The Performance of Open Source Applications
If you’ve spoken to me in the last few weeks you’ve probably heard that I’m co-editing a book on software performance. Well, we’re finally announcing it. From the AOSA blog: We are pleased to announce that we are starting work on a third book in this series, which will be titled The Performance of Open [...]
The Architecture of Open Source Applications, Volume 2
The second volume of The Architecture of Open Source Applications was just released thanks to the hard work of Amy Brown and Greg Wilson. I had the privilege of helping copyedit a few chapters of the book. Here’s the blurb: Architects look at thousands of buildings during their training, and study critiques of those buildings [...]
E-Prime
From Wikipedia (link): E-Prime (short for English-Prime, sometimes denoted E′) is a version of the English language that excludes all forms of the verb to be. E-Prime does not allow conjugations of to be (am, are, is, was, were, be, been, being), archaic forms (e.g. art, wast, wert), or contractions (‘s, ‘m, ‘re). Some scholars [...]
Enceladus: 13
This is the 13th part of my NaNoWriMo novel. See this post for more information and a table of contents. Ekaterina steps slowly onto the elevator. She can feel it sink a little beneath her. She looks all around her at the mirror-walls and the buttons that have glowing red numbers on them. She jumps [...]
Enceladus: 12
This is the 12th part of my NaNoWriMo novel. See this post for a table of contents and more information. There are no streeters in this area of the island. “They don’t like bridges,” Tam-tam explains. “Bridges are where H&R soldiers like to hang out.” “When I was on bridge detail,” Charlie says, “they’d tell [...]
Enceladus: 11
Here is part eleven of my NaNoWriMo novel. See this post for more details, and an index of all posts. Foot is lying in a bed for the first time in months. The day after the bear attack, he found this place nestled in the woods. It’s a small bungalow, but it’s big enough for [...]
Enceladus, Day 10
Here is day ten of my NaNoWriMo novel. See this post for more details, and an index of all posts. Ekaterina waits until the late hours of the night before slipping out of her apartment. The streets are empty except for pigeons, patrolbots, and cameras. Ekaterina knows how to avoid all three, but the latter [...]
Enceladus, Day 9
Here is day nine of my NaNoWriMo novel. See this post for more details, and an index of all posts. Charlie nods, but his stomach feels gross, and not just because of the lump of charcoal. “Everything I know is here, in this compound. Everyone I know.” Tam-tam nods. “You won’t get them back if [...]
Enceladus, Day 8
Here is day eight of my NaNoWriMo novel. See this post for more details, and an index of all posts. Tam-tam answers the door a half-second after Charlie knocks. The old man stares at him for a second and then motions him in, but not without a glance out into the hall. The hall is [...]