Ringing in the new programming year

Straight outta Rob Pike's Command Center: Esmerelda's Imagination:

I resolve to recognize that a complaint reveals more about the complainer than the complained-about. Authority is won not by rants but by experience and insight, which require practice and imagination. And maybe some programming.

Gah. :) And Matt Might's 12 resolutions for programmers.

And don't worry, today's the most depressing day of the year, say experts.