Tag: Random

  • 18 Years in Web

    I just realized I have been working on web stuff for 18 years.  There are employees here that are 18. Ugh, that makes me feel old.  Some fond memories: spacer.gif – When Netscape 2 came out and introduced the <TABLE> tag, I was thrilled.  I could make something that was actually designed.  However, I needed…

  • Pet Peeves – 2013

    Some of my pet peeves: Kids who leave every single light in the house on when they leave for school. Wife who leaves the radio blaring at 7:30am after she leaves the house for the day. Colleagues who leave the projector on in a conference room after they leave. People who leave conference rooms messy…

  • What the Jets should do – 2013

    Psychology is sometimes obvious, yet people make the same psychological mistakes over and over again.  Last year, the Jets acquired Tim Tebow from Denver.  Although Tim is a poor quarterback, he is a “winner” and helped Denver go far in the playoffs.  The Jets started the first game using Tebow effectively, putting him during short…

  • Housing in the Bay Area

    When I was a kid, a million dollar house was a mansion.  People in million dollar houses were rich, very rich.  Now, a million dollar house (in the SF Bay Area) is nothing.  It’s a 3 bedroom, 1,700 sq ft house in San Mateo. San Mateo is not a rich neighborhood at all.  Someone owning…

  • My Only Twitter Follow

    I don’t like getting a ton of tweets, so I don’t follow anyone.  For a while I followed Brittany from Glee.  She was hilarious.  My favorite tweet from her: This two shall past. — Brittany (@BrittanyGLEE) March 6, 2012 Genius. But I was bored.  Too few tweets.  I need a little more.  So I decided to…

  • Product Idea: The Tennis Racquet Guitar

    Almost everyone with a tennis racquet has pretended it was a guitar.  Tennis companies have pioneered the science of materials when it comes to making racquets incredibly stiff and light.  Guitars have exactly the same requirement. Yet most guitars are made out of wood. In fact, most electric guitars are kinda heavy and start to…

  • New WordPress Theme 2013

    WordPress is evolving alot.  I am running 3.6 beta 1.  The new add post page has all these “formats”.  I don’t quite understand them, but the icons look great.  (I wonder what they do!?)  I suppose I will try them over the next few weeks. I also upgraded to the built in Twenty-Thirteen theme.  I…

  • Keeping Everyone Interested

    I didn’t do well in High School, 2.2 grade point average.  In fact, I fell asleep (often) in Math class.  I started well, trying to pay attention.  However, that didn’t last long.  The droning of the teacher saying mindless facts, asking us to rote memorize them so we can parrot them back at test time…

  • How blind people know if you are working

    No clicking of mouse, no typing of keyboard = not working.  You are probably spacing out, not there or reading a blog article. Lots of typing = Not working.  You are writing an email or instant messaging or typing a blog. (This is what I sound like now) Talking in a friendly voice = not working.  You…

  • The Second Amendment

    Last week a 20-year old took hundreds of rounds of ammunition in high density clips and a semi-automatic machine gun into an elementary school in Connecticut.  He shot 26 people, mostly 6 year old kids. It’s senseless.  It’s insane.  It’s an act of mental illness, evil or both. The thing that really drives me nuts is…

  • Cool heads make good decisions

    Making a decision in a bad headspace is a bad idea. Frustrated Anxious Guilty Sad Angry Frantic / Hurried Fearful Distracted Passionate Hungry Ecstatic These emotions make your brain run hot.  They take away valuable CPU power in decision-making.  You want to be calm and collected when you make decisions. Cool heads make good decisions.…

  • Bi-Weekly

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biweekly Happening every two weeks. Happening twice a week; semiweekly. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biweekly occurring twice a week occurring every two weeks fortnightly http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biweekly Occurring once every two weeks. Occurring twice a week Here is the bottom line: The prefix bi- applies to the week rather than to the events that occur, therefore giving the sense of “every two…