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Screw the Outsider: Self-Serving Zero Sum Games

By Val Booth | Published: February 7, 2010
Amazon.com Widgets Perhaps on a macro-level, non-zero sum games ala Robert Wright, are the way of the world. Perhaps, in total, non-zero is the winning sum. But “screw the outsider,” a decidedly self-serving, zero-sum proposition, is played out on the micro-level in the lives of individuals daily. Scapegoats and whipping boys are the results [...]
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Look What Just Showed Up…

By Val Booth | Published: February 5, 2010
There I was, minding my own business, doing the dishes when the nice UPS man left me this… WOW! I didn’t order THIS! OMG!! My cousin sent it to me! Holy [bleep]! WOW! Can’t breathe. It’s charging. World: See you later.
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Learn Ruby with Brian Marick

By Val Booth | Published: January 7, 2010
Amazon.com WidgetsI almost didn’t buy this book when I first read the title. I’m not a tester and I’m not part of a testing team (I’m a plugger) – I just wanted a decent intro to Ruby that didn’t put me to sleep or make my face twist up in a classic, “Huh?”. [...]
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