Monthly Archives: August 2006

Some Jokes

A baby seal walks into a club. On a scale of 1 to 10, how old is Michael Jackson’s new boyfriend? Communism. A Dyslexic man walks into a bra.

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Two Round Tires and a Handlebar

I didn’t go biking this morning, but I wanted to. I didn’t go because my legs were sore from ultimate yesterday, and I wanted to get a lot of sleep, and by the time I woke up I wan’t comfortable … Continue reading

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Heavy on the Geekery

When developing software, any time you change a bit o’ source code you can type a paragraph or two describing the changes. This text is called a “commit message.” Sandy at work said my commit messages were good. Here’s my … Continue reading

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I Still Don’t Like Sushi

Well that was probably the most unique dining experience of my life. Mark Spencer (original Gaim author, original Asterisk author, and founder and president of Digium) sent out an email a few days ago asking if anyone was interested in … Continue reading

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What is Extreme Programming?

Extreme Programming is a stupid buzzword for a bunch of programming techniques. Some of the techniques are old and some are new. Some are common sense and some are really dumb. This weekend I saw three Ferrari’s, two BMW M5s, … Continue reading

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Ends and Odds

I bought one of those pilate balls at a garage sale. Ha ha ha no I didn’t. There are some pretty good climbers at the gym I go to (Planet Granite in Sunnyvale). There’s usually somebody working on some V8s … Continue reading

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Quotes!

Many of you know that my senior quote in my high school yearbook is, “It is better to have loved and lost than to have engaged in a land war with Russia in the winter.” What many of you DON’T … Continue reading

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Software Release Cycle

When developing software, the tendency is to add a bunch of new features shortly before releasing a new version. But this is exactly backwards. New features should be added immediately after a release. Or, to state it another way, a … Continue reading

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