Archive for January, 2005
Mystery of The Brown Box, Solved.
For four years I have been leaving work through the same door. A few years ago I noticed a brown box mounted at the top of the door. Every once in a while I see it again and wonder what it’s for. Today I came into a work and heard “ding dong”. It turned out [...]
Dear Microsoft UK’s Nick McGrath
This is in response to Robert Jaquez’ article Linux security is a ‘myth’, claims Microsoft. “Who is accountable for the security of the Linux kernel? Does Red Hat, for example, take responsibility?” Nick’s Answer: “It cannot, as it does not produce the Linux kernel. It produces one distribution of Linux.” My Answer: Yes infact Redhat [...]
AppleCare gives me that warm fuzzy feeling.
Recently my iBook got sick with power problems. Back on the 24th I played the typical ignorant customer and took it into the AppleStore without an appointment. They were very nice and sent me back to the Genius Bar. No, it doesn’t have beer, I asked. After a few minutes a guy emerged from the [...]
Sushi does not mean raw fish.
Recently I have been trying to get people from work to go to a near by sushi bar. So far there has only been one taker and he loved it. We have been back since then at his suggestion. The most common reason for not going has been, “I don’t like raw fish.” To which [...]
Burner Blues.
While doing research for my desktop environment post I decided to install Fedora Core 3. In my opinion Redhat has always had a clean Gnome setup. My burner has been on the fritz for a few months now so I have been using my iBook for all my burning needs. Well it is also sick [...]
Orbitz Saver Commercials.
Orbitz has been trying to get people to spend money they don’t have for a few months now. They have come out with this marketing campaign that basically says “You don’t have any excuses for not traveling somewhere”. The commercials go something like this: *music* Don’t think twice! *voice* But I just maxed out all [...]
New Category.
Quest For The Perfect Working Environment. This is the first entry into a disorganized series called “Quest For The Perfect Working Environment”. It will consist of several installments of things I am trying in order to find my perfect developing environment. This will attempt to cover everything from text editors to office desks and coffee [...]
Block Comments.
Like many of the things I discover only to find out that somebody else thought of it first is a handy way of blocking out large portions of code for testing.
New Category.
I have added a new category called ‘SODCD’ which means “Stepping Over Dollars Chasing Dimes”. Picture a greedy person running down the sidewalk drooling chasing one rolling dime while it’s bouncing over stacks of money. I see so many decisions now with the intention of saving a few dollars that actually end up costing much [...]
Links and the advent of tabbed browsers.
Tabbed browsers have made the target=_new _blank or _top style links annoying and useless. In the old days these links allowed visitors to easily return to your site after viewing a few pages of off site content. Now they are a sneaky surprise that shows up like a hand grenade for those of us that [...]