Pun: SQL Statement
From Shaun Kester A SQL Statement walks into a bar. He approaches two tables and says, “Mind if I join you?” Thanks Shaun!
Month: April 2009
Pun: Damn Fish
A fish is swimming really fast and whacks right into a concrete wall! Dam. Note: All puns found using the Google.
Pun: A Vulture
A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, “I’m sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.” Note: All puns found through the Google.
Tom & Jerry
The kids really like Spongebob Squarepants. I find it pretty funny and I tolerate it. It’s something “we both like”. However, in general, we watch and don’t make any sounds. The kids love Tom & Jerry. I can’t stand it, never could. It’s just slapstick. However, when the kids watch it, they laugh OUT LOUD…
Re-living trauma
When I was a kid, I broke my ankle pretty badly. Ruined my tennis career (well, maybe). I was in crutches for months. As an adult, my ankle remained weak to the point where I would twist it ALOT. The pain was so bad, it felt like lightning shooting through my body. The thing I…
Amazon Customer Experience
My netbook broke last week. The video became garbled and would not display. This happens to LCD screens if they are stepped on or dropped or other traumatic event. Sometimes it just happens. So my new Asus eeePC 1000HE was unusable. This was a real bummer, because I have been using it non-stop. I had…
Plain Text in Outlook 2003/2007
It seems like Outlook 2003/2007 is doing something different than I expected. I thought that by changing these settings, that I would be viewing the plain text version of the email I sent. This is NOT the case. Microsoft is basically just stripped the HTML off of the message letting me read what is left…
Goals
I was thinking about a book I read 5 years ago called The Goal. Basically, it states that you should focus on the worst, slowest, most painful part of your process and improve that. Additionally, it does a good job of explaining that you/your company should have a focused goal. Yesterday, I said that a…
ExtJS 2009 – Summary
The video might take a little while, so here are my slides via Slide Rocket. Some bugs again uploading it, so my fonts are busted. Sorry. Generally, this is my summary of the conference: The alpha of the ExtJS designer is really cool. It’s basically a ExtJS version of Visual Studio in a browser.…
ExtJS Conference 2009 – Day 2
My presentation is today. I feel like I have slightly too many slides for the amount of time allotted. Probably, a few of the principles will need to only get a passing glance. Like Balance: Use the whole screen! Next slide! Jack Slocum just gave a keynote address. No slides, 1 question, 5 minutes total.…
ExtJS Core – First Glance
I’m sitting in a conference room watching a demo of the new ExtJS Core, which is basically a “light” version of ExtJS that is meant to be used on public websites. This sort of breaks my existing mental model for ExtJS. Previously, I thought of ExtJS as being great for applications and jQuery as the…
Time Flies when you are watching TV
JetBlue has dedicated screens on every seat. They are dialed into DirecTV and you ca nchoose form about 40 channels. The shows are pretty up to date, but possibly are recorded from the day before. Flying JetBlue is so different than flying another airline. Reason: Time Flies when you are watching TV. As a result,…
Preparing for a presentation
How long do you prepare for a presenation? I usually like to start thinking about the presentation 1-2 weeks in advance. Hopefully, I have a decent slideshow prepared, but the details rarely come into focus until this 1-2 week period. I’ve been thinking about the ExtJS conference that I am speaking at next Wednesday. I…
5 pennies or 1 dime
Ask any 5 year old: Which is better? 5 pennies or 1 dime. Any 5 year old will tell you the 5 pennies are better. There are MORE of them, of course. They don’t care that the dime is more expensive. OK, now consider your software product. Which is better? 5 small features or 1…