Linked List: October 9, 2007

Tuesday, 9 October 2007

The Editing Pass 

Michael McCracken:

Once you get a piece of code to the point where you believe it works - it’s passing its tests - go back over it and edit it. That is, go back and edit it for clarity, flow, and style. Just as if it were an essay.

En Fuego 

Jimm Lasser: “My Mac burst into flames under my bed while I was asleep.”

Nine Inch Nails Goes Free Agent 

Trent Reznor announces that Nine Inch Nails is no longer under a recording contract with a label:

I have been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate.

(Via Scott Beale.)

Ever a Class Act, Yankees’ Torre Faces Final Curtain 

Sad column from Harvey Araton in The Times on the Yankees’ manager, Joe Torre, who, it’s expected, is going to be fired after the Yankees lost in the first round of the playoffs. (Perfect photo to accompany the column.)

The Yankees lost to the Indians because they were both out-hit and out-pitched. They were not out-managed. Before Torre took the helm, the last time the Yankees made it to the World Series was 1981, and the last time they won it was 1978. It says here that firing Torre is a mistake.

Spooky Stickers 

Very cool Halloween-themed freeware icon set from The Iconfactory, by David Lanham.

Michael Dell on Apple: ‘What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.’ 

I never get tired of laughing at this.

Microsoft System Center Ad 

“Designed for big.”

Mac Use at Princeton Quadruples in Four Years 

40 percent of Princeton students and faculty are using a Mac this year, up from just 10 percent four years ago. I think this “Mac use way up on college campuses” trend is hugely important for Apple. (Via Fake Steve.)

Google Buys Jaiku 

Google buys Helsinki-based Twitter archrival Jaiku. (Via Gary Vaynerchuk.)

Apple: More Than Eight Ringtones May Not Sync Using iTunes 

My guess is that it’s not a bug, but that no one at Apple expected anyone to be dumb enough to buy more than eight ringtones.