Again not much time for a discussion today, but if you’re looking for an example of how to declare, set, and use Option fields in Scala, I hope this source code is helpful:
Scala, Java, Unix, MacOS tutorials (page 316)
For three or four days it just ... kept ... snowing, and my picture-window view looked like the top photograph. Finally this morning it looked like the bottom photograph. (Near Boulder, Colorado, and the Rocky Mountains.)
Sorry, not much free time these days, so without any discussion, here’s a simple Scala Try/Success/Failure example:
Yahoo Mail's quality of service has not been very good lately. As a user, and shareholder, this is troubling.
Apple has more profit from PC sales than the next five Windows PC vendors combined. (Image from asymco.com.)
I appreciate this. Business people should think in profit, not revenue, but most state revenue. At my software firm, our revenue was only $2M annually, but our profit approached 25%. That's the same as a $10M/year firm with a profit margin of 5%, with a lot less risk.
Infographic - The Boulder, Colorado weather history for April 17, 2013 compared to the actual. Graph from wunderground.com.
I'm not sure why, but even before the Boston Marathon terrorism, this photo has been circulating for the last few weeks.
A description of 'beautiful code' by Ward Cunningham. From the book, Clean Code.
A great video where Jonathan Ive talks about design, and Apple products:
Jonathan Ive design quotes
Some of the great quotes from Mr. Ive during the interview process:
A designer ... it's the way you look at the world ... you're constantly looking at something and thinking, "Why is it like that? Why is it like that, and not like this?"
I love how the Nest “chameleon” design reflects the colors around it. According to this blog post, Nest is “encased by a premium solid stainless steel ring that clearly reflects the wall colors around it.”
See that blog post for several more photos of the second generation Nest thermostat design.
“LivingHomes creates environmentally friendly prefabricated houses with an emphasis on design. The C6 is their newest, most affordable model, and also their greenest. It’s Energy Star® certified, designed for LEED Platinum certification, minimizes indoor air pollution and uses less energy, water and material resources than most built-from-the-ground-up homes.”
