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Mystery Company #1
Two months ago I hit the ground running at a new job with a company called NetBooks. They make accounting software for tiny businesses (not tiny computers or online book readers).
I'm having a great time getting to learn new technologies and learning from some very sharp people. -
Ozymandias
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Equal pay for equal work?
Earlier this year, I learned that my friends Mike and Kristina were expecting a second child...
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Some data storage solutions that have inspired me
In the course of my long term data storage research, I've run across some very neat storage solutions. While none of them meet my needs exactly, I've found all of the things listed below to be very inspirational in my quest to find or create a simple long term data storage solution.
Let's take a look at some of my favorites!
Clay tablets. The ( Read more... ) -
The cop-out blog post
I'm exhausted, need to sleep.
Did you know you can use your computer to travel back in time? It's true! Visit Russia from 100 years ago, in color. -
On being an extra in a movie
Being an extra isn't as fun or interesting as I thought it would be. From what I can tell, filming a movie is actually pretty tedious.
Here is the summary: The more scrappy the movie is, the more fun you'll have. Avoid being an extra unless you get paid to do so.
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Just like grandma used to make
My favorite kind of burrito is the kind that my grandmother used to make ( Read more... ) -
How I started programming
(As some of you have noticed, I've been posting a lot lately. There is a reason for that. I'm part of a group of about 12 people who have made a "bloodpact" to write once a day for a month.)"How did you get started with programming?" - I casually asked this question once while hanging out with my hacker friends. I expected that their answers would ( Read more... ) -
There is still much work to be done
I never thought that this day would come: Microsoft is no longer relevant.
These changes didn't happen suddenly, it was an almost imperceptible change. One day I just realized that an overwhelming majority of my friends and peers use a variant of Unix on a daily basis. Many have not used Windows in years.
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Improving the fire alarm.
Modern fire alarms are so stark, so robotic, so inhuman. I propose a better fire alarm. Ladies and Gentlemen. I introduce to you:
The Disco Fire Alarm
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