Archive of entries posted on 1st June 2008

“Unmanned Aerial Manhood outrage at Kasparov rally”

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I’ve debated whether this article really warrants a mention on Geek Drivel, but I’ve decided to post it anyway, primarily for the first paragraph: Politicians in Western countries talk a lot about the contribution technology can make to politics, but they’re generally on about quite limited ideas like video debates. In Russia, some activists are …

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“When code goes bad: What to watch for”

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This article clarifies a few things that I’ve subconsciously noticed myself — for instance, when you have a function in your program that does more than it should, it becomes hard to succinctly and concisely name it. It also introduces the “three numbers in software” (zero, one, and infinity), and the phrase “inheriting from the …

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