May 2009
12 posts
“Meanwhile, Dick Grayson and Tim Drake try to sort out who will take on the...”
– io9 - Battle For The Cowl Establishes New Batman Status Quo, Does Little Else - Batman
See? Here’s why I gave up reading most comics a long time ago.
JASON TODD FUCKING DIED.
Not some “Leave open enough doubt that he died that, when we bring him back, we can explain it away”...
“He described her as “funny, and clever, and gorgeous, and sexy. Or...”
– io9 - The Other Half Of Next Year’s All-New Doctor Who Cast - doctor who
Well said. I’m frustrated that the new season isn’t for a bit, but it sounds like it’s shaping up to be quite a fun little show.
“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to...”
– Sylvia Plath (via skyisland)
“Through four games at first base, Murphy seems far more comfortable in the field...”
– Murphy aims to get bat up to speed | mets.com: News
Man, it sure would be nice if something would fall into place for my Mets.
“For a “back to roots” movement to succeed, it has to counter or repel the forces...”
– Untitled - By “prickly”, I mean…
Brian Marick is SMRT.
“A beige toaster is a maggotbox.
A bit bucket is a data sink.
Farkled is a...”
– Hackers Can Sidejack Cookies: Poetry: The New Yorker via kottke.
Any poem that references Clarus is, definitionally, awesome.
“The answer is that you never, ever, rely on another person for your peace of...”
– Armistead Maupin, More Tales From the City (via skyisland)
“I did so never taking Steroids, HGH, cow urine, horse feces, or West African...”
– 38 Pitches » Thank you Jason Bay
Don’t agree with his politics, but love reading Schill for the baseball.
“Aren’t we all merely a collection of assorted, slapdash decisions...”
– There I was again / Ever get the feeling you just saw the person you could’ve been?
“We build real software in short iterations, based on the product owner’s current...”
– Risk is the Water in Which the Agile Fish Swims | xProgramming.com
Good quote from Ron Jeffries. I like the analogy, and it mirrors a comment I made earlier in the week while we were breaking epics down into stories: as we’re assigning story points to tasks, of course risk is involved. ...
“And the important thing that I can tell you is that there is a test to determine...”
– kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products
Jason reminds me of a great interview, and a fantastic rule for figuring out what people to let into your life.
Great thing to keep in mind, in general, forever.