Of all the horrible things today, this is what finally reduced me to tears.  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html … via @ioerror

Post by @sklacy on how Google lost its agility. Strategic technology advantage turned liability. http://bit.ly/gVbCUx via @edward_ribeiro

Interesting approach to debugging Java remotely w/ Groovy: http://t.co/dUpQXfNd

"Canada’s government is beholden to a religious agenda averse to science and rational debate." http://t.co/3Q4NOivQ #cdnpoli #DenounceHarper

.@alextkachman Thanks! I think for my purposes GridGain is overkill. I like that Hazelcast is small and simple.

Hope. Optimism. Enthusiasm. Love. Generosity. Commitment. Fearlessness. Action. Authenticity. Lessons from a great Canadian. #jacklayton

Some e-books are cheaper from kobobooks.com than from Amazon. Can still read 'em on iPad or Kindle (using conversion program.) Choice = good

Message from police: riot and we'll clear out and leave you to it; protest and we'll use excessive force to arrest you. #g20

"We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet." -- Stephen Hawking

You know, FP and distributed app design are very similar: functions/services take stuff, transform it, pass it on. Don't share state. Sweet.

If I had more time I'd read this: "Understanding Computation". My theory is rusty.  http://computationbook.com/  #compsci #theory #programming

If you can't hack the coal face, you're just wasting O2 >> Why I'm Not An Architect  http://prsm.tc/yZzITU  via @prismatic

Java library to simplify use of Zookeeper. Love the distributed reentrant read write locks! >> Apache Curator -  http://prsm.tc/GGYVYU 

Nice intro to architecture of scalable, distributed web services:  http://goo.gl/lE9YO 

Free online education now illegal in Minnesota http://t.co/AKznPejJ via @prismatic

Fandom aside, the cold, hard truth of Android and iOS in the real world. http://t.co/nPbfjDxN via @prismatic

I can't believe Republicans have actually introduced the term "forcible rape". So, there are other kinds? Why do they hate women so deeply?

@tamera that whole thing was so disgusting. If that freak gets elected woe be to any women in his state. It makes me SICK.

A Toronto Star article on the Danzig shootings implies the police prevented one of the fatalities getting to medical help. Investigation?!

"We are up against the most secretive and spiteful government in Canadian history." -- Bob Rae #cdnpoli