The quiet revolt against a bad language

I’ve been bashing Java almost as long as it’s been out, having been let down repeatedly by it, and Sun’s empty promises about the problems that it would solve. “Write once, run anywhere.” Yeah…right. “Java is a real language, those scripting languages are just toys.” Uh huh. Meanwhile, the bulk of my programming problems are […]

Putting corn back on the stick

A little while ago at the grocery store, as we passed the frozen corn, Jaan decided to ask a profound question. Daddy, how do they get the corn on the stick? He of course was asking how people put corn on the cob, labouring under the false assumption that corn comes in bags and they […]