I’ve been customizing the WordPress theme for this blog a little bit recently and been following Edward Tufte’s rules in Visual Display of Quantitative Information (which is a highly recommended read for any technologist). The rule which struck me most directly was Minimize non-data ink. In other words, let the content stand for [...]
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Design and Tufte
February 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Housekeeping
February 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Since I started this blog a few months ago, I’ve been cringing inside every time I see it and I’ll tell you why: I dislike default configurations. Invariably I want to tweak, tune or, if you’ll excuse the hip lingo, pimp everything I touch, especially if it involves software. This includes the theme [...]
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Great Moments in Ruby History?
December 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I would think that this is not one of them.
For those not in the know, that’s Marcel Molina, Rails core committer and avowed disco enthusiast, on the left.
Mirror, mirror
November 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
On the wall, who’s the fairest Rubyist of them all?
RubyConf pictures
November 6th, 2007 · No Comments
I didn’t take many pictures at RubyConf but what few I did take are now available for your perusal. Enjoy.
http://www.perham.net/mike/gallery/v/rubyconf2007/
Welcome Aboard
September 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment
This blog holds my thoughts on software, technology and all things Internety.
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