nocto

alistair cooke sent his last letter from america last week.

Since Letter From America began, Cooke has presented 2,869 shows, making up more than 717 hours of broadcasting time. This does not include other radio shows he has fronted.

it’s been the longest running speech radio programme in the world. i wonder how radio 4 will follow that!

how to write unmaintainable code – not that i need any instructions, of course… i’m alternately laughing and crying whilst reading this. it’s bringing back too many memories. the documentation section is particularly spot on, i think i’ve come across everything mentioned in it at one time or another, point 6 looks like something the author invented to make things sound worse than they ever could be. it’s not.