I’ve always wondered where the SUV proliferation in the US came from. This article assures me that it’s because the US federal government tried to make cars more fuel efficient. Interesting, if it’s correct. Nick Hac. [icbm: work]
Want to be an acquisitions editor on Open Source topics
Because the Average Joe is looking for one. [icbm: home]
The channel seven defence
Your honour, they can’t prove we didn’t lie in our story. Arguing that you could have lied in a journalistic story as a defence? Either Channel 7 is populated with such morons that you shouldn’t be watching, or they can’t be trusted. Pick. [icbm: home]
Hackathons
Let your development team spend a day hacking on a feature they care about. Sounds like a great idea to me. I look around at a lot of the developers I know and they’re running at 50% efficiency because they feel bored doing what the managers say they should the whole time, and the product…
Sydney Australia in Google Maps
Sydney, Australia is in Google Maps. Satellite imagery only, but it’s a start. Via the Unofficial Google Weblog. [icbm: home]
Interesting technique for finding leaks in code
So, your code leaks and you need a technique for finding what object you’re leaking, so grab a couple of addresses at random and dump them. Chances are, they’re the object your leaking. This technique is so sexy in it’s beauty. [icbm: home]
Ministry of re-shelving
Re-shelve copies of 1984 under “current affairs” or “politics” in your local bookshop. [icbm: work]
Random segue: how I came up with the original table of contents
One of the problems I grappled with early on with was how do you come up with a table of contents for a book? It’s a complicated process, and it’s really important. If the book doesn’t flow, then people are left confused about what goes where, and the book is a lot less useful. Additionally,…
The Apress page for the book
I just noticed that Apress has a page up for the book as well. Perhaps I should stop pointing these things out, but I find it exciting. There’s something deeply weird about reading about yourself though.
Working on review comments for Chapters 2, 3 and 4 tonight
Michael Carden asks in a comment to my previous post to the book if I had considered making draft chapters available for public comment before printing. To be completely honest it hadn’t occurred to me until Michael suggested it, and it does fit well with all the open source stuff I have done over the…