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The most important resume you’ll ever write.

Posted on October 1st, 2009 by Chris.
Categories: Chris.

I have a great career idea for you. I’m only going to tell you the idea if you really do it.

It’s easy – it won’t take you any longer than it would to write the first draft of your resume. Want to do it?

Which programming language and which framework should I use?

Posted on September 19th, 2009 by Chris.
Categories: Chris, Programming.

Frameworks like Ruby on Rails are great because they make it easy to write code – in a way that makes sense for the problem of websites.

Programming languages are great because they make it easy to write code – in a way that makes it easier for us to understand.

In the end though, all of these abstractions were not written with your problem in mind, but a generic, off-the-shelf problem that you don’t actually have.

Thus, write with any language you want. But write in a way that’s appropriate to your problem, and write in a way that’s appropriate to you.

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The best Chronotrigger reference ever

Posted on July 7th, 2009 by Tim.
Categories: General/Misc., Politics.

Arrested Development is one of the finest shows to have ever been made. You should stop what you’re doing right now and go watch the whole thing on hulu.

Anyway, when I was watching it for the first time, I spotted a reference to Chronotrigger that blew me away. The clip below is what I’m talking about:

It’s an island in the sky! And they’re playing the theme from Zeal!

The music is nearly identical to the music played in Chronotrigger when you set foot on the island of Zeal. Coincidence? I think not.

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