Quite simply – everyone is paid to love Google. Bloggers love Google because it pays their bills. AdSense makes it easy for anyone to set up a blog and make money. Corporate websites love Google for the same reason. AdSense is a huge business. Know-it-alls love Google because they get paid for surfing the web. …
Yesterday was the day we had signed up for a Segway tour of the Los Gatos creek trail. South Bay Segway is a tiny little operation in the back section of an industrial building. We almost missed it. As we drove up there were only two Segways parked in the doorway, indicating that we were …
The other day someone asked me if I had written anything Python. My response was a quick “no”. I’ve invested a lot of time in Perl and PHP (and to some extent Java) and I’d have to have a really good reason to learn Yet Another Programming Language. CPAN and Pear are rich API libraries …
Ever since the Segway came out, it has been the subject of many geeky lunchtime conversations. They were always just too cool. Now I’m actually considering buying one. I would mostly use it to get back and forth to work. I live only 1.5 miles away, but it takes too long to walk and it …
Following up on my post about “The best worst day ever“, a few people were curious what the meeting was about that changed the course of the day. I can now say that the meeting was with my current boss (as of a few months ago), my previous boss, and their boss. It turns out …
My parents, sister and her husband got me a cool gadget for my birthday – a Slingbox. The slingbox is basically a cable TV to streaming internet video converter. You hook it up to your cable TV connection and your home network. Then from any other computer in your network or even from the internet …
I was reading something from a blogger just now about them starting a big new job. Some slightly clipped excerpts: It starts off with “Hi, everyone! Okay, I’ve been waiting to exhale for some time now…and I finally have!!! Last night was my one week anniversary…and the good news is, I’m still employed! (I think)” …
Today was a horrible day. It was also the greatest day I’ve had in a long time. The first thing I did when I got into work is start writing a post-mortem report for a outage yesterday – always a great way to start a day. While I was writing it, a different outage occurred. …
1. Popup ads. I’m paying $15 a month. Why should I be subjected to pop-up ads? They seem to be specifically designed to work around popup blockers. 2. The same Tom Petty ad over and over again during commercial breaks. It’s driving me crazy to hear the same clip 20 times per game. 3. Video …
.300. That’s the Boston Red Sox record (9 wins 21 losses) in August. How sad. Needless to say, .300 is the worst record of any major league team this august. The team with the worst record this year, the Kansas City Royals, still has a .363 record for the season. They won tonight, but only …