So apparently the COO of Facebook is trying to make the word “wogrammer” – a woman programmer – a thing. (Thanks to Vicky Harp for pointing out this infuriating thing.) I cannot stress how fundamentally opposed I am to this, new, stupidest of ideas. Why? Let’s delve into a little bit of common wordage. Here … Continue reading I am not a “wogrammer”
Book Review: Big Red - Voyage of a Trident Submarine
I've grown up reading Tom Clancy and probably most of you have at least seen Red October, so this book caught my eye when browsing used books for a recent trip. It's a fairly human look at what's involved in sailing on a Trident missile submarine...
2009-03-10
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