Pete Kruckenberg's Perfect WorldNow you're in itOn learning to program (in 21 days or 10 years)- January 24, 2007 A few years ago Peter Norvig wrote a great article about how absurd it is —contrary to many popular titles—to learn to program well (or learn most other worthwhile skills) in less than several (ten) years. I first came across...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/programming.php Updates on recent posts- January 20, 2007 A few updates on recent posts: Joe Hewitt, the creator of FireBug, wrote an excellent article in DDJ on using FireBug. His focus is on debugging AJAX, but there's useful information for any Web developer. Finding FireBug continues to be...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/updates_on_rece.php Adjusting algorithms for dynamic languages- January 16, 2007 One of my college Computer Science classes introduced me to Sedgewick's Algorithms in C. Though after a decade I don't remember specifics of the class, I regularly find myself applying the principles I learned, evaluating the cost of each way...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/adjusting_algor.php Surprise -- DST comes early this year- January 11, 2007 A question today about plans for Daylight Saving changes came as a bit of a shock. I'd forgotten that dates for Daylight Saving Time (in the US) change this year. DST starts 3 weeks earlier (2nd Sunday of March--March 11--instead...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/surprise_dst_co.php An interesting mix (of oil and water, kind of)- January 2, 2007 By coincidence, I happened to watch or read An Inconvenient Truth and State of Fear over the last month. They're both interesting and entertaining (I wish more Powerpoint presentations were like Al Gore's), and highly opinionated in a subtle way...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/an_interesting_1.php |