Recently Stanford has started a new initiative to bring free classes to the public. From what I’ve seen from statistics, this venture has been extraordinarily successful with over 100,000 sign ups. Most likely only a fraction went through with the class, but that’s still a lot of people, especially for the first time. There has been quite [...]
Archive | December, 2011
God dammit, I bought a WordPress theme
I caved. I bought a WordPress theme. $45 I swore I would never spend, and what’s more, against the advice of my girlfriend (and she always gives good advice). I don’t know what overtook me, perhaps it was that ad that I have to look at everytime I log into WordPress, perhaps I was bored [...]
Becoming a pale, pasty programmer
Becoming a better programmer is not for the faint of heart. It’s easy to succumb to boredom, the sunny outdoors, and women (or men) but if you’re up for the challenge, the real deal, then this is for you. Why are all master programmers pale, pasty, and afraid of women? Because they did not succumb. Secret to [...]
