Monthly Archives: January 2008

Humility and Database Connectivity

Posted on 2008 01 30 by fhwrdh

Ben Watson, on his blog, Philosophical Geek, recently published an excellent post titled Top 5 Attributes of Highly Effective Programmers. He is not referring here to knowledge of particular technical topics, frameworks or interview minutiae. Instead, these are 5 personality … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Posted on 2008 01 28 by fhwrdh

A very late, and somewhat fuzzy trip report… Edinburgh was on my short list of cities to visit while we are in Europe. After getting London, Paris and Rome crossed off the list (sort of – we really need to … Continue reading →

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Stoney

Posted on 2008 01 28 by fhwrdh

Spent some time yesterday in the cemetery. While facty was off looking for stuff, I took some photos. This is the headstone of George Johnstone Stoney, best known for inventing the term “electron” in 1894. According to Wikipedia, he was … Continue reading →

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Change of Scenery

Posted on 2008 01 23 by fhwrdh

Following Facty’s successful transition from Blogger, I decided I’d move to WordPress, also. Moving posts and comments was a challenge requiring some custom XML generation, which gave me an excuse chance to play with Ruby for the first time. It … Continue reading →

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