April 2009
23 posts
“Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,
But as for me, hélas, I may no...”
– Sir Thomas Wyatt
9 Days Until The Marathon
So I’m taking advantage of the “Appearance” variables in my theme by opting for a Team in Training color scheme.
MLight: hahaha
there you got a legit one
was it the first?
maybe on a technicality.
Me: I'll take it where I can get it
twisth
MLight: or twss?
Me: maybe. mine was a little more honest, though
MLight: twMLstt17yoCSm
Me: haha
it's sad that I can read that
if it were in lowercase, it might have been a little more difficult
MLight: i think if you know me, you don't need to do much thinking
....
an all around true statement
Me: profound in its meaninglessness
Lately I have had a...
caryrandolph:
The marathon itself does not give me license to strut. The training, people! The training! There are no cheering crowds or finish lines on my twenty-mile pre-taper runs. No friends holding posters, no water stations, no Gatorade but that which I bring myself. Think you’re tough shit? Think you could survive a hurricane while balancing on a popsicle stick? Well most people could not...
rant.
elizablr:
I can’t fucking do anything with a Word doc littered with bubbles of deleted periods, inserted adjectives and reworded sentences.
Can you use the “Accept All Changes in Document” option to make your life a little easier? I use it all the time in Word 2007.
Company Blogs
One of my biggest pet peeves is reading a company’s blog where authors frequently use introductory clauses like “Here at [Company Name] … ” or “At [Company Name], we …”
I’m not sure what it is about those little insignificant phrases, but they send an over-the-top “corporate messaging” vibe to me. That kind of messaging is acceptable...
Dear Tropicana,
Today, I was enjoying some of your orange juice over breakfast, and I read this little ditty on the top of the carton:
Rainforest is disappearing fast and causing our climate to change. Together with Cool Earth, Tropicana aims to save thousands of acres of endangered rainforest and protect our future. To save your own patch of rainforest go to www.tropicanarainforest.com and enter the unique code...
Falling Like the Rain
The TV was on, but no one was watching it. Cacophonous and silent. The slow tapping of the rain on the window was rhythmically hypnotizing, and the soft glow of a floor lamp filled the room. Jackson might have been in the room, but he was not really there.
Life was a whirlwind. “When did we stop the dress rehearsal and start the show?” At 28, he encountered one of his first true...
The Hosting Hype Cycle →
A cool article we just pushed out about where various hosting technologies fall on the Gartner Hype Cycle.
Stupid Laptop
My work laptop is craaawwwwwwwlllllinnng right now.
I feel like I should do to it what you should do to other things that crawl … shake it repeatedly and leave it in a locked car in the middle of a Houston summer day.
I’m sorry. That’s not nice. It’s the rage talking.
Fog Creek Compensation System
Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software just had an article published on Inc. titled “Why I Never Let Employees Negotiate a Raise.” In the article, he explain Fog Creek Software’s transparent salary policy and its origins.
It’s a pretty interesting read if you’ve got a few minutes.
