load01 08/11/2011

• Counting the Ways to Cook an Eggplant — A Good Appetite - NYTimes.com

  FOR the last few summers, I’ve been in an eggplant rut. No matter how many times I stand over the pile of the multi-hued beauties at the farmers’ market, swearing I’ll try something new, I always fall back on my standby recipe: toss eggplant cubes with good olive oil and roast until they turn golden at the edges and meltingly soft inside.

  tags: recipe

• :jasonrudolph => :blog >> Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

  How does a good developer become a great developer?
  
  Forget greatness for a moment: How does a decent developer become a good developer?
  
  There is no definitive path from Step 1 to Step n. Heck, it's not even clear what Step n is. And as logically-minded developer types, the lack of a well-defined route can make for a daunting journey from novice to master.
  
  I've spent a fair bit of time over the last few years bumping up against this conundrum. What's next? How do I go from being a good developer to a being really good developer?

  tags: programming

• This is not poverty ... this is the cult of victimhood - The Drum Opinion - The idea that social deprivation is an explanation for the rioting is meant to sound sympathetic, but it is actually superbly patronising. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  Only two groups of people seem to be getting a kick out of the rioting in England.
  
  Firstly the rioters themselves, the nihilistic urban youth who are getting cheap thrills from looting shops, bashing bus stops, and burning down houses. And secondly middle-class radicals, trustafarians who live off daddy's cash, who get a rush of political adrenalin whenever they see blacks burning stuff because it shows that "the oppressed are fighting back!"

  tags: culture

• 4chan BBS - The C Paradox

  tags: technology

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  tags: technology

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