2008: Sumo Wrestler (Picture to Come) 2007: Gorilla. Matthew was my monkey boy. 2006: Wizard. I scared the heck out of Matthew. He freaked. 2005: Jared apparently was a John looking for a hooker in a bar. Ahh, I was Superman! 2004: Superman. Wow, I wore it two years in a row? Katie is an…
Gallup released a pol in 2005 asking about paranormal activities. This is Gallup, not some fly-by-night polling service. It’s not very long, please look at it. I can’t believe, CAN”T BELIEVE that 37% of Americans believe that a house can be haunted. And 21% believe in witches. I don’t know which is scarier: This poll…
I just upgraded my work computer to Photoshop CS4 Standard. I am not a power user of Photoshop. Actually, I am just a hack, but I get alot done with it. Sort of like my jQuery skills. Before going in to the upgrade, I want to declare my pre-conceived notions. I had already assumed that…
There has been alot of news eminating from Redmond about Windows 7. I have looked closely at the screenshots. What am I missing here? Where is the “new”? I can’t find a new feature or benefit? Will it be faster? Really faster or fake faster? This just looks like Vista SP2! It’s got bug…
Wow, that title was a mouthful. Ok, bottom line: It sucks. There is a term: convergence. It basically means that I could get video on my computer and watch it on my TV or mobile device. Specifically, it means giving my television (or connected devices) codecs and access to the internet. First is DirecTV. There…
I used to use Experts-Exchange alot. I really liked it and racked up a bunch of points. I could answer people’s questions and get instant positive karma (and points). It was a fun activity and it felt morally rewarding. I started in 2003 and sort of faded out on it over time. Then, in mid…
There is no such thing as SaaS management software. There are bug trackers like Jira and Bugzilla. There is Agile project management software like TargetProcess or FogBugz. There is Microsoft Project. But there isn’t something I look at and say, “That would work to manage the never-ending work a SaaS startup goes through.” At least,…
Without any doubt in my mind, this is the holy grail of web development. A superDiv. I spoke with Brad Neuberg about this at AjaxExperience. He was working on possibly using the <canvas> tag to do interesting things like this. Corner.js does this pretty well for <img> tags, but not for generic divs. This is…
They all suck. How hard is this? The rules are simple. The business model is simple. People register and join a ladder. It costs a minimal amount per player, like 25 cents a month per player. Ladders have rankings for each player in the ladder. 1-n. Each player has a history of matches that can…
I love this song. I don’t know what it is about it. I don’t think she will make it big time, but the song is worthy to me. From the Storm Large site. I have a few live versions. I should get the LP. The studio version is the best. (click little play button). Another…
This is cool.
I heard this story on NPR about the credit crisis and financial meltdown. It was a clear objective view of what happened. No one was demonized or blamed. It was a collective system that led to this outcome. I learned more about finances during this episode than I have in whole life. It’s worth the…
Once the Chevy Volt and other Electric Cars come on the market, I believe there will be alot of people who trade in their cars for a gas-free commute. This will have an important effect. Electric bills are going to skyrocket. What is now considered ‘cheap’ will become an important resource. Our electric grid will…
Also known as Baby Sandwich. This was my favorite slide from my presentation. There are ideas that become wrong over time and you have to willing to get rid of it. It could be your own code, your own ideas or positions you had previously taken. It doesn’t matter whose idea it was, if it…