Archive for the ‘Soapbox’ Category
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
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Whether you're a Twitter n00b or you've used it long enough to know some basics of how Twitter works, there's a good chance you're making a few mistakes, socially speaking. Every community has unwritten rules of usage or proper behavior and Twitter is no different. Here ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
I've never heard of this before today, but a friend sent me an IM earlier that read (paraphrased):
SP: Have you ever heard of this rule? The "Half Plus Seven" rule states that attraction to someone who is younger than half your age plus seven years is creepy.
ME: Never. So ...
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Saturday, April 30th, 2005
If you work in software development you've probably been in or at least heard of a situation like this before: the boss wants some new swanky bit of tech and you're the developer assigned the job. Not a problem... you love new challenges and this one seems like it'll be ...
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Friday, March 18th, 2005
I believe that it's not the language, specifically, that is used that will determine the success of a (software) development project; it's the design of the system as a whole and the considerations made in the Planning and/or Analyze phase of the project.
I really bothers me when I hear people ...
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Friday, January 14th, 2005
Earlier today I was driving North on Highway 305 in the right hand lane when this idiot pulls up quick behind me: flashing his lights, beeping his horn, etc. At first I thought it was a friend trying to be funny, but I look back in my rear view mirror ...
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Sunday, February 8th, 2004
Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket... can we please get the artists who perform on the Grammy's a frickin' decent microphone? I stopped counting at 20 the number of faded voices I heard when they turned their heads just slightly. Someone please smack the sound engineer in the back ...
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Friday, February 6th, 2004
I honestly don't get the whole controversy with Janet Jackson's tit-flash... I can see the same thing for free at the mall as mothers of newborns whip it out to feed their baby. But media sensationalism what it is in the US, we get bombarded with blurred out shots of ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2004
The Airborne Express courier came by the house this afternoon and picked up my laptop. I can't say that I'm all together impressed with the level of service I've received so far; from Dell or from Airborne.
Maybe I'm being nit-picky, but my laptop was pretty expensive, and here's what I ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2003
I keep seeing more and more of the same types of stores popping up everywhere, and it's not just Starbucks. All over the county that I live in there are several brand new (or at least "coming soon" signs for):
Oil change shops,
Check cashing and/or payday loan shops, and
Walgreens.
I'm not kidding... ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2003
I've always disliked them, but the call for a boycott on the Dixie Chicks is hilarious to me. And no, I didn't vote for Bush, nor am I from Texas. I just think it's funny to see them get crapped on by the media and their own fans for making ...
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