Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat mater

(This post is a part of my series introducing to the enjoyment of classical music.)

Stabat Mater is a poem from the 13th century, commonly attributed to Jacopone da Todi, a Franciscan monk. It's one of the few sequences (a song specific to the given feast, which is sung before the gospel) still in use in the Roman Catholic liturgy - currently it is on the feast of "Mater Dolorosa", 15 Sept.

Stabat Mater is a meditation at Christ's cross. The richness in thoughts and pictures, its disciplined structure and colorful language usage are all exceptional, a good expression of the 13th century's exstatic view of the world. A poem basically - similarly to the Dies irae sequentia of the requiem, which is also from this century - draws a picture of a fundamental scene of Christian faith and comes to the personal participation - taking misery voluntarily gives the certainty in salvation. This route can be summarized by quoting 3 verses (in the translation of Edward Caswall):

Pair programming cheat sheet

Just remind myself how to do pair programming:

Method

1. Define task
2. Agree on solution
3. Reach one tiny goal at a time
4. Rely on the partner
5. Talk a lot
6. Sync up
7. Switch roles

Tips

1. Eliminate distraction
2. Use a stylus to point on screen
3. Switch controllers to better communicate your ideas
4. Take short breaks to get fresh ideas
5. Don’t rush
 

Lego Ninjago Episode 20

After a very long break Lego Ninjago Episode 20 arrived with a very exciting new episode. Let's meet Lloyd's mother, the Stone Army and the Overlord.

git vs. Perforce

I used Perforce for 5 years in my previous project. Now I've used git for half a year. At this time I think I can say with confidence that if I were to choose a free version control system, I would go with git, but if I had the money, I would choose Perforce.
Not necessarily because Perforce or the Perforce tools are superior, but the way I like to do software development, I would benefit more from Perforce.
So looking at just what really interests me, here are the differences, or rather the parts I really like in Perforce and miss from git to some extent.