2013-03-07 (Thursday)
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Glass boxes on the South Bank, new cycle paths across London, rebuilding of part of Oxford Street… very impressive ad campaign for SimCity.
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@jjg I made a dialog box today that said “Are you sure you want to cancel this? [Cancel] [Cancel this]”. Yes, needs work.
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(Or it’s cunning and trying to lure in fans of CCP / SDP / post-punk rather than people knowledgable about design patterns. Seems unlikely.)
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Job ad for Java developer – “Heard of the Gang of Four? Read on..” – suggests a very narrow cultural field of reference on part of writer.
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@jkottke I bet 1993 would seem longer ago if you were, say, 20 years old.
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If I wanted to avoid overhearing meetings at lunchtime, I shouldn’t have come to a cafe that had a wall papered with covers of ‘Campaign’.
Westminster, England, United Kingdom
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Your white splattered jacket / Your mud-speckled arse / Suggest you’re an idiot / and should buy some mudguards.