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Yeah, I'm going to hell.
I'm responsible for watching the e-mail inbox for the reports production account, because we have all these old-school scripts with hard-coded e-mail addresses. They frequently need updating when someone changes job roles or leaves the company. I've even been changing several reports whose main recipient, John Smith (not his real name), died a ( Read more... ) -
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Man, I am on a *roll* this week! I think it's taken me this long to overcome the incredible inertia imposed on me by our build, defect tracking, and release systems, because there are umpteen steps with each that you have to stop and think about. Well, after a year and a half, I finally have enough experience with each that I don't have to think ( Read more... ) -
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Once, long ago, I attempted writing a brief treatise while drunk. I'm sure the file is long lost, and I have a substantial buzz going (one tequila shot and one beer. Sad, huh?) and so here's another attempt ( Read more... ) -
From baby to kid...
Lenny had a karate "recital" today, where they basically get up on stage and show off for a room full of parents why they've been paying $40 a month. It was basically the same routine I've caught glimpses of week after week when dropping him off, but getting 15 four-year-olds all doing the same moves at the same time was a pretty impressive feat ( Read more... ) -
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By the way, I do not want the prior post to cast any sort of negative light on my boss, who is awesome and whose hair is not remotely pointy. (Indeed, he has no hair at all.) And no, I'm not saying that because I have to. -
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Did anyone ever actually *try* to build an app with JAX-RPC before it was unleashed on an unsuspecting world? You wouldn't believe the contortions I have to go through to do a simple thing like altering SOAP headers ( Read more... ) -
*&*&$&%*&*%*&*&$&%*&*%*&*&$&%*&*!!!!!
You've probably seen "purewhitenoise.com - Distant Thunder" as my currently playing music a few times... it's simply an hour-long recording of a thunderstorm. I have it set up to loop on my MP3 player, and I listen to it through the most soundproof earbuds I can find, for my entire workday ( Read more... ) -
To Do...
-Reach the top 10 on FreshMeat/SourceForge.
-Give a talk at OSCON.
-Get a book published by O'Reilly.
-Have at least 10 developers ask for autographs of said book.
-Have lunch with Yukihiro Matsumoto.
...At least, that's the current plan.