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Mr. Babbage is Distracted
The Biographies of Women Mathematicians web site notes that Ada, Countess Lovelace's social life "in addition to Charles Babbage, included Sir David Brewster (the originator of the kaleidoscope)...[and] Charles Dickens." Verity Stob thinks this may explain a famous failure.
Jam Today
From time to time Ms. Stob indulges in a bit of poesy. Here is her latest installment.
Scripted Responses
When, last week, Verity Stob found herself writing code in one scripting language to generate an API in a second to be called from a third, she thought it was time somebody looked into this Tower of Babel.
Double Plus Good?
Verity Stob has discovered that various organizations have set themselves up to test professional programmers—and they charge money for it. It seemed like the sort of scam she should be cut in on. She has decided to start off her range of Stob syllabuses with our most popular programming language. - C/C++
Thirteen Ways to Loathe VB
Verity Stob has recently been press-ganged into a Visual Basic project. For the benefit of other programmers who may be brought down in this way, she has prepared an executive summary of her experience. - .NET
Feb02: Verity Stob
"'Microsoft has eliminated words from its thesaurus so as to 'not suggest words that may have offensive uses or provide offensive definitions for any words.' Entering a word like 'idiot' yields no hits in Word 2000 unlike the numerous hits in Word 97. I don't think there's anything evil here..."
Agony
Verity has put on her Agony Aunt hat and answered a selection of your letters. Because programmers are real people, have feelings, too, are worth it, yada, yada, yada.
Roger D. Hubris Ate My Hamster
This month, Verity lampoons the excesses of the dear, departed dot-coms: "June 6, 2000, 8 PM local time. Roger D. Hubris is spending a rare few moments of solitary relaxation on the upper cigar verandah of his corporate airship Twice Yearly Upgrade as she drifts into the sunset above the vineyard-sodden plains of Southern France, Europe."
Revenge of the Anti-patterns
Verity has created two new anti-patterns.
