What a Site!

The Tiobe Index - which charts the trajectory of programming languages' popularity over time (see a sample of their work below).

For a description of Tiobe's methodology, look here.

Words of wisdom, from Omar Little

On why he doesn't always carry a gun:

"Sometimes who you are is enough, Dawg."

Great personality test site -- worth visiting

After posting about the "Typealyzer," I found a site that is much better. Really outstanding. It's called Signal Patterns and is now in beta. Since I am a psychologist by training, I know a lot about personality tests. There are a very few good ones. On the 'net, there are even fewer. However, this site has tests that are based on solid, valid and reliable research. I definitely endorse it. BTW, the charts are very, very cool!

(Note: that was 2008 - it is now 2014. Since I wrote the above post, this company has made some changes. I'm hearing a bit of worrisome feedback from readers, so will go back, take a look, then - if warranted - revise this post... all the while reminding myself that it's progress, not perfection, that counts.)

A new toy for belly-button gazers

(...Not that there's anything wrong with that). Check this out: The Typealizer, a site that analyzes your blog using the Meyers-Briggs (MBTI) personality instrument, then 'tells' what 'type' you are based on its content. This is how I, as the author of this blog, was thus described:

INTP - The Thinkers

The logical and analytical type. They are especialy attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle connections between things and imagine far-reaching implications.

They enjoy working with complex things using a lot of concepts and imaginative models of reality. Since they are not very good at seeing and understanding the needs of other people, they might come across as arrogant, impatient and insensitive to people that need some time to understand what they are talking about.




















Geez. This makes me sound awfully serious.....

"So out you're in. "

I've coined a phrase! Out of my own personal experience, too. Whether anyone else likes it or uses it is not important. I like it and that is its own reward.

Goals are important

All the research shows that goals are important, and that writing them down increases the chances that one will attain them. Thus, I share with you one of mine:

To consistently eat dinner before midnight.

I believe I can do this. I just know I will.

Cheers et bon appétit.

Speaking of Skills...

It is with pleasure that I present to you The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper).



This guy's really got skills.

Sweet.

Towards a More Perfect Union-Redux

Courtesy of the New York Times (and YouTube):

“Dang! That pilot has some skills."

Jeep

A man's got to have a code

Bunk's comment about

(R.I.P) Omar Little.

Omar's Obituary

you feel me?

Good Advice from an Impeccable Source

Cultivate a friend whose ways are seven: He gives what is hard to give, does what is hard to do, bears what is hard to bear, he confesses his own secrets and keeps your secrets, in times of trouble he does not forsake you, and he does not forsake you when you are down.

- Buddha

Take Heart

"Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated but for our qualities." - Bernard Berenson

Un Petit Sondage

Recémment, j'ai visité le site Passion for Fashion, et en si faisant , j'ai trouvé un lien a Chic in Paris. J'ai bien aimée le style de Chic in Paris, mais je l'ai trouvé un peu trop agé pour moi, et trop concentré sur la couture. Quel est vôtre opinion?

Je m'excuse en avance pour la qualité de mon Francais. J'adore la langue mais je n'ai pas beacoup de chances pour la pratiquer. Je crois qu'il n'y q'une solution de ce probleme: je dois aller en France pour une visite prolongée.

The Philosopher Spake Truth

There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.

Franz Kafka

(Sometimes I think I suffer from both. Thus, I seek redemption.)

The virtues of obliviousness

.....A small object lesson.

Purely Outstanding

Why gild the lily?

Heart, Soul, and Song

The ineffable power of music, per Amos Lee's wonderful song, "Long Line of Pain," from the Supply and Demand album.


Here is a rich, deep, wide, and varied musical resource, the contents of which make clear why we call it Soul Music. If you go to visit the Soul Patrol, you may end up staying all day.....and it will be worth every minute.

My modus operandi for today

"You are never behind. Jump in where you are." - The FlyLady

Etiquette Questions

1. Why is it desirable to be "fashionably late" in a social setting but a sign of moral turpitude, sloth, or worse, to be 'fashionably late' to work?

2. Is it necessarily the case that people who are early to arrive at work are getting more done than those who drift in a bit later, but crank it out when they are there and/or stay late to get it done right?

Larger Philosophical Questions

1. What is the connection between fascism and an excessive focus on punctuality (to wit: Mussolini made the trains run on time, but at what cost)?

2. Physicists have found that time forms in zones and moves in waves. Why, then, are we all still pretending that time is a grid and that each box on the grid is the same as all the others?

The unity of wisdom and humor

......As epitomized in the life and words of Dr. Suess. Here's just one among many pieces of evidence:

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

-- Theodor Seuss Geisel

Source: The Quotations Page

Glacier Preparedness

Have we worried about this enough?