Not to long ago I wrote here about our trusty mac mini server, well after nearly two years (20 months) of service the old Mac mini has moved on. No it did not die, it is now enjoying a second life as a desktop once again. After a little debate as to whether or not to purchase an Xserve I once again decided to go with a mini as my server (long story short it was the noise factor that tilted the scales the most). The new mini being a dual core box with 2 GB of ram is much faster the the old mini, but serves the same purposes. The old mini is now happily functioning as a desktop again as I have passed it on to my mother. Mom has really taken to iPhoto, and the rest of the iLife suite. Now that digital photos are so easy she keeps wondering when we’ll be adding a grandbaby to the equation.
The what? Well it’s a book, or is it a lifestyle. Either way, I debated on whether or not I should post on this, since I’m not sure what it has to do with computers but I digress. Basically, it all starts about six months ago. My wife (then fiance) and I decided that we would quit smoking after we got married in December. We both agreed that it was the best decision for both our health and our wallets. So January 7th we arrived back in Phoenix from our honeymoon, with only the cigarettes in our pockets. When they were gone we quit.
You should never ask a geek what they are doing. Why? Well let us say for the sake of argument that you are not a geek. You are walking around and you see someone you know. They are a known geek. Let us also assume that the geek is using a computer. Now here are a few scenarios.
Test-driven development (TDD) has been seen as an aspect of the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology since the rapid growth of XP mind-share in the early 2000s. This view has begun to change as more developers are trying TDD even without a commitment to XP. Here I’ll talk about just a few of the important things you should and should not do when developing with TDD.
In my Why all development will move to the Mac entry I identified several reasons I think the Mac will become the dominant platform of the future. Now more evidence as Wilkes University is moving to all Apple hardware. Read the article in Computerworld. They apparently will dual boot Windows, but the head of the IT department acknowledges that part of the decision was based on the perceived superiority of OS X.
I mentioned Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
After a period of time when other Maurice Careys were at the top of the Google search, I have returned. At one point I held the top spot due to my frequent posts on a Linux user group. Now my website holds the top position. This of course is not exactly a SEO coup. How many people are actually Googling my name? Never the less there is a certain sense of pride that comes along with being the number one Google result. Personally I see it as a basic principle of geekiness. If Google thinks your number one then you got some geek credz, otherwise maybe not.