It’s bacon! Wrapped in Depends®!
Oh, wait… My bad. It’s just bacon…
Bacon… in a can! duhn-duhn-duhn-DUHN!!!! /movie_guy
Propriety demands that I thank John Scalzi for the link, but I’m going to send him my therapy bills instead.
Oh, wait… My bad. It’s just bacon…
Bacon… in a can! duhn-duhn-duhn-DUHN!!!! /movie_guy
Propriety demands that I thank John Scalzi for the link, but I’m going to send him my therapy bills instead.
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May 31st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Dood.
You ever wrap a couple strips of bacon around a thick venison loin, brush it with a light coat of red wine, Worcestershire, soy, garlic and hot sauce, broil or grill it quick, hot and crispy on the outside, pink on the inside?
Serve it with some potato discs and a tangy cole slaw along with a really crisp chardonnay and you’ve done well by yourself.
mikey
May 31st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Dood.
You ever wrap a couple strips of bacon around a thick venison loin, brush it with a light coat of red wine, Worcestershire, soy, garlic and hot sauce, broil or grill it quick, hot and crispy on the outside, pink on the inside?
Serve it with some potato discs and a tangy cole slaw along with a really crisp chardonnay and you've done well by yourself.
mikey
May 31st, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Not exactly that, but close enough.
But… NOT FROM A CAN!
Oh, the humanity…
May 31st, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Not exactly that, but close enough.
But… NOT FROM A CAN!
Oh, the humanity…
June 4th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Does it come from canned pigs?
Yeah, that’s lame. ‘Bout as lame as Hillary’s speech last night. Bah-dum-dum-dum.
Actually, I’m over here to ask a computer science question. I’m thinking about exposing Jake to Java (of which I know nothing, but I have downloaded the requisite software for him to futz with Java), but first, I want to have him learn about OOP and objects. Except I don’t understand this, either, and Wikipedia is no help, since it assumes you already have a working knowledge of OOP.
Reminds me of how I tried to learn about sex by reading Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, which, similarly, assumed so much working knowledge of sex, it left me more confused than ever.
So: is there an OOP (or Java) for Dummies out there?
June 5th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Does it come from canned pigs?
Yeah, that's lame. 'Bout as lame as Hillary's speech last night. Bah-dum-dum-dum.
Actually, I'm over here to ask a computer science question. I'm thinking about exposing Jake to Java (of which I know nothing, but I <em>have</em> downloaded the requisite software for him to futz with Java), but first, I want to have him learn about OOP and objects. Except I don't understand this, either, and Wikipedia is no help, since it assumes you already have a working knowledge of OOP.
Reminds me of how I tried to learn about sex by reading <em>Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask</em>, which, similarly, assumed so much working knowledge of sex, it left me more confused than ever.
So: is there an OOP (or Java) for Dummies out there?
June 5th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Hm. Yes, there are ‘for Dummies’ books on these topics, but they typically suck. This is more involved than a comment can really get into, so I’ll toss out some titles I’ve enjoyed and then follow up with an email later today…
One of the best all-around programming books I’ve ever read is Steve McConnell’s Code Complete. Anyone who wants to be a good programmer should read this book.
Arthur Reil’s Object-Oriented Design Heuristics is a great examination of the concepts that need to be kept in balance when designing in OOP.
David West’s Object Thinking is an interesting book… I loved it, but it may not be quite what you’re looking for. The Powell’s description of it sucks; my Amazon.com review of it is here.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Hm. Yes, there are 'for Dummies' books on these topics, but they typically suck. This is more involved than a comment can really get into, so I'll toss out some titles I've enjoyed and then follow up with an email later today…
One of the best all-around programming books I've ever read is Steve McConnell's <a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/4-0735619670-1"…rel="nofollow">Code Complete</a>. Anyone who wants to be a good programmer should read this book.
Arthur Reil's <a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780201633856-1&…rel="nofollow">Object-Oriented Design Heuristics</a> is a great examination of the concepts that need to be kept in balance when designing in OOP.
David West's <a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780735619654-1&…rel="nofollow">Object Thinking</a> is an interesting book… I loved it, but it may not be quite what you're looking for. The Powell's description of it sucks; my Amazon.com review of it is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R27WXJB8L500OA/ref=c…rel="nofollow">here</a>.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Thanks. I just spent a few minutes reading your reviews on Amazon. I suspect it would be premature to get any of these for Jake . . . so I’m off to check out those “toy boxes” you wrote me about.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Thanks. I just spent a few minutes reading your reviews on Amazon. I suspect it would be premature to get any of these for Jake . . . so I'm off to check out those "toy boxes" you wrote me about.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Yeah… It definitely gets tricky when you’re trying to balance intellectual maturity against emotional maturity. My guess is that BlueJ is probably going to be the best compromise for y’all.
Oh, I totally forgot – there are a ton of programming tools available for the LEGO MindStorms robot system! That might be something to consider as well, since there’s a good, concrete result to show for it.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Yeah… It definitely gets tricky when you're trying to balance intellectual maturity against emotional maturity. My guess is that BlueJ is probably going to be the best compromise for y'all.
Oh, I totally forgot – there are a ton of programming tools available for the LEGO MindStorms robot system! That might be something to consider as well, since there's a good, concrete result to show for it.