Some of MY Programming Book Recommendations

Well, I shouldn’t say “recommendations,” since I’m just recommending one book: Testing Computer Software (Second Edition) by Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, and Hung Quoc Nguyen. This is an utterly invaluable book for anyone who ever aspires to be more than just a code monkey. Technically speaking, this book was written more for “testers” and people… Continue reading Some of MY Programming Book Recommendations

Books

The other day, I decided to go to my local bookstore and look for some computer books. I’d read Jeff Atwoods’s recommended reading list (as well as the latest podcast from StackOverflow which mentions “must read” programming-type books), and I decided it was time to update my library. Unfortunately, most of the books weren’t available… Continue reading Books

Clothing

I was re-reading Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon again last night (for about the 5 millionth time) and I thought I’d share this lovely passage, which really, um, speaks to me. 😉 “It is trite to observe that hackers don’t like fancy clothes. Avi has learned that good clothes can actually be comfortable – the slacks that… Continue reading Clothing