Quora runs the question.  There are some really inspiring and insightful replies.  Have a look.  Here are some bits to get you started.  Robert Love said: Software is the most malleable of media. With just bits—which are nothing, really—a software engineer can build castles out of thin air. Entire businesses, industries even, are created with … Continue reading Why is software engineering exciting?
(looking over a colleague’s shoulder) If more people edited HTML via the MySQL command line tool, the world would have been a better place.
When I got back home from work yesterday, another one of my recently ordered packages arrived. Â This time, the one with the “Call of Duty: Ghosts” game for the Playstation 3. Â It’s been a while since my last Call of Duty campaign, so I was excited – jumped straight into action. Â The next six … Continue reading Call of Duty: Ghosts
OK, so by now I think everyone and their mother have heard of a giraffe that has been killed in the zoo. Â Then it was chopped into pieces, which were used for feeding other zoo animals and, partially, sent off to research centers. Â Now Cyprus Mail reports that there were death threats to the … Continue reading Hypocrisy of animal lovers over a dead giraffe
Yesterday I came across a really elegant solution to the TODO list problem. Â I tried it out and got immediately hooked! Â If you are one of those people who practice variations of Zero Inbox approach – especially with your Desktop icons, I strongly recommend you try it out. After using it for a few hours, … Continue reading The most elegant TODO list