Some good comments on Joel's "Smart and Get Things Done" mantra.

This is a fact! Great post.

Quoted: Before I wrap up, I’d like to point out that if the title of this post sounds suspect to you, consider it a huge red flag. If the thought of switching editors doesn’t fill you with quite a bit of dread, what you’re using now is almost certainly underpowered, and you definitely haven’t customized it enough. If this is you, take a look at one of the editors I’ve been discussing here, and take the time to learn it–I promise it’s worth the trouble. Just, uh…choose carefully.

Update to previous "fave" with broken link.

Quoted: Perfection kills. Prototype javascript framework tutorials and examples, tips and tricks on modern front-end web development

Quoted: We announced big news today - our preliminary results for our fiscal second quarter, and as importantly, that we're acquiring MySQL AB.

Ummm, this is insane. Why not just write extensions for GNU Emacs? Yeah, I can't think of a reason either.

Quoted: We are looking for developers/testers to build a tool that I will roughly describe as "Emacs.Net".

Heh, the Bavasi hate fest continues.

Quoted: A pitcher who just a year ago was detrimental to his team is now making 12 million annually. In fairness to Silva he did allow more line drives than before in 2006, but this signing is inexcusable for me - pitchers like Ted Lilly, Javier Vazquez, and Gil Meche are making - Silva isn't nearly as good as that trio.

Quoted: I can't exactly wish for something painful to happen to Java developers, since hey, it's already happening; they've already taught themselves to pretend it's not hurting them.

Ugh. When will the disastrous, failed DRM experiment end?