With the new iPhones out and my contract up, I’ve been trying to decide if upgrade my 4S is worth it. It’s working fine and apart from the battery life sucking, it seems no different from the day I got it. Once I did the math, I decided it would be financially foolish not to …
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I noticed last night that baseball is a game of many 3s. Everyone knows you get 3 strikes and each team gets 3 outs per inning. But there’s also 3 x 3 innings per game 3 x 3 defensive men are on the field a time There are 3 x 10 ft between bases Bases …
A while ago I wrote about how companies can hire the best engineers. Here’s the other side of that process: how to find your engineering dream job. Congratulations! Whether you’ve decided it’s time to move on from your current job, you just quit, or you were laid off, you already have a new job – …
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As I worked my way through my recent job search, I met a lot of people. Many of them were headhunters, corporate recruiters and hiring managers. They all worked differently, but I found the most effective ones had similar qualities. While I don’t claim to be an amazing engineer, it’s a buyer’s market for engineering …
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🙂 On another note, why can’t you embed Facebook timeline items like you can with Twitter cards?
Seriously, I can’t remember the last time I used any other buttons other than add minute and open. Update: You don’t even need an open button. You just grab the handle to the door and it shuts off when you open it. It’s a one-button microwave oven!
My home page was getting a bit stale, so I decided to “update” it. Unbelievably, it’s been nearly 20 years since my first web page, so I thought I would go retro with it, but using modern techniques. Here’s how I did it: ISINDEX search This is just a form, using a Google Search restricted …
We got a SodaStream soda maker several months ago and while I’ve enjoyed using it, I’ve wondered about SodaStream’s claims that it saves you money. Does it? Probably not, or at least not for a long time. Let’s assume you buy soda in the most economical way, in 2-liter bottles. You’ll probably pay about $1.50/2 …
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Correct Method Select any treadmill you like. Cheerfully hand over an additional $200 to have it delivered and installed. Enjoy a frosty beverage of your choice while a couple of burly men drive up to your house, carry your treadmill down your steps, unpack it and set it up while your children play and laugh …
I spent a few frustrating evenings recently trying to figure out why sending email from a WordPress site was failing when sending to a Google Group. It worked fine for a very long time, and then suddenly started failing, rejected with the vague message “nested groups detected”. There’s no information from Google about what it …
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