James Recommends

j2d2 recommended this 1 year, 12 months ago

They are my favorite metal band. The time signatures are complicated and the music is intense.

And, well... I'm a sucker for complexity.

One of my favorite live shows too.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

I've been a Linode customer for four years now and still think they're great. I host all my stuff unless asked to use a different service.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

Erlang is great, but somewhat mind bending. It's probably best to think of it as an operating system.

One that runs applications and comes with daemontools built in.

By the way, it's distributed. Your applications send messages to each other, across networks or not, to get work done. Your apps literally have mailboxes for messages.

And, all of that is inside a functional programming language.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

I run a mac on my desk and Ubuntu everywhere else.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

Excellent movie. Came across it when I was first getting into sci-fi.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

Excellent dissection of the education system.

Fans of this would probably enjoy the writings of John Taylor Gatto too. Most notably, the 7 lesson school teacher.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

I've been using Python for just about two years now and find it useful for just about anything. Easy web serving, natural language processing, sophisticated math libraries and drivers for all the databases (even recent exotic ones).

Some of my favorite libraries: eventlet, boto, ujson, nltk

Some web frameworks: django, flask, tornado

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

Pandora's great. I tend to prefer listening to full albums, but when I'm in the mood for a mix I usually go to Pandora.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

I've spent the last 6 years glued to this software.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

NYC Meetups are an excellent way to get to know the different programming communities in NYC. I cohost two and attend a few others and learn things - in addition to usually getting fed - at each one.

[ meetup.com ]

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

Amazing sounding guitar. Light, easy to play and sounds great for most styles. Rock, blues, punk... This guitar shows up all over the place.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

I couldn't put this book down after starting it. I named my cat Ender.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

Jazzmasters are my favorite guitar. The neck is huge and the sound is fat and warm.

Look at my avatar... That's my Jazzmaster.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

SO SO good. Even today.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

Friends and I would stay up all night playing all four of these games. This one started my love for RPG's. I completed it entirely about 4 years ago and loved it then too.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

My favorite electronic musician.

j2d2 recommended this 2 years ago

I still love this console. If you own one, it's worthwhile to investigate replacing the 15 pin connector. Games work first try every time since I've done that.