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Ellen DeGeneres Tulane grad speech

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Dragnet Fugue

We used to have an internal house application called Dragnet. Whenever I saw dev screens, I always thought of this theme. [ READ MORE ]

Five things

  • October 31st, 2008
  • Posted in Lists

Five things I would like to see the government do in my lifetime: A balanced budget with 10% reparation to debtors and a total tax rate below 25% A simple straightforward tax code with a restructured IRS Voting machines that actually work without failure (simple programming, opensource) FDR era investment into infrastructure and JFK era investment into schools Space elevator… [ READ MORE ]

Things I have learned thanks to my job

Just because an error is reproducible on a system, that does not necessarily mean it is the fault of the system. Users have undeniable talent at unintentionally using a system contrary to the developer’s intent. And somehow that is the developer’s fault. 95% of all problems are solved with a reboot. Even if [ READ MORE ]

Favorite Words

  • December 12th, 2007
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For reasons of soothing the tongue or expressing true feeling, here is a list of my favorite words… Indubitably! (the exclamation is absolutely necessary) Onomatopoeia (on-a-mon-a-pee-ah) humuhumunukunukuapua’a (yes it is a word) scrum-diddily-umptious (not a real word, but should be) woot (now it is a word, and the official word of 2007!) shit (its a classic) gorram (not a real word either, [ READ MORE ]

Five faiths that I find hilarious

  • November 30th, 2007
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Faith in email Faith in computer security Faith in the “green” movement Faith in government Faith in “total information awareness” [ READ MORE ]

Sitting on a bike seat

Creative things said in recent bike rides into the office between my illustrious partner in commuting crime and I: I have christened my seat with a new name. The ass mangler. My seat is called the sodomizer 2000. Have you seen that south park with Mr. Garrison’s IT? My bike seat is writing checks that my ass can’t [ READ MORE ]

Support Monkeys, vol II

  • July 10th, 2007
  • Posted in Lists

There are a few things that I have learned when it comes to Information Technology. Do your homework on new tech, but don’t let it bog you down Research the shit out of new tech if it has 80% plausibility Plausibility implies that the tech improves the process, supports the business plan, and addresses a weakness If the tech [ READ MORE ]

Web Comic Roll

  • January 15th, 2007
  • Posted in Lists

If Web log == blog, and a list of blogs is a blogroll, then a… Web comic == bomic? webomic? wecomic? webic? and a list of web comics is a Webicroll? I dunno… but here is a list anyhoot. Penny Arcade PVP Ctrl-Alt-Del Questionable Content Diesel Sweeties VG Cats Able and Baker Comet 7 Real Life Sheldon [ READ MORE ]

Yet another abhorrent list

  • October 13th, 2006
  • Posted in Lists

HAHA! Get it? Abhorrent list. Abhorrent. Abhor. A list of things I hate. Oh nevermind. I hate close talkers I hate the smell of ginger I hate how people hate and love America at the same time I hate the rednecks that drive people to hate America I hate when men leer I hate gravel voices I hate when people [ READ MORE ]

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