Monthly Archives: July 2008

One of the most neglected features of programming languages is the comment system. Not that there isn’t discussion of the nature of programming comments – people are endlessly pondering how many comments to use, how to write code that’s “auto-commenting”, … Continue reading →

As I see it, there are three major categories of program comments: descriptive, to-do, and comment-out. Programming languages should support native ways to differentiate these types of comments; none that I know of does and most don't have very many … Continue reading →

Yes, I’ll be getting an iPhone 2.0 (or as I’m choosing to call it, hoping it will catch on, the “Buddhaphone”) but not this weekend when it first comes out, because I have to wait for my Verizon contract to … Continue reading →

I signed up on Yelp about a year ago, looked around, didn't find a whole lot of reviews. Recently returned because the guys on the radio were talking about it – and now it seems to be approaching useful mass. … Continue reading →