Might have to start doing this again... (2010/08/22)
So, I recently read an interesting book (Pragmatic Thinking & Learning), and it’s gotten me to thinking about the whole blog thing. I have a hard time remembering to do things that don’t call themselves to my attention, but I really enjoy the sort of thinking-out-loud that a blog provides, so I think I’m going to start trying to remember to post more often, possibly even setting up reminders so that this happens automatically.
[read more...]So long, and thanks for all the fishing dailies... (2010/07/07)
A few years back, I decided that I wanted to try one of these Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs). After some poking around, and research, I settled on World of Warcraft. My reasons at the time were simple; Blizzard had a stellar track record of doing their best to make every game solid, well-considered, well-planned, and so on.
[read more...]Hey, Google: Being evil is not just doing evil (2010/02/12)
Google’s corporate motto is, officially, “don’t be evil”.
[read more...]The No Asshole Rule (2010/02/01)
I recently picked up a copy of Robert Sutton’s book The No Asshole Rule.
[read more...]Doing something about hoarding (2009/12/31)
Okay, so, one of the problems I have is that with all this stuff, I can’t find stuff, so I can’t even tell if I already have something.
[read more...]Why Sony's losing to Nintendo, revisited (2009/12/27)
So, I used to hang around on a video game forum devoted to the PS3. It was… interesting. Imagine a room full of people all of whom were 100% convinced that the PS3 would outsell both of its competitors, put together, and would sell more units faster than the PS2, leading to massive and total domination of the console market.
[read more...]Facebook: Congregational, not parochial (2009/06/20)
Got sucked into facebook by some friends. Fascinating toy; I can have lists of people I know from all over and watch updates about their lives, see news things they think are interesting to share, and so on.
[read more...]Disabling Emulate3Buttons on Ubuntu (2009/02/21)
Okay, this might be just a bit specialized, but it took me long enough to figure out.
[read more...]Portable shell scripting: Review up on Slashdot! (2009/02/11)
Beginning Portable Shell Scripting got a review on Slashdot. In the interests of full disclosure, I should mention that the author of the review, Joe MacDonald, is one of my coworkers.
[read more...]Rails, round 1: Initial setup (2009/01/18)
The initial setup is mostly easy.
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