Image galleries are one of the most requested features from clients in
the wild, in my experience. Also one of the biggest pitas to hook a
CMS up to, since so much can go wrong. Here's some pretty nice skeleton code:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/imagegallery/ I have such a love/hate with alistapart.com; their code snippets are
*great*, their opinion pieces make me want to punch them in the face.
pork
Two Mexicans are lost in the desert. They see a tree in the
distance. As they get nearer they see it's draped with rasher
upon rasher of juicy bacon. "Hey, Pepe", says the first man.
"Ees a bacon tree, we're saved!" Then he runs to the tree but
is gunned down in a hail of bullets. "What happened?" shouts
Pepe. With his last breath, his friend shouts "Run amigo,
ees not a bacon tree. Ees a ham bush." from #dangeroom ;p
distance. As they get nearer they see it's draped with rasher
upon rasher of juicy bacon. "Hey, Pepe", says the first man.
"Ees a bacon tree, we're saved!" Then he runs to the tree but
is gunned down in a hail of bullets. "What happened?" shouts
Pepe. With his last breath, his friend shouts "Run amigo,
ees not a bacon tree. Ees a ham bush." from #dangeroom ;p
social experiment in Namibia
Check out http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,642310-3,00.html Through donations, everyone in Otjivero receives a minimum monthly
stipend, with very encouraging results.
stipend, with very encouraging results.
patience and perseverance
Though I suppose it will probably not link properly (as it's from
http://nytimes.com),
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/fashion/02love.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
is a good anecdote. """
Instead of issuing ultimatums, yelling, crying or begging, I presented
him with options. I created a summer of fun for our family and
welcomed him to share in it, or not — it was up to him. If he chose
not to come along, we would miss him, but we would be just fine, thank
you very much. And we were. ... And one day, there he was, home from work early, mowing the lawn. A
man doesn’t mow his lawn if he’s going to leave it. Not this man. Then
he fixed a door that had been broken for eight years. He made a
comment about our front porch needing paint. Our front porch. He
mentioned needing wood for next winter. The future. Little by little,
he started talking about the future. It was Thanksgiving dinner that sealed it. My husband bowed his head
humbly and said, “I’m thankful for my family.”
"""
http://nytimes.com),
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/fashion/02love.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
is a good anecdote. """
Instead of issuing ultimatums, yelling, crying or begging, I presented
him with options. I created a summer of fun for our family and
welcomed him to share in it, or not — it was up to him. If he chose
not to come along, we would miss him, but we would be just fine, thank
you very much. And we were. ... And one day, there he was, home from work early, mowing the lawn. A
man doesn’t mow his lawn if he’s going to leave it. Not this man. Then
he fixed a door that had been broken for eight years. He made a
comment about our front porch needing paint. Our front porch. He
mentioned needing wood for next winter. The future. Little by little,
he started talking about the future. It was Thanksgiving dinner that sealed it. My husband bowed his head
humbly and said, “I’m thankful for my family.”
"""
rules of the game:
public id // username
password // secret username known to siblings
password // secret username known to siblings
Stimulate the economy, Office Space style
So, the gist of this Economist article (from 1955?!) is that a scientist has
scientifically proven that bureaucracies require increases in staff
each year, regardless of the amount of work they actually do.
true still today. And (imho) some very interesting insights into how our government and
corporate cultures are fundamentally, fatally flawed.
scientifically proven that bureaucracies require increases in staff
each year, regardless of the amount of work they actually do.
Dealing with the problem of pure staff accumulation, allVery interesting insights into office politics, which very much hold
the researches so far completed point to an average increase of about
5¾ per cent per year. This fact established, it now becomes possible
to state Parkinson's Law in mathematical form ...
true still today. And (imho) some very interesting insights into how our government and
corporate cultures are fundamentally, fatally flawed.
LOGO, a la python
http://pythonturtle.com/ is a nifty little interactive prompt that
makes a turtle move, inspired by LOGO.
makes a turtle move, inspired by LOGO.
