I just discovered this page. It gives an interesting overview of how popular various programming languages are at present, and some long-term trends. Nice to see that my C and C++ skills are still highly employable.
Archive of entries posted on December 2008
Tactical Error
If I ever seem to think that it’s a good idea to go out on December twenty-third in lousy weather, would somebody please beat some sense into me? An in-city trip — just a normal non-shopping errand that generally takes about a twenty minute drive — required an hour and fifteen minutes to complete today. [...]
“Tom’s Twelve Laws of Life”
As mentioned before, I love a good self-help book. I’ve read dozens of them, maybe hundreds. I’ve learned a lot about life and how best to live it, but I’m not very good at articulating it. This fellow managed to fit the most important parts onto a single page, and he’s gotten pretty much everything [...]
Herding Cats
I wrote a couple times before about our litter-box situation. At the beginning of September, it looked like everyone had adapted to the most recent box, so I wrote a blog entry about it. It seems I spoke too soon though. As mentioned then, our cat Salem had gotten it into her head that if [...]