can't be established).
Interesting stimulant. Modafinil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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the Vanishing Point - Niagra Falls Tunnel |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
1:44 am EDT, Mar 25, 2008 |
Imagine a tunnel more than ten storeys underground, a hundred years old, bricklined, wet, and completely inaccessible save by descending through a narrow slit in its ceiling thirty feet above the floor, and then returning up the same rope you came down.
the Vanishing Point - Niagra Falls Tunnel |
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922-7183 15" Macbook Pro Keyboard, Apple Mac and iPod Accessories |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
8:52 pm EDT, Mar 24, 2008 |
922-7183 15" Macbook Pro Keyboard 15" Macbook Pro Keyboard
Apple is a piece of crap company. I'm going to pay them $100 for the 'analysis' and buy this thing and fix the god damned macbook myself. Fuck you apple. 922-7183 15" Macbook Pro Keyboard, Apple Mac and iPod Accessories |
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JPMorgan ups offer for Bear Stearns - Mar. 24, 2008 |
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Topic: Business |
8:09 pm EDT, Mar 24, 2008 |
JPMorgan now will bear the risk of the first $1 billion of losses if Bear Stearns' assets go bad. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will cover the risk for the remaining $29 billion, instead of being on the hook for all of the first $30 billion in losses, as was originally announced March 16. To do this, the New York Fed will take control of $30 billion of Bear Stearns' assets through a newly formed limited liability company managed by BlackRock Financial Management. The assets would serve as collateral for $29 billion in financing from the New York Fed at a 2.5% rate. JPMorgan Chase will be responsible for the first $1 billion of losses in the portfolio, while the New York Fed would keep any gains.
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Colors - Pick n' Harmonize! |
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Topic: Technology |
5:32 pm EDT, Mar 24, 2008 |
Wow, this is handy. Its a web version of photoshop's little color picker. It tells you the color code of the color you pick on the 2d pallete. Great for web shenanigans. Colors - Pick n' Harmonize! |
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Mickey Edwards - Dick Cheney's Error - washingtonpost.com |
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Topic: Current Events |
4:20 am EDT, Mar 23, 2008 |
That is the difference between a strong president (one who leads) and a strong presidency (one in which ultimate power resides in the hands of a single person). Bush is officially America's "head of state," but he is not the head of government; he is the head of one branch of our government, and it's not the branch that decides on war and peace.
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Electronic tattoo display runs on blood |
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Topic: Technology |
10:52 pm EDT, Mar 21, 2008 |
Jim Mielke's wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of technology and body art. At the recent Greener Gadgets Design Competition, the engineer demonstrated a subcutaneously implanted touch-screen that operates as a cell phone display, with the potential for 3G video calls that are visible just underneath the skin.
Dunno what to say about this other than: wat Electronic tattoo display runs on blood |
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Force_of_Good: Positioning |
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Topic: Business |
9:14 pm EDT, Mar 19, 2008 |
Positioning is a crucial step and a foundation of any startup marketing strategy. If you don't do it, your competition will, and in a way that does not put you and your company in the best light. With that said, I have found that entrepreneurs hate to try and position their companies. Why you may ask. Because it forces a niche approach. A niche approach forces you to decide what you want to be when you grow up. Entrepreneurs typically don't like to address this because it reduces options. If you don't reduce options you become Yahoo!. So, how does one go about the act of positioning. I have found that a combination of the concepts presented by Geoffrey Moore in Crossing the Chasm (page 161) and Chris Coleman in The Green Banana Papers (page 36) work best. While it takes a lot of research, strategic thought and time (it will take at least 90 days to distill this), simply fill in the blanks or modify to suit your needs. For __________________ (target customer) __________________ (company/product name is a __________________ (category in which you compete) that __________________. (functional need filled) Unlike __________________ (your primary competitor) we __________________. (why you are different). And once you get that down you consistently repeat it. Consistently repeat it.
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