Mike Austin's Blog

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Stevie play the drums

Monday, November 23, 2009

QWERTY makes a comeback on Dvorak

Link

Quite possibly true

Monday, November 16, 2009

What Killed Smalltalk Could Kill Ruby, Too

Video

i.e., don't put walls up around your "perfect system", and always write tests. I have found unit tests helpful while developing Impulse, a dynamic language. Any time I changed something and ran it, the tests would show if I broke something. The more detailed the tests, the better.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Genetic algorithms for code

Acovea
Using Natural Selection to Investigate Software Complexities

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Microsoft brainwashing

"Internet Explorer 8 is the latest version of the familiar Web browser that you are most comfortable using."

Ummm, I guess I can't have my own oppinion??