Pair Programming and Loners- March 31, 2004 I find this post by Kathy Sierra on Pair Programming and loners very interesting. Being alone simply gives you the time to reorganize your thought. Pair Programming on the other hand achieves the same goal by exchanging thoughts among partners. I feel like doing the loner's way sometimes (most of the time) and sometimes just by pairing with a colleague. People are different, they are in different moods, they organize their minds quite differently.... Related to this issue, I would really...http://www.jroller.com/ara_e/entry/pair_programming_and_loners Dating Design Patterns- March 21, 2004 Are you a poor lonely programmer who spends weekends alone No wife No kids No dates Are you a guy who can list all JDK classes implementing java.io.Serializable and yet you can't talk to the girl next door without peeing your pants in stress Life can't more miserable than that but there's still hope! You can change your life by learning a few dating design patterns!! Just get this book (Dating Design Patterns!) and become a reborn geek! Learn these patterns (diagram here!) and go to bed.http://www.jroller.com/ara_e/entry/dating_design_patterns O-Hum- March 17, 2004 My favorite Persian rock band O-Hum will finally play a concert! In Germany... doh!! O-Hum is a Tehran based rock band but they never managed to get a license from the authorities for their albums and concerts. The music is a mix of western rock with eastern instruments such as tar and daf, and Hafez poems. And that's what caused them trouble! Western rock with Sufidivine Hafez poems! But they built a web site 4 years ago and gradually a big fan base. Their music is freely downloadable...http://www.jroller.com/ara_e/entry/o_hum |