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A few years back I worked on record linkage projects that relied in part on Soundex. My experience is that Soundex is on the faster side of the phonetic algorithm speed spectrum wh…

The trick for me is to break things down into manageable chunks. It may be a larger feature, but it isn't anything that a git branch can't handle. I try to keep the effort in half-…

Thank you, Nathan! This is going straight onto the e-book reader.

Xonotic and its predecessor Nexuiz are also 100% free and open source (git.xonotic.org). Even the media like models and sounds are also released with source links, which considerab…

I wrote a blog post about how I kept my sanity with my now 4 month old girl: http://www.antzucaro.com/2010/06/keeping-your-sanity/ . I hope it helps.

First of all, congrats! I have a three month old, and all I can say is that you just learn to cope. I've realized that some of my goals are going to have to slip for the time being…

As a long distance runner, I know that the biggest challenges to running aren't physical - they are all in my head! Most of the time it is mental fatigue or self-pressure that real…

Agreed. This is an article full of suppositions with little practical value.