On Q&A And Broken Windows
Have you ever driven through a bad neighborhood with lots of rubbish blowing about and felt less guilty than you would otherwise by throwing a banana peel out of your car window? Perhaps an empty soda can? If you have, you’ve demonstrated what we call the broken window theory. Not surprisingly, the theory also applies [...]
No More Favors To Internet Explorer
This is a short rant. I am not going to continue to work around a browser that does not adhere to standards, no matter how many people use what I wrote. If this site looks awkward for you, get a standards compliant browser. I am also officially ignoring any bug reports pertaining to stuff that [...]
Rare Knowledge Is Often Unrewarded
I was reflecting today on a joke koan that I read, somewhere, I can’t remember where (and I’ve added to it): A locomotive breaks down and an engineer is called in to fix it. The engineer listens to the sounds of the locomotive, reaches in his tool box and pulls out a hammer. He crawls [...]
Duplicating The Guts Of Giants
We’re all impressed and fascinated with the inner workings of Stack Overflow. Its one of the few web based services that has actually impressed me. Every single button, link, label or sprite belongs exactly where it is. The tools provided are exactly adequate for users to accomplish what they want to do, no more – [...]
