Tag Archives: software development

Looking for (text)book recommendations: OS, Networking, Sysadmin; Fuzzy logic; and Refactoring

By Phi | Published: 20 Jun 09
Some deluded people believe that textbook orders for Fall Semester were due a month ago, but I’m never, ever close to on-time on these things, and am just now getting to it in a serious way. I’m teaching three courses in the fall: Models of Computing Systems Fuzzy logic and fuzzy sets Refactoring I’ve taught [...]
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“Foot in what? ketchup.”

By Phi | Published: 16 Jan 08
A tale of mismanagement, overly enthusiastic love of buzz words and the Next Big Thing, and hiring good people and making them do stupid things. The pig go. Go is to the fountain. The pig put foot. Grunt. Foot in what? ketchup. The dove fly. Fly is in sky. The dove drop something. The something [...]
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A wonderfully different way to thing about computing

By Phi | Published: 19 Nov 07
One of my constant struggles as an educator in computer science has been helping students see a bigger picture, look past the mundanities of yesterday’s “help wanted” page, and see what the world could be rather than what it has been. One way this has often played out has been in debates over programming languages [...]
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