tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73114057574839867562024-08-29T12:28:21.787-06:00Rational ThoughtBy Kevin Copps<br>
A party of oneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09350293584921838948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311405757483986756.post-44445073392460631802011-09-09T14:34:00.000-06:002011-09-09T17:21:24.659-06:00Year's Best Books on Software Development<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">via <a href="http://drdobbs.com/joltawards/231500080">Jolt Awards</a>:The Best Books</span><br />
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The Jolt judges picked the best books this year on the subject of software development. Here is the short list, where number one is the Jolt Excellence award winner, followed by the runners up.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321601912/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=xira-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0321601912">Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=0321601912&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449388345/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=xira-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399377&creativeASIN=1449388345">Mining the Social Web: Analyzing Data from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Other Social Media Sites</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=xira-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1449388345&camp=217145&creative=399377" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193435659X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=xira-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=193435659X">Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=193435659X&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182641/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=xira-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1935182641">The Joy of Clojure: Thinking the Clojure Way</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=1935182641&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201038048/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=xira-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0201038048">The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=0201038048&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321712943/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=xira-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0321712943">Domain-Specific Languages (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=0321712943&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<label id="showTextCategoryLinkPreview_l1">And see all the </label><a href="http://www.amazon.com/General-Programming-Computers-Internet-Books/b/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=xira-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399385&creativeASIN=1449388345&ie=UTF8&node=171114">Computer Programmer Books</a>.<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=xira-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1449388345&camp=217145&creative=399385" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09350293584921838948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311405757483986756.post-78230654183584026612009-12-08T22:24:00.003-07:002009-12-09T00:55:32.556-07:00A new cat<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rationalthought/4161774193/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/4161774193_f0fb7a412d_m.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rationalthought/4161774193/">Cuddle me</a></span><br />
On Friday, December 4, we adopted a tabby kitten from a local shelter. The kitten is about 4 months old. Alexander has spent his last few days chasing the cat all over the house. We've never heard him laugh so hard. And so long.<br />
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We found Alexander taunting the cat with a long cardboard tube. Wondering where he found the tube, we suddenly discovered all the Christmas wrapping paper in a crumpled up pile, and all the inner cardboard tubes removed.<br />
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The following day the victim was one of the lower hanging Christmas tree ornaments. In amongst the endless laughing we heard the sound of breaking glass.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09350293584921838948noreply@blogger.com0