Coffee Shop-Level Productivity at Home

Those of us who’ve spent a while working from home can testify to needing a diverse bag of tricks to keep things interesting. Over the years I’ve used a few tools to coax my brain into the zone, among these the orphaned open source project Noisy. Beautiful...

Oreo Separators

This slapdash Oreo Separator Machine project quickly captivated me with its hilarious presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pii4G8FkCA4 It reminded me of a number of software projects I’ve taken stewardship of over the years: projects that actually work...

Books: More Good Ones

I’d like to expand on Brett’s post a bit with some more recent books that I’ve enjoyed. And another which is perhaps a few clicks off the maintained trail. The Algorithm Design Manual (Steven Skiena) I’ll kick this discussion off with the fact...