The term “CV” seems to be making the rounds in professional programming circles lately. If you had the same head-tilting “Huh?” reaction that I did, here’s the deal. CV is short for Curriculum Vitae, and is commonly used in academic circles and abroad. It’s essentially a highly-detailed resume, covering all your skills, background, awards, etc. [...]
Read MoreI visited my town hall this week to renew my annual street parking permit and, since all permits expire at end of the year, naturally there was a line. Amid the usual banter while my paperwork was processed, the woman behind the counter commented that everyone always waits until after the first of the year, [...]
Read MoreEveryone at this point knows the story of Michael Vick (quick summary if you don’t: he beat dogs, then got his high-paying job back after getting out of prison). Now the Philadelphia Eagles have given this guy a damn award. I could sit here and articulate this guy’s rise-fall-rise-again story as a sign of the [...]
Read More optimization, software development, usability, user interfacesMy summarizing and opining post discussing MySQL founder Michael Widenius’ protest of the Sun purchase by Oracle prompted a response from none other than Monty himself. Hit the comments to see what he has to say about my response, which was definitely net-negative in the final analysis. I have responded in the comments of that [...]
Read More market movements, mysql, open source, OracleIn case you haven’t heard, Sun is being bought by Oracle. After dancing around the issue in blog posts over the past 8 months, MySQL developer-founder Michael “Monty” Widenius finally comes out and adamantly opposes MySQL’s role in the sale. In a Dec. 12 blog post, Widenius tries to rally open source MySQL supporters in [...]
Read More business support, enterprise, open source, software developmentI was just perusing ThinkGeek for Christmas gift ideas when I noticed that the overflow graphics — the stuff that appears to left and right of the main content at larger screen resolutions — was different depending on where you scrolled. At the top it showed robots, and zombies at the bottom. Check it out [...]
Read MoreA friend passed along his latest recommendation for USB sticks, the Patriot Xporter XT Boost 4GB Flash Drive (newegg link). Rugged exterior, and apparently legendary transfer speeds. New Egg is always my first stop due to the fantastic user reviews. I was sold on this one when I read the following review… Pros: Like everyone [...]
Read More hardwareI ran into the Youth Minister for my high school youth group at a friend’s wedding a few weeks back, and he graciously offered me the opportunity to write a letter to be read aloud at an upcoming retreat to the high school attendees. I was more than happy to oblige. Below is an excerpt [...]
Read More fwdvault, get inspired, personalI recently made the decision to store times on Fwd:Vault systems in Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT. I decided to do this because I have time-sensitive events happening along several dimensions. Email coming into the system has several timestamps associated with it: the user’s initial delivery, relay from their mail server, and receipt by the [...]
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