Oh, My...

This is what Rush Limbaugh is talking about when he rails about “environmentalist wackos”.




There certainly are many people who are both concerned about the environment and are simultaneously more familiar with the issues and the underlying science. I like to think of myself as one of them. But we're not in the majority...

TileMill...

Here's a new open source map editing program.  I haven't used it myself (yet!), but it sure looks interesting...

Software State Machines...

I've long been a fan of state machines implemented in software.  Most of my colleagues roll their eyes when I display my enthusiasm for them.  I've generally considered this to be symptomatic of my slightly odd background in digital hardware design, where state machines are the norm.  Most software developers know state machines only from school, if at all.  I use them fairly often, even for very small and simple problems.  Generally I roll my own state machine from scratch, though for more complex state machines I've used libraries like this one.

Alan Skorkin has some ideas about why state machines are infrequently used.  And why they're fluffy bunnies...