ACM Queue - curmudgeon http://queue.acm.org/listing.cfm?sort=publication_date&order=desc&item_topic=all&qc_type=curmudgeon&filter=all&page_title= Two Books Alike in Dignity http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1943178 Formal and informal approaches to C++ mastery Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:04:14 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1943178 Facing an Uncertain Past http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1864510 Excuses, excuses, excuses! Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:17:22 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1864510 Some Rules and Restrictions May Apply http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1661787 An inquiry into contracts and the Next Big Thing Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:27:46 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1661787 Words Fail Them http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1569209 Dedesignating and other linguistic hazards Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:13:21 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1569209 One Peut-Être, Two Peut-Être, Three Peut-Être, More http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1541357 Puns and allusions Mon, 18 May 2009 15:22:46 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1541357 The Flaws of Nature http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1508228 And the perils of indecision. The latest musings of Stan Kelly-Bootle. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:35:57 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1508228 Affine Romance http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1454473 Buyer (and seller) beware management Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:32:42 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1454473 The Fabrication of Reality http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1413271 Is there an "out there" out there? systems Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:12:14 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1413271 There's a Lot of It About http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1394146 And everybody's doing it. management Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:44:50 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1394146 Solomon's Sword Beats Occam's Razor http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1365508 I've told you a googol times or more: Don't exaggerate! And, less often, I've ever-so-gently urged you not to understate. Why is my advice ignored? Why can't you get IT... just right, balanced beyond dispute? Lez Joosts Mildews, as my mam was fond of sayin, boxing both my ears with equal devotion. Follow the Middle Way as Tao did in his Middle Kingdom. Or "straight down the middle," as golfer Bing Crosby used to croon. His other golf song was "The Wearing of the Green," but such digressions run counter to my straight, plow-on-ahead advice. I've just smoked a cigarette branded Cleopatra, but that's none of your beeswax neither, and strictly between me and my Egyptian placements sponsor. languages Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:36:06 GMT Stan Kelly-Bootle 1365508