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J. McConnell

J. McConnell

A developer (Java, Ruby, Clojure, etc.), guitarist and amateur photographer with diverse interests.
You know the chili's good when it tastes better without cheese.
Eric Johnson - Phraseology - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Eric Johnson - Phraseology
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It's easier to pack than to throw away, but it's easier to throw away than to put away. I've got to work on skipping that packing step.
For real this time: RT @mikerbrt: #mashable Flickr and Getty Images Want Your Photo Submissions http://mashable.com/2009...
It's bad enough Facebook still supports poking. Now they have to start urging me to poke random friends? No thanks on the relationship help.
Flickr: Getty Images Call for Artists Group - http://www.flickr.com/groups...
Submit 10 images to the group for a chance to be accepted into the Flickr Collection. - J. McConnell
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life
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RT @kevinrose: Digg to highlight emerging trends as they occur on the homepage ... follow @digg_trends to get realtime notifications
RT @dysinger: We setup a CI build & SNAPSHOT maven repo for #clojure @ http://build.clojure.org @technomancy @richhickey & myself :)
@jimmyjacobson Ruby would far and away be my scripting language du jour.
Alright, so who's going to buy me my Metheny-Manzer Signature 6? I'll write you a song if you do. It'll be so worth it. http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazin...
How did Jack Johnson just get in my Pat Metheny/Bobby McFerrin Pandora station? I don't know, but it works. Good for you Pandora.
Congrats! RT @cmaki: O.biz is now live @Overstock @sammyland
@Persnickidy The Portland Head Light is great. Not sure about its being haunted, but there are stories of wrecks and military history.
Scala isn't overly complicated. No more so than C++.
In an exit row with no one next to me. Back home we like to call that first class.
@jimmyjacobson True, true ... I that author's Lisp Machine in mind, which also appears to be a pipe dream. Couldn't fit it all in 140 chars.
#Clojure is the perfect marriage of expressiveness, power, consistency and pragmatism. No language has as deliberate a design and philosophy
@jimmyjacobson I read that when it came out. Then I read a few more of his posts. Suffice it to say, I would never hire that guy.
@jimmyjacobson Yeah, a literal Lisp Machine is an interesting concept. I also got all excited about Ruby OS and look where that went.
http://bestc.am/NUx5 The Counter has raised the craft of burger making to an art form.
1:00pm. No caffeine and no food yet today. I think I'm dying.
@jimmyjacobson Just sent you and Kirkby possibly our first useful #Wave. Worst thing so far about it is that I have to remember to log in.
Digital iPhone cheapskates - http://scobleizer.com/2009...
The manager at my Residence Inn just greeted me by name at the free hot breakfast. I just checked in yesterday. I'm impressed.
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