In Extreme Programming, we picked a new pair programmer every day. I decided that was nonsense, and adopted Pete. We paired for the next nineteen years. He preferred the title "alpha" to "principal staff," but he shared his opinions whether you wanted them or not. He logged off this morning. Rest easy, friend.
#NFL legend turned actor #JimBrown has died at 87. A fullback for the #ClevelandBrowns, Brown quit at the peak of his career to become a #Hollywood action star with his breakthrough film #TheDirtyDozen (1967). Credits include "Ice Station Zebra", "100 Rifles", "Three the Hard Way", "The Running Man", "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka", "Mars Attacks!", and "Any Given Sunday". TV credits include "I Spy", "CHiPs", "Knight Rider", "T.J. Hooker", "The A-Team", "Living Single", "Arli$$" and "Soul Food". #RIP
#RIP Jim Brown, who was often called the greatest football player of his time but who gave up the sport at the peak of his career in the 1960s and turned instead to acting and activism, died May 18 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87
Listening to The Smiths for the first time in a while and remembering just how incredible that music was when I first encountered it in the 1980s.
That You-Know-Who turned into a bigot shouldn't mean I can't enjoy music made by the band as a collective.
I know it's a complex discussion (and not one for a micro-blogging site) but I can't allow such a precious and formative part of my youth get stolen away by the latter-day nastiness of some wanker
I remember listening to John Peel on Radio 1 back in the early 1980s waiting to hear new and fresh sounds. I remember being blown away one night when I heard "What Difference Does It Make" by The Smiths. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, so much musical energy against this haunting vocalist...
When I went to Uni, my room-mate was crazy about the Smiths so I got even deeper into them. Meat is Murder is one of my all time favourite albums...
Heartbroken to here of Andy Rourke's death at only 59 years old. A great bass player in a great band...
Jack Rebney, AKA the Winnebago Man, has passed away at the age of 93 years old.
Known as 'The Angriest Man in the World,' he became a viral sensation, first on VHS then on YouTube, for a series of twenty-year-old outtakes from a Winnebago sales video featuring profane outbursts.
He is the subject of the 2009 documentary, 'Winnebago Man.' #RIP
A gaming icon leaves us 😢 💔
Pretty much the complete vocal embodiment of golden age Crash: N. Brio, N. Gin, Tiny Tiger and of course, the legendary bandicoot himself!
His voice shaped every '90s kid's childhood and will always be remembered.
RIP Brendan O'Brien 💙
The Passing of my beloved mother, Camille LoCascio Obeidallah. Wanted to share my article about my mother who passed away this weekend. While gone from the earth, my mother and late father Abdul-who died in 1998-are both still loved and still inspire me. https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-passing-of-my-beloved-mother
@DeanObeidallah Sorry to learn of your loss. That your late parents both still inspire you is inspiring to me. They must have been wonderful to be around. #RIP
🎧 In late 90s and mid-2000s SF, I marketed dance #music to gay-market stores and DJ shops. #PeterRauhofer was a top circuit party DJ, and I offered Peter's CD's on his own #Star69 label, #Twisted and others.
▶️ I learned tonight Peter passed in 2013 from cancer. He made millions dance around the world, and that's not nothing. #RIP.
In 2001, Rauhofer made 5 remixes of #Madonna's "Impressive Instant." His "Universal Radio Mixshow Mix" was remastered in 2022.
We have to ask ourselves, if the situation had been reversed, and the victim had the perpetrator in a headlock, would the other people have intervened? I think we know the answer to that.
“Abigail Addison from Canarsie, Brooklyn:
"I could see he was really holding really tight, and who was there to help him? No one helped. People need to stop being scared and stand up.”
Sans surprise, le Conseil Constitutionnel rejette la demande de RIP portée par 250 députés et sénateurs. Les vieilles barbes du Conseil estiment que la demande de référendum "ne porte pas, au sens de l’article 11 de la Constitution, sur une réforme relative à la politique sociale", ce qui est le principal point qu'elles devaient vérifier. Ses membres, sont, précisons-le, soit à la retraites, sont honteusement rémunérés... #Politique#Conseilconstitutionnel#reformedesretraites#RIP#Macron