December 2004 - Posts

• On "The Tipping Point" and Lesser Books

  I just finished one of the best non-fiction books I've ever read - The Tipping Point , by Malcolm Gladwell. The basic premise is that events and trends of significant importance can be triggered by relatively minor contextual changes. The book gives countless Read More... Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:01 PM by dangriff | 5 Comments

• What is Cool

  I just installed a sweet desktop image from DigitalBlasphemy . I was referred there by my buddy Gus via his informative and compelling blog . Also, check out the badass new song by Social Distortion entitled Reach for the Sky , which has been on relatively Read More... Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:10 PM by dangriff | 1 Comments

• The Art of War

  I just read an excellent translation of Sun Tzu's famous book The Art of War . The translation itself is apparently well-known - by Lionel Giles in 1910. But this edition of the book (published by Barnes & Noble - as an aside, I just read in the Wall Read More... Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:31 PM by dangriff | 6 Comments

• An Analysis of Debugging My Toilet

  I failed to debug my toilet the other day. I knew there was a problem because it was leaking water onto the bathroom floor. There was even enough water that it was noticeable after I got out of the shower and still had wet feet. My first reaction was Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 1:12 AM by dangriff | 6 Comments

• ACM Queue Magazine

  For about a year now (*) I've been receiving the free zine Queue , published by the ACM. I highly recommend it, especially for software developers, like myself, who enjoy reading up on interesting CS-related research even outside my work area, but don't Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:50 AM by dangriff | 2 Comments