In his book, Introduction to Tantra, Lama Yeshe seems to describe “The Force” from Star Wars lore.
Scala, Java, Unix, MacOS tutorials (page 270)
A good short story on the life and inventions of Nikola Tesla, from this link at The Oatmeal.
I started reading the early release of the book, User Story Mapping, by Jeff Patton, and it looks like it’s going to be really good.
When the Chocolate Runs Out is supposed to be a good book on attachment, but it sounds like a horror story. :)
Most Chicago Cubs fans are torn: We hope Edwin Jackson will go away because he’s a horrible pitcher, but some part of us wants him to stay so we’ll keep losing and get a high draft pick. (Image from this Chicago Tribune story.)
I like this. Just because you don’t have the world’s greatest talent in something doesn’t mean you have to stop trying to do that thing. If you love it, keep trying, keep practicing.
Chicago Cubs catcher John Baker became a cult hero overnight as he pitched a scoreless 16th inning, then scored the game’s winning run in the bottom of the 16th. The game took six hours, 27 minutes, and was the longest game by time in Cubs’ history.
Here are a few quotes from Mr. Baker about this opportunity:
“It’s really cool to get a chance to do this,” Baker said. “I was having trouble not smiling on the mound. You never get opportunities to do things like this.”
I drove up to Estes Park, Colorado on Monday, and ran into a brief lightning storm. I took shelter in this little bakery on the north side of the town strip.
Here’s a pictorial about people who have made decent looking homes from shipping containers.
It’s amazing what you can do with software. A “solution” with one set of data can become a denial of service attack against yourself with a larger set of data. (This graph shows the result of the Drupal Boost module initially clobbering my server, until I applied two “fixes” to it.)
Pitching and management advice from Leo Mazzone, Atlanta Braves pitching coach. From this foxsports.com article.
I just saw this bunk bed design, and I really like it. It was created by this construction company.
