wodehouse

Any P G Wodehouse fans here?

Looking for genuine P G Wodehouse fans here, esp. of the Jeeves series. How many of the Jeeves have you read? Which did you like the best? And why? What did you like the best of life in Britain in...

P. G. Wodehouse

I was quite surprised to see no discussions on my favourite author. For a genius at comedy like him and the popularity of his characters I thought there would be plenty of discussion on his work....

which is your favourite writer??which book of that writer you love the most??

mine is chetan bhagat...my favourite book is five point someone..

The Last Samurai and Europe's First Suicide

 Left: General Maresuke Nogi, Wikipedia photo. Probably taken soon after his 1905 return from the war in Manchuria. Right: World War 1, French assault on German trenches,date and location not...

Refactoring a la P G Wodehouse

I have a son who programs and he's done it since he was about eight or nine. Just took to it like a duck to water. Now he does it...

The P.G. Wodehouse Method of Refactoring

covertbadger notes a developer's blog entry on a novel way of judging progress in refactoring code. "Software quality tools can never completely replace the gut instinct of a developer — you...

DVD Review: The Complete Jeeves and Wooster

Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry star in the classic British comedy series based on the hilarious short stories of P. G. Wodehouse. If you were to take a poll of the funniest British television comedies...

Ask Abandons General Search Engine Strategy

The first thing I thought when I read that Ask was abandoning its general search engine strategy was Well, that’s irony for you. (Wait, I tell a lie. The first thought was “It’s way...

Cinematical Seven: When Cupid's Arrow Missed the Mark - Bad Romantic Matchups

Filed under: Romance, Cinematical Seven Chemistry. It's a word tossed around in plenty of movie reviews, generally to diagnose whether two actors have it or not. Chemistry can be in the eye of the...

Conrad versus Bill and Henry the K

William F. Buckley and Henry Kissinger were insufficiently supportive of convicted fraudster Conrad Black for Conrad’s liking, so he wrote one of the weirdest and...

Graphic Novel Review: God Save the Queen by Mike Carey & John Bolton

As someone who was largely out to lunch when Neal Gaiman and friends conquered the world of mainstream comics with their darkly romantic fantasy GNs, I'm not the best man to play "Spot the...