Monthly Archives: August 2006

Safety! Implicit Operator!

Posted on August 16, 2006 by Thom

Despite all the effort involved, operator overloading in C# is a nice syntactic hug you should always try and give your code. While that usually just gets you a bunch of boring comparison operators which you are forbidden to use … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 10, 2006 by Thom

Having had the best day ever at work, it was enhanced even more when for some reason (random stock photography, presumably) Joel Spolsky plonked a picture of the Canterbury Starbucks in one of his articles on management styles. It’s a … Continue reading →

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You Know, For Men

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Thom

Coca-Cola Zero. It’s Diet Coke, but for men. It even comes in a penis-shaped bottle. I’m not sure I get it, but it sure is manly.

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Linux ThinkPads, Again

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Thom

DesktopLinux.com hails Lenovo’s decision to preload SUSE on its T60p as a breakthrough: For years, the holy grail of the Linux desktop has been to get a major computer vendor to commit to preloading a Linux desktop. It finally happened. … Continue reading →

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