27

The software industry is dynamic, and needs practitioners that are able to adapt quickly. Failure to adapt to changing market demands is a recipe for deep specialization, obsolescence, or entry into management. Platforms, Evolution, and Software's Cambrian Explosion

Django snippets

How Not to Get Fired Because of Your Blog

26

But the world after the Flood was much different than before, with much less vegetation and a colder, harsher climate, and evidently the dinosaurs gradually died out. Perhaps they were even hunted to extinction, as would be indicated by the many legends of dragons, the descriptions of which closely resemble dinosaurs.

I like this story more.

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. Hal Abelson

Graham's number, named after Ronald Graham, is often described as the largest number that has ever been seriously used in a mathematical proof. It is too large to be written in scientific notation so it needs special notation to write down. Graham's number

25

By 2015, when this is fully in place, we'll be putting four million tonnes less carbon into the atmosphere than we are today. Australia: Plan to give old light bulbs the flick

A survey of deep-sea fish living in the north-west Atlantic has shown that 40 per cent of species for which data are available are already in decline. The rape of the seas

A high number of comments might indicate that the code is well-documented and organized, and could be a sign of a helpful and disciplined development team. OHLOH team

It may also mean the code sucks so much that it needs extra explaination.

The world is shifting away from rich client applications, and towards the web. PHP looks like the language of choice in this new world. PHP eats Rails

Show us the code, Steve

One way to improve height of a Mentos reaction with Diet Coke is by freezing the Mentos. Mentos eruption found via Wikipedia unusual articles page.