A diligent software engineer earns his keep for creativity, and nowhere else within the world of software engineering is it possible for the engineer to put his creative skills on display with his non-technical client than through the acronyms he devises for his development projects. Thus, always spend a great deal of your daily billable hours ( Read more... )

I'm reposting this from 2007. I just want to preface it with a few points ( Read more... )

I've had some bizarre flights in my day, but I think today's on Southwest takes the cake ( Read more... )

I couldn't resist pressing the button, so when I saw the infamous Reese Witherspoon arrest video, I saw how purely life imitates art.

I guess it was just a matter of time. My employer has been talking for some time about a "relationship" with Party Poker, but it looks like Stations wins the race and has legal online pokerI haven't signed up for it, though. That's not a tough decision since Magic Antonio is associated with the site. Oh well. (I'm curious to sign up, though, ( Read more... )

Well! I hope all of my friends had a Merry Yule. And I hope that all of my Christian friends had a Merry Christmas in addition to ( Read more... )

From a friend and Romney supporter. I'm not willing to say he's a full-blown tea bagger, but he's pretty far right and doesn't give me much credit ( Read more... )

I think the best career move by this guy was not playing with Spinal Tap. He probably gained an extra ten-years because of it:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/disco-drummer-brad-parker-suffers-fatal-heart-attack-stage-concert-brazil-article-1.1168528

While I was in Japan, I kind of liked the concept of a business establishment providing a greeter or two to give you a salutation of "Irasshaimase!" and a bow as you'd enter. It was a nice touch, I thought, and an almost alien concept for an American as it was just one of those things that emphasized the differences in culture. After a few years ( Read more... )

Yeah ( Read more... )