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Hazards of riding a motorcycle
Bryan Lipscy, a co-worker of mine, mentioned that he was impaled on one of his motorcycle rides, and on my request sent me a copy of the ride report. While his ride ended in tragedy, it captures so much in it that I couldn't help but ask if I could repost it - life, death, how things can change in a moment, and how the things in life that really ( Read more... ) -
Everything's an email thread at Microsoft
So true... so so true...
Original post: Link
How a company's employees respond to adversity -- such as a broken coffee machine -- says a lot about that company's culture. Which is why it's no surprise that some Microsoft employees recently reacted to that horrible fate by spamming the machine with "helpful" suggestions about the source of the problem ( Read more... ) -
Driving to the shops for the first time in 1.5 years
I haven't had a car since I moved to Seattle. I had a rental Pontiac G6 (like a Holden Commodore, and sucks just as much) for a month and a bit before I returned it in disgust, both because the car was terrible to drive and guzzled fuel like there was no tomorrow. It cost me ~$1 per 6 mi to drive that car in fuel alone. So since then, I've been ( Read more... ) -
Powershell test tool: Quick Log analyser
One of the things that I get asked to do relatively frequently is analyse failures in tests. I have a not-so-secret tool that I use for this that I wrote myself; it's not quite bulletproof yet so I haven't released it to the hordes, but that's the ultimate goal.
The process that we use when I can't access this tool is:- Wait for the email to arrive ( Read more... )
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Not a nutritional role model
Spotted a shirt over at Cafe press that is a pretty accurate representation of me.
I always feel a little guilty answering mum and dad when they ask me if I've been eating right. The answer is how you interpret "right". In that case, I can always say yes, I'm eating right. If they asked me whether I was being healthy or not... that is a different ( Read more... ) -
Update from Feb 5
Sooo… I'm sick. Somehow acquired a cold, and took my first day off for the year yesterday. Which was a good thing, both in terms of timing and how busy thing are at work ( Read more... ) -
Seattle IMS
"You can't bring that in here ( Read more... ) -
14,206
14,206. Fourteen thousand, two hundred and six. One four two zero six. Over half way around the globe. That's how many miles I've covered from January 1, 2009 to December 7, 2009. By bicycle ( Read more... ) -
Thanks for the good job!
Currently work is moving a lot of people around and we're getting hit pretty hard with work due before the deadline (I've been wondering why we're working so hard lately, and the answer is, "because you're one-soon-to-be-two men down and 1 month away from a deadline that you didn't know about until yesterday"). It was a relief to receive this ( Read more... ) -
Whoops
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
20091015 - Crash on the way to work from Kris R on Vimeo.
Umm... yeah... whoops. No damage to the bike, whiplash and bruising for the rider. Hit the pavement just under 30 km/h.