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Gave an introduction to Clojure at yesterday’s @arc90 code review. Didn’t have much time, so I’m not sure if it was effective or valuable…

January 27, 2012 at 14:09

Inbox 99!

January 26, 2012 at 20:00

Inbox 99!

January 26, 2012 at 20:00

Top of my inbox: http://t.co/o4GoHpMl

January 26, 2012 at 19:48

Yes, Maven, just silently ignore upgrading that dependency because of a conflict. I mean, it’s not like you could notify me or anything.

January 25, 2012 at 19:12

Really interesting set of answers to this Stack Overflow Java question: When to use LinkedList over ArrayList? http://t.co/8ZS6Axsg

January 25, 2012 at 18:43

Made a useful Mac OS X service with Automator to copy the contents of a file to the clipboard: http://t.co/ZoWvWvIv

January 25, 2012 at 13:28

Might be time for a haircut… http://t.co/m5XaSwOb

January 25, 2012 at 12:13

Waited a year for Peak’s Winter Session Ale — and it was worth it. Tasty!

January 24, 2012 at 01:07

Had a great weekend: quality time with @IshBenPartzi & family; watched Gran Torino which was moving & funny; visited nieces in Scarsdale!

January 23, 2012 at 23:11

Had a great weekend: quality time with @IshBenPartzi & family; watched Gran Torino which was moving & funny; visited nieces in Scarsdale!

January 23, 2012 at 23:11

I finished the Hunger Games trilogy last night. Wicked good.

January 20, 2012 at 09:28

Someone was Wrong on the Internet, so now I’m late for work.

January 19, 2012 at 10:54

A day I have to use Maven == a bad day.

January 18, 2012 at 16:54

Some convenience methods I’d like to see added to java.util.logging.Logger:
https://t.co/JkXqq1UW /cc @joshbloch

January 18, 2012 at 14:00

Converted my Clojure program to use transients, but reverted as the performance gain was negligible, not worth it. http://t.co/GePhgQgu

January 18, 2012 at 10:04

Converted my Clojure program to use transients, but reverted as the performance gain was negligible, not worth it. http://t.co/GePhgQgu

January 18, 2012 at 10:04

I hate the pattern in Java where you don’t have any real constructors, just tons of fields and setters. I miss real, useful constructors!

January 17, 2012 at 19:52

Delighted by the fantastic Clojure Programming by Chas Emerick, Christophe Grand, & Brian Carper. Thanks @seancorfield! http://t.co/ow1RzpZX

January 17, 2012 at 11:01

Disappointed with the poor usability of iBooks’ bookmarking feature with PDFs. Had to find this to learn to use it: http://t.co/1hLDm1xS

January 17, 2012 at 10:52

Really impressed with the ClearOne Chat 150 USB speakerphone. My team could hear each other, loud & clear! http://t.co/rA5W7XM5

January 16, 2012 at 12:19

Really impressed with the ClearOne Chat 150 USB speakerphone. My team could hear each other, loud & clear! http://t.co/rA5W7XM5

January 16, 2012 at 12:19

Just watched a fantastic film on Netflix: Point Blank (À bout portant). Similar to and almost as good as Tell No One. http://t.co/CVQIYgla

January 14, 2012 at 23:40

Inbox 299!

Woo!

January 12, 2012 at 19:24

The crew at the @arc90 code review just helped me make my Scala program more pure and more idiomatically Scala! https://t.co/ExA4XoYK

January 12, 2012 at 16:38

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@gt we’re a little less neat at the @readability offices: January 26, 2012
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BackboneConf 2012 January 26, 2012
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No DHTML, Please January 26, 2012
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