…so, in 2001, I started working on our top-notch java app, avoiding working on Drivers & Printing, and a surefire job in Inkjet Firmware. Fast forward: 2007: Working on the Printing stuff. 2008: Working embedded with the Inkjet Firmware. Still waiting for the guys in this meeting tomorrow to go, “Say, aren’t you that fat kid with glasses and the bad haircut?” :D
Well, at least you’ve still got the bad haircut…… Whitney - May 3, 2008 Well, at least you’ve still got the bad haircut…. Still haven’t gotten my tip from last month’s “Stylist Appreciation Day”…. :-)
Article Finding themselves strapped for cash and unable to use their home as an ATM, Americans are increasingly turning to credit cards to cover gas, groceries and other living expenses. Huh? “Using their home as an ATM”..why do you want to do that? For many people, racking up credit card debt is not a choice they want to make, experts say. Not too long ago, they could have tapped into the equity in their homes through loans or lines of credit or refinancing. But this debt, which usually carries lower interest rates, is no longer as widely available with the collapse of the housing market. ...
Amen, brother! Heck, we’ve been blessed to have en… Jeff Roberts - May 5, 2008 Amen, brother! Heck, we’ve been blessed to have enough coming in to pay the builds but there are times when those unexpected expenses come in [like $4 gas :-)] and we declare a moratorium on eating out, eat up whatever is in the pantry at the house, don’t buy anthing that’s not crucial, etc. We keep cars a looong time. ...
Won’t someone PLEASE think of the children?! The hue and cry surrounding Miley Cyrus’s recent photos in Vanity Fair disgusts me. NOT the photos themselves. Certainly not the photographer, Annie Leibovitz, whose work stands on its own. We should be ashamed. We’re a country addicted to drugs, gossip, and pornography. We’re so in debt, we’re destitute, yet we spend like there’s no tomorrow. We care little except for how other people PERCEIVE us. Substance matters not. ...
Being shocked by this is about like watching Reven… Jeff Roberts - Apr 3, 2008 Being shocked by this is about like watching Revenge of the Sith over and over and being surprised each time Anakin turns to the dark side.
21 was great, if you like ill-paced movies with recycled plotlines. After enjoying other such pictures about genius kids (Real Genius) and breaking the bank at Las Vegas casinos (Ocean’s 11), I hoped for a tight, enjoyable romp, with a good “nerd + hot chick” love story and lots of nerd-rific references–sort of like War Games in Vegas. Yeah, not so much. The elevator pitch is dynamite: MIT students act as a team to count cards at Vegas blackjack tables, facing opposition from the latest technology (biometric scanners) and old-school Vegas security men, as well as internal turmoil. Somewhere between there and adapting the bestselling fact-cum-fiction book Bringing Down the House, this movie becomes a mess of recycled ideas and predictability. By the end, I was rooting for security guards to nab the lot of them. They’re just annoying people we’re given no reason to care about. ...
I’m cross-wired. I intuitively perceive what must happen in a situation, yet I delude myself into carrying-on as if I didn’t know. I’m optimistic about people (despite all advice), yet am unsurprised when the worst comes out in them. The only thing I can reconcile about it is the two sides of my personality, one of which is recent. I grew up a pessimist; selfish, I kept account of people’s sins. On the average, people seemed pretty crappy–ruled by their emotions, rationalizing bad choices, hurting others for their own gain. What’s there to be optimistic about? Society was one big, entropic system that’d eventually devolve into chaos. ...
So, several days ago, I faced that yearly task–picking out the perfect Valentine’s Day card for my wife. I’ve approached this different ways in the past: One year, I eschewed getting her anything, proclaiming V-Day as “the invented holiday that makes no sense”. Results were predictable, in hindsight. After that, I spent several years executing my usual card-search routine: Enter Store. Walk to card aisle Find appropriately topical card. (That is don’t buy “Granny you’re my valentine” if you dating Daisy Fuentes.) ...
It was a perfect one! I love you!! btw, he got m… Whitney - Feb 4, 2008 It was a perfect one! I love you!! btw, he got me two dozen roses too ;) He’s so wonderful!!
Wow…I’ve been underwhelmed before, but just…wow. Okay, so let’s review: I had a bout of unaccountable Car lust starting earlier this week. The Astra was the newest Euro kid on the block, all sexy and angular. So, today, I took a detour on my way to work and drove one. Walkaround: The car is handsome and substantial…it really doesn’t look like an economy car, but rather an upscale small hatch, a segment the MINI Cooper created. Doors open and close with an assuring thunk. The hatch is pure euro, complete with parcel shelf and a good-sized storage area with the seats up. The rear window is very small (but we’ll get to that…) ...
Joey: “I wish we had cable.” * * * LOST why do I care again? Eli Stone actually made it through a whole episode and found some stuff to like. On the whole, I’d rather sleep, but eh. This one gets the biggest award for “Zero chemistry between main character and his ice queen fiancee.” Oh, and Sydney’s dad from Alias is a co-star. He pretty-much plays the same character. And ‘Ed’ shows up in flashbacks as his Dad. ...
yes but if you add water and reheat it, congealed … Whitney - Feb 5, 2008 yes but if you add water and reheat it, congealed oatmeal can be pretty good. by the way, you left something on at home. (K)
I thought it odd that when I checked-out Rich Dad, Poor Dad as a book-on-tape from the library that the first cassette was not rewound. Nor was it at the end of a side…it seemed as though someone had stopped in the middle of the tape. None of the other tapes were that way. Then I found out why: This book is complete crap. I suffered through half the tape, then took the book back. The author kept spouting platitudes like “Poor people work for money, Rich people have money work for them,” wrapped in some saccharine false anectdote format. ...
Dave Ramsey has recommended it on several occasion… Chris - Jan 2, 2008 Dave Ramsey has recommended it on several occasions, so I added it to my “to read” list a few weeks ago. Looking for something to use a Borders’ gift card on, I started going through that list last week to decide which book to get. After reading some reviews on Amazon and elsewhere about the book, I took it off the list. Seems like you’ve confirmed my assumptions from those reviews… Thanks for the warning about it. ...
As a programmer, should it bother me that I’m beginning to think of Windows as a well-documented, flexible system? One that’s not-too-awful to program in? I beginning to understand why Rana found Java so jarring…documentation varies in quality and it’s all over the place. With Windows, MSDN is your friend :D (Note: I don’t find windows secure, consistent, or all that well-designed, but after reading Raymond Chen’s excellent “The Old New Thing” it’s easy to see why the sins of Windows 1.0 through 3.11 really affected the designs of Win32, leading to many gaping kludges and security holes.)
For my pal Jamie: GUI programming is hard. So, the big marquee part of Microsoft Visual C++ has been the “Visual” part, where you draw-out your lovely dialog boxes using a GUI creation tool, then the IDE generates the code & and resource files from that. Okay, so far so good, but I spent most of this morning trying to get this little MFC app I’m upgrading to run as a static EXE instead of a DLL-linked EXE. That would mean the EXE would be a little fatter, but we could ship it without the associated MSVCRT.dll and MFC42.DLL, reducing a point of failure if those files get lost or damaged. It’s a win-win, right? Everyone benefits! Bonuses galore! ...
My 6-year-old ID badge is held together by scotch tape and a well-placed paperclip. I’ve worn through 4 plastic snaps to hold it tenously to my waist.
dude - get a new one! :) One to show your new se… HarryC - Jan 3, 2008 dude - get a new one! :) One to show your new sexy married responsible self to the world!….ok to the door opening thingie. but still! If you were a victim of spontaneous human combustion and the only thing left to identify you were your badge you wouldn’t want THAT old picture flashing on the news would you?! ...
I’m a member of a Restoratoin Movement Protestant Christian Church. On the face of it the Restoration Movement is a tremendous idea, hearkening to the ideas of both the early Apostolic Churches and the ideas of the Protestant Reformation. Key bullet points of our doctrine are: We acknowledge only one authority in church matters–the 66 book Protestant Bible. There is no synod, ecclesial council, catechism, or presbyteroi. The Bible says what it says. ...