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Sorry Jeff. You often provide great insight on many topics, but Dremel tools and Leathermans are not for DIY. They are the PowerPC of the tool world and rank right up there with crescent wrenches.
If you're serious about a job, use the tool made for it. Don't use a single-cheek, "I just want to be your everything", POS.
Gifts for Geeks, 2011 Edition
Between founding Stack Overflow (and later, running Stack Exchange) and having a child, I haven't had much time to blog about the holidays for a few years now. The last Gifts for Geeks I did was in 2008. Those recommendations are still as valid as ever, but I just couldn't muster the enthusiasm...
I understand that once they approach the 1TB threshhold, the Bank of America pricinple will apply and the will become TOO BIG TO FAIL.
The Hot/Crazy Solid State Drive Scale
As an early advocate of solid state hard drives … The State of Solid State Hard Drives (October 2009) Revisiting Solid State Hard Drives (October 2010) … I feel ethically and morally obligated to let you in on a dirty little secret I've discovered in the last two years of full time SSD owne...
You also should never underestimate the invaluable aspect of writing as a problem solver. Consider how many times any of us have been stuck trying to resolve a sticky technical issue. The process of writing itself can liberate you from your situation. By carefully channeling the conditions of your issue in a linear and comprehensive text, your situation is translated from spatial & abstract to linear & concrete, which often can lead to a resolution.
Just think of how many times you've gone to explain a problem to a coworker and as you explain it, the riddle is solved.
How to Write Without Writing
I have a confession to make: in a way, I founded Stack Overflow to trick my fellow programmers. Before you trot out the pitchforks and torches, let me explain. Over the last 6 years, I've come to believe deeply in the idea that that becoming a great programmer has very little to do with progr...
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