Friday, December 9, 2011
Northern Nights...
Via reader Rodney R.:
I just got off the phone with a friend living in North Dakota near the Canadian border. He said that since early this morning the snow has been nearly waist high and is still falling. The temperature is dropping way below zero and the north wind is increasing to near gale force. His wife has done nothing but look through the kitchen window and just stare. He says that if it gets much worse, he may have to let her in.
Six Minutes to Management Excellence...
Via my mom:
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Christmas Poem, Brooklyn Style...
This is quite likely the only time you will ever see this blog linking to Imus in the Morning! Via my mom, this audio clip of a Christmas poem, in the style of Brooklyn...
Animal Camouflage...
Can you spot the animal at right?
Lots more examples of animal camouflage at work in this slide show...
Lots more examples of animal camouflage at work in this slide show...
Noonan on Newt...
In today's WSJ. Her conclusion:
There are many good things to say about Newt Gingrich. He is compelling and unique, and, as Margaret Thatcher once said, he has "tons of guts."But this is a walk on the wild side.
The UNIX Way vs. Knuth...
Interesting post, with this quote from a review by Doug McIlroy:
Knuth has shown us here how to program intelligibly, but not wisely. I buy the discipline. I do not buy the result. He has fashioned a sort of industrial-strength FabergĂ© egg—intricate, wonderfully worked, refined beyond all ordinary desires, a museum piece from the start.As the author of the post says:
Just remember, he’s saying this about Donald Knuth.