"The right questions rely on the leader's ability to communicate authentic interest in learning the answer. They come from a place of not knowing. The right questions are open-ended, carry the possibility of true discovery, and demonstrate a willingness to share and bestow credit." Classes of questions: perspective, evaluative, action, knowledge.
- Emil Sit
"Cappuccino is an open source application framework for developing applications that look and feel like the desktop software users are familiar with." Runs on JavaScript, and you write code in something called Objective-J which looks like Objective-C. Sometimes it is scary what you can do in JS.
- Emil Sit
If you're not in computer science, you typically receive no training in how to write good programs--part science, part art, part engineering. This blog has many posts about what you want to think about in terms of developing good code. Probably takes a bit more work up front but will pay off for your science in the long run.
- Emil Sit
Discussion (in comments) between the developer of haproxy and a user of ldirectord on considerations when choosing a load balancer. Application level proxy versus layer 2 proxy, performance, etc.
- Emil Sit
-1 15 oz. can of unsweetened coconut milk -4 sweet potatoes, quartered -1 c quinoa -1/2 c water -1 15 oz. can of black beans, drained -1/4 c agave nectar Place all ingredients in the crockpot and heat on low for 6 hours.
- Emil Sit
"Our industry has collectively taught average people over the last few decades that computers should be feared and are always a single misstep from breaking. We’ve trained them to expect the working state to be fragile and temporary, and experience from previous upgrades has convinced them that they shouldn’t mess with anything if it works. They’ve learned to ignore our pressures to always get the latest versions of everything because our upgrades frequently break their software and workflow. They expect unreliable functionality, shoddy software workmanship, unnecessary complexity, broken promises from software marketers, and degrading hostility from their office’s IT staff."
- Emil Sit
A stack-based language (with variables) designed to write (complex) programs in the fewest number of characters. Basically, all functions are a single ascii character.
- Emil Sit
I so much prefer photographing kids in their favorite ratty dresses and superman capes, while their parents sip coffee in T-shirts and bare feet and the dog meanders through the living room and in front of the lens. And the baby crawls around diaperless like a naked time bomb. - http://grazing.emilsit.net/post...
Good basic reference, with pointers to more. Looks like part of a series. (Maybe the article should be "It's not bandwidth, it's latency"!)
- Emil Sit
Beginning with cleaning the mouth and morning beverage. Please find time, preferably after neti and before starting your day, to integrate 20 minutes of personal yoga practice. I taught the group Sun Salutations, but you may choose to do something else. It needn’t be a workout, simply a time to conect with your body. Follow or begin with 5-10... - http://grazing.emilsit.net/post...
[…] the idea that Windows 7’s quality will spur upgrades from XP is predicated on the fact that the people holding out on XP make their computing choices based on quality. But if that’s the case, why exactly are they still running Windows XP? Why are they still using Internet Explorer? - http://grazing.emilsit.net/post...
Sean Quinlan talks with Marshall McKusick about the evolution of the Google File System. In particular, Sean discusses how each of the original design decisions (single master, throughput over latency, 64MB chunks) ran into issues as number of applications using GFS increased.
- Emil Sit
"What were the walls I built as a child to feel safe and secure? And, are these walls serving me now? If not, what are they keeping me from?"
- Emil Sit
A fine overview of nanoc related resources plus a walk-through of how to convert from Typo to Nanoc. Links to a comparison with some other systems too, and the complete source for the site.
- Emil Sit
Intro to the Unicorn mongrel webserver for Ruby, which normally wouldn't be interesting to me but it's a nice piece of unix architecture. I like especially the way it does transparent restarts.
- Emil Sit