正常的挫败感

Scalar variables in Perl are always referenced with the leading $. In the shell, you use $ to get the value, but leave the $ off to assign a new value. In awk or C, you leave the $ off entirely. If you bounce back and forth a lot, you’ll find yourself typing the wrong things occasionally. This is expected.

这段话引自Learning Perl第三版 2.5 Scalar Variables。我就遇到过这种情况,当时非常具有挫败感,一种暗无天日、没有前途的感觉。看了这段话,心理舒服多了,正常嘛,大家都这样,并非我个人的问题。

就我看来,This is expected这句话的价值非常大,它让人不必在无谓(或者无法控制)的事情上浪费感情。

blog已经成为一种交际

Annie Rambles: Blog Questions: “Perhaps this is an old topic that I’ve missed having just entered the blogging world at the beginning of 2005, but I am wondering about your attitudes towards certain blog behaviors. So, I ask:

(1) If I leave a comment on your blog, you:

  • a) do nothing
  • b) come read my blog
  • c) come read my blog and try to leave at least one comment back
  • d) respond to the comment on your blog
  • e) send me an email
  • f) some combination of the above (tell which ones)
  • g) it varies too much for each comment to say

(2) If you find out that I link to your blog, you:

  • a) do nothing
  • b) come check out my blog
  • c) thank me via a comment
  • d) thank me via an email
  • e) link back to me, if you like my blog
  • f) link back to me, regardless of your opinion of my blog
  • g) some combination of the above (tell which ones)
  • h) it varies too much for each link to say

(3) For the blogs that you link to and read regularly, do you:

  • a) read them every day
  • b) read them a few days a week
  • c) read them about once a week
  • d) read less often than once a week
  • e) read some frequently (1 – 3 days), but others less often (give percents if you can)
  • f) wish you could read them more often, but you just don’t have the time

(4) Your significant other (if you have one):

  • a) also has a blog, which you read regularly
  • b) also has a blog, which you rarely or never read
  • c) reads your blog
  • d) never or rarely reads your blog
  • e) thinks blogging is a total waste of time

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