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| I will never be a software architect | |
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I have “software architect” on my resume, and it pains me. Wikipedia has a great article on what a software architect may or may not be. But, in my world, a software architect has the knowledge, insight and responsibility to make educated decisions about the scope and direction of a team-developed software project. That was a mouthful. Software architects pick frameworks. They find previously existing packages for functionality just before the rest of the team realizes they need it. And, they plan and communicate how all the moving parts will come together. They’re really-really smart. Everyone wants to be a software architect. At Seattle’s Startup Weekend, no less than a third of the developers signed up as architects. And why not?! The act of creation - from art to programming - is egotistical. If you’ve ever referred to yourself as a “software engineer” with a straight face, then you’re advertising the capability to plan non-trivial projects. You’re a liar.
I will never be a software architect |
| MTV Multiplayer » Wii Pole Dancing Game Intended For Fitness, Fun For Men And Women | |
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Ultimately Peekaboo and AT New Media want to do for pole dancing what ‘Guitar Hero‘ did for rock n roll!
Get a bunch of hacks who think they have an idea about how to play guitar, but actually suck, to spend hideous amounts of money? That part is fine, I guess, people want to be the rock star, but who aspires to being a stripper? MTV Multiplayer » Wii Pole Dancing Game Intended For Fitness, Fun For Men And Women |
| Steampunk Moves Between Two Worlds - New York Times | |
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Yes, he owns a flat-screen television, but he has modified it with a burlap frame. He uses an iPhone, but it is encased in burnished brass. Even his clothing — an unlikely fusion of current and neo-Edwardian pieces (polo shirt, gentleman’s waistcoat, paisley bow tie), not unlike those he plans to sell this summer at his own Manhattan haberdashery — is an expression of his keenly romantic worldview.
I think this steampunk movement has much more potential than goths did. I apologize in advance for how admittedly poor this article is. The fact that NYT covered it is more significant than the content of the coverage. Steampunk Moves Between Two Worlds - New York Times |
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RapidXml is an attempt to create the fastest XML parser possible, while retaining useability, portability and reasonable W3C compatibility. It is an in-situ parser written in modern C++, with parsing speed approaching that of strlen function executed on the same data.
RapidXML |
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Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing.
Where Are They? |
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Núcleo is a toolkit for exploring new uses of video and new human-computer interaction techniques.
The núcleo toolkit |
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A black bear is being sought by New Jersey police on suspicion of stealing a minivan.
A Worrisome Precedent |
| Pentagon's Accounting Mess | |
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The Defense Department has spent billions to fix its antiquated financial systems. So why does the Pentagon still have no idea where its money goes?
Pentagon's Accounting Mess |
| Undiscovered 60's Underground Music | |
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BEYOND THE BEAT GENERATION archives and publishes the entire, long forgotten 'wild' musical gems out of the great years of the sixties (1965-1969) to a bright audience by using today's technology as we call 'Stream Radio'. We broadcast 24 hours non-stop through the Internet the music formerly known as: Hippie music, Underground, 60's punk, Flower Power, Mod, Free-Form-Freak-out, Garage music, Psychedelia or Teen Beat, the weirdest, the worst, the most powerful and nastiest ever recorded.
This could be incredibly cool. Undiscovered 60's Underground Music |
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