I went to attend the URUG (Utah Ruby Users Group) meeting today because a little birdy said there will be some Javascript related presentations. I got to see an awesome presentation by Tad Thorley on Coffeescript. It’s a minimalistic language that compiles to Javascript. Take a Javascript program and start removing unwanted literals from the syntax until you can’t remove anymore, that’s how a Coffeescript program looks like. Its the kind of minimalism that makes you appreciate the beauty of code....

After wasting about 3 hours watching old episodes of The Office, I had a sinking feeling last night that I’m not working towards any of my life goals.  Learn JS Release mobile apps Get better at Python Do a startup or at least join one But thanks to my thoughtful wife, I didn’t freak out about it. She gave me some tangible ideas to remedy the situation (not one of those “You’ll be fine”)....

Just got back from Snowboarding at Sundance Ski resort. I fell down a lot less than I did during my previous times. I’m also doing a lot more toe turns which has always been an issue. I decided to try the blue slopes today which was good and bad. I got over my fear of going down the steep sections, but I also got too tired to enjoy the green sections of the run....

I had a chance to watch one of my role models in action today. He is one of the young, intelligent managers who rose to the top of the ladder pretty quickly. He managed to do that without creating enemies along the way which is pretty hard to do in big corporations. Everyone who has worked with him will attest to the fact that he deserves to be in the top and has nothing bad to say about him....

I’ve never understood the meaning of the term “Pearls before Swine” and never bothered to look it up (laziness mostly). I’ve chalked it up as an unfunny comics strip that is obscure. But today I read a blog post by Linus (yes, the creator of Linux) about his experiences at a Night before Oscar Party. It is hilarious, you should go read it, NOW. The title of the blog was “Pearls before Swine”....