December 2011
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52 books (well, almost)
I made an attempt to read a book a week in 2011. I figured it wouldn’t be too hard to keep that average up – I often read a few books in a week when on holiday. Alas, I didn’t quite make it, and only managed 46 books up till now (2 hours before midnight doesn’t leave me much time to squeeze the last 6 in!).
I don’t think I’ll bother trying again next year, as...
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John Carmack on static code analysis →
Over the last year or two I’ve become convinced that static code analysis and (good) strong type systems are the way forward. Certainly for me at least. Perhaps in my case it’s because I’m not a very good programmer and can’t keep much in mind at once, but at least I’m not alone in this opinion!
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Favourite records from 2011
If “record” is still the right word to use these days. “Music releases” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. These are listed in alphabetical order as I seem to be incapable of deciding any kind of ranking for these kind of things.
Ben Frost & Daníel Bjarnason - Sólaris Listen to “Reyja” on Bandcamp
Deadbeat - Drawn and Quartered Listen to samples at Kompakt.fm
Earth - Angels Of...
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