May 2007
13 posts
Fun Slides Carpet Skates, One Size Fits All,... →
Just in case you thought life wasn’t dangerous enough!
Hamster-Tech: Hamster-Powered Paper Shredder Mark... →
Now all we need to do is get an electric powered hamster!
“The difference between theory and practice: in theory, theory and practice are the same.”
“Work is the curse of the drinking class” —Oscar Wilde
One of my wife’s coworkers told her, “a good life rule: if it tastes like chicken, spit it out.”
So.
This is kinda funny.
We hit a deer.
We are not walking around, or even in car. We’re in a train and it’s now stopped becuase it hit a deer. The conductor announced that the engineer is going to inspect for damage, and then we’ll be on our way. Totally correct. 100% accurate.
Our “way” turned out to be different from the one I had in mind: turn the...
Bereshit
“Bereshit” Hebrew. Genesis. Literally, “In the beginning.”
In the beginning was the Plan. And then came the Assumptions. And the Assumptions were without form. And the Plan was without substance. And darkness was on the face of the Workers. And the Workers spoke amongst themselves, saying, “This is a crock of s**t and it stinks.” And the workers went unto...
Marc on Marco on Joel on Software
Co-worker Marco passed on a few interesting links into “Joel on Software” and I’m lovin’ them. They’re tidbits of sense that, while written with a software-developer-centric POV, are relevant to life when abstracted: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000054.html...