select * from views
where referrer like ‘%phoenix%’
order by time desc
(Interpreting “*” as “all”, ignoring pronunciation of “%”, and pronouncing “desc” as one syllable.)
Oh instant message SPAM…
I’ve kinda got a bit of a crush on you XXXX.. If you wanna know who I am though you’re gonna have to Click Here and play along with my game!
Hey there! - You have been selected for a free vacation to the Bahamas! Click Here to confirm your prize before its too [...]
About a year ago, I left a job as a Director of Client Services and began interviewing at other firms. I had a great interview with a firm that I’ll call Company Y. After the interview, I wrote up a little essay describing my thoughts on the scalability, people, and operation of a client/customer service [...]
More specifically, I hate numbers or letter representations of priorities when it comes to product backlogs.
It’s a common strategy, even in Scrum. (Henrik Kniberg’s wonderful scrum book talks about a product backlog where higher priority items get higher priority numbers, preventing the “if this is critical and priority 0, what is ultra-critical? priority -1″ issue.)
So why the [...]
Warm up the machine, portafilter, and glassware.
Set, grind, and dose. 28 grams. Triple basket in a “naked” portafilter. Free trade, organic, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from Supreme Bean. Tastes like blueberries!
“Tamp” the coffee down. 30-40 pounds of pressure. Polish. Use a bathroom scale for practice.
Lock and load, baby. PID set to 202.5 degrees.
WE HAVE IGNITION! (5mb QT [...]
“You Are NOT the Anything-Killer Until You Actually Kill Something” (link)
Ten years from now when we reminisce about the 00’s and laugh about Web 2.0 companies, one of the lamest company pitches we are going to remember is this:
Our Company is the <Insert Successful Company> - Killer
Netscape will launch the Digg-Killer
Socializr is the Evite-Killer
AnythingYouCanName.com is [...]
THE SOCIAL NORM OF LEAVING THE TOILET SEAT DOWN: A GAME THEORETIC ANALYSIS (link to the article)
. . . In this paper, we internalize the cost of yelling and model the conflict as a non-cooperative game between two species, males and females.We find that the social norm of leaving the toilet seat down is inefficient. [...]
I’m looking forward to seeing folks at tonight’s G33k Dinner in LA:
Date: May 22th, 8pm dinner, Chinatown, How about Plum Tree Inn
913 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 613-1819
We’re back in the “party room”
Interested in learning more about the event? Check out the wiki.
I’m thrilled to announce that Engineers without Borders has graciously offered to allow Cerbumi.org to begin tackling some of their tough research projects.
Their webpage lists about a dozen projects in total, many of which would be quite suitable for use in the Cerbumi.org framework.
I am requesting your thoughts and feedback as to which [...]
I stopped at a stoplight on the way to work a few days ago. Just as I stopped, a wasp landed on my windshield.
I took a moment to appreciate how beautiful it was. I started to think about how it’s much easier to see the beauty in something if you’re not afraid of it… I’m [...]