A random list of things that I need want to get myself eventually, given unlimited money and no nagging guilt about not contributing to RRSPs or putting money on my car payments. Take note anyone wishing to buy me gifts. An iPod, preferably the 15 or 30G model, for use mostly at the gym or […]
Tech Toys and Things That Would Make My Life Complete Read Post »
Wandered into town today to put some paychecks in the bank only to find out that the bank was closed today and monday (but not sunday) due to the long weekend. I stopped by London Drugs to wander through their computer section and stroke the sexy machines and random salesdude asked if there was anything
Today I learned that Yohimbe has a journal. Much niftyness.
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I’ve been waiting eagerly for Doom 3 ever since it was first announced probably almost a year ago or more. I played the leaked alpha and though “wow, this is going to be pretty good”. When I downloaded the E3 trailer released today I said “holy fucking shit”. When Silverstr saw it he said, and
Automated testing is something that we used to talk about at Merilus all the time, how great it is, how wonderful it would be… but we (at least I) never actually did anything about it. I decided to try a bit here at the new place, did a bit of research this morning and found
Automated Testing With Perl Read Post »
Yohimbe sent me this livejournal entry talking about geeks and business and VC and whatnot. “Poorly written, undocumented crap appears on the surface to operate exactly the same as great code. During the demo, at least. And thats all that management ever noticed.”
On Geeks and Business Read Post »
So the one thing that’s kinda sucked about the new job lately (where I have not been hired on full time yet, and still am a contractor), is the machine I’m using only has 128 megs of ram. Not all that bad in the scheme of things, but throw a few terminal windows and a
As mentioned elsewhere, there was a screening of the movie Revolution OS, a movie about Linux, Free Software, Open Source, and their impact in the business world. It was an interesting movie, mostly interviews with the big wigs of the Linux and Open Source world. Not exactly action filled, but as an examination of a
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Just a couple of things that have really pissed me off in the last couple of days. Just because you have your hazard lights on does not give you the right to stop in front of the no stopping signs. Especially on one way streets that aren’t wide enough to begin with. Unless you are