Random comments on technology, politics and fnord
I stopped off at the grocery store on the way home from work Friday evening to pick up a few things. I was almost done. Milk: check; beer: check; etc. The last thing on my list was chips. I love chips and salsa, especially with beer (see previous ‘check’).
I grabbed the bag of tortilla chips, […]
Manager-types like to look at things from a “high level.” Instead of worrying about the crucial details of a project, they prefer to be a bit further off, so they can see issues from multple angles, and how those issues relate to each other.
I don’t have anything against this. But some managers can be very […]
I’ve gotten dozens of emails over the past couple days about The Software Wars Map — all of it positive. Many people had suggestions, some had criticisms of a sort, but it was all positive — except for one, single message. I’ve included it below.
I’m going to pull out the suggestions from the other emails […]
I took a vacatation on Thursday to go to a special charity screening of Serenity. My wife was coordinating the activities of the Raleigh venue, so I was gone from early afternoon till late in the evening. Right before bed, I figured I’d check my email — and I found that I’d gotten dozens of […]
When surfing on the Web, I’m a little paranoid, and I think that’s a good thing. It’s surprising and a bit scary to know just how much data web sites can collect about a person, just from tracking their casual surfing habits. I’ve taken a few steps to protect my privacy, security and safety while […]
I put up my Software Wars Map way back in January, and it pretty much just sat there. In late May, for some reason, I suddenly started getting a several thousand hits per day from StumbleUpon, which is pretty amazing considering my site previously was getting only about 30-50 hits per day, mainly to my […]
