Shards of Earth: Very Good
In the afternoon I finished Shards of Earth, The Final Architecture Book 1 by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I liked the book a lot. It's action packed and well written; recommended.
Breaking the web forward
Safari is holding back the web. It is the new IE, after all. In contrast, Chrome is pushing the web forward so hard that it’s starting to break. Meanwhile web developers do nothing except moan and complain. The only thing left to do is to pick our poison.
Source: Breaking the web forward, an article by Peter-Paul Koch.
Pythonic monotonic
In a recent conversation, someone shared some code from a book about technical job interviews. They wanted to know if I agreed that the code was “Pythonic.”
Source: Pythonic monotonic, an article by Ned Batchelder.
The corresponding Hacker News discussion has more solutions.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
As Harry, Ron, and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
In the evening Esme, Alice and I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. While I did like the movie I had the feeling something was missing; I give it a 7 out of 10.