So then, Clojure after that.

I plan on teaching my kids the basics in C (variables, loops, etc) before moving them on to Java for OOP, multi-threading, etc.

I love me some Perl, but its an interesting choice for an example of a "modern OOP" language. Its been around long before the rest of them, and to me the OO part feels bolted on as an afterthought.

My Thermapen has rocked for ages. But its not the last thermometer you'll need. Its still nice to have a leave-in temperature probe for roasting or smoking. And a laser thermometer is nice for checking the surface temp of the griddle.

That one's scary. I screwed it up just ordering books about it for my wife. Fortunately, the drugs are completely different.

We had to do a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2008 when my wife's business failed in the economic downturn. It was emotionally hard, and I don't ever want to go through that again....but that said, it wasn't actually too bad. A lot better than debtor's prison, which was the option for a long time until less than a century…

A friend of mine from Norway told me he learned English from listening to Howard Stern on the radio. He spoke really good English, too. And of course he knew all the slang.

I've got a Das Silent S at work. Awesome keyboard!!

There's always competition, no matter what the field.

I like Abe Lincoln as much as the next guy, but those jerseys are butt ugly.

The part that you don't mention is that the folks who are properly trained to run a marathon, and who hydrate properly show almost none of these issues. Its the folks who try to run one with little to no training, or who's longest long run is in the 12 mile range who have a ton of problems.

Wow, thank you so much for this!!! So much annoying stopped dead in its tracks.

I would try to wrestle a couple of 4x8 sheets of plywood up there to lay down over the rafters. This will cover the insulation and wires and create a "floor" to safely stack boxes or whatever on. You might need to cut the plywood down to get it up there, but two sheets will get you and 8x8 area, which should be…

My experience is that the scale is a GREAT way to monitor progress on a diet, but you have to do daily weigh-ins and use a moving average filter on your weight data samples to filter out water fluctuations. Once you do that, you have a trend line that is a pretty good indicator of when things are on track, and more…

What you don't take into account is the next computer. Building vs buying might come out pretty even at the low end now, but then 3-5 years down the road, its a lot cheaper to upgrade the built system with a new graphics card, or even a new motherboard and chipset than it is to chuck the old Dell and buy a new one.

I would just find something in your local area so that you can start building up your network in that area.

I printed that off so long ago I don't remember. I'll have to check it and post back when I get home tonight.

Its only a one-time hassle to covert volume recipes to weight. I printed off a conversion chart from volume to weight for most common ingredients (cups to grams) and whenever I get a new recipe I print that out as well and spend a few minutes writing in how much 5 TBSP of olive oil or whatever weighs until I've got…

Just weigh everything directly into your mixing bowl and you'll avoid this problem, and reduce the amount of dirty dishes to wash. And have everything measured much more precisely.

This is what happens when we get rid of the whole "Children should be seen but not heard" thing.