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I just stumbled across this job posting at Coding Horror.  Go read it then come back. His post very closely follows my philosophy of hiring.  I didn’t know I had one until about a year ago when a former employee asked me how I hired people.  After giving it some thought my answer was that […]

Count to yourself: One MississippiTwo MississippiThree MississippiFour MississippiFive Mississippi That’s how long it takes for Vista to open a command prompt (cmd.exe) when linked to a shortcut key (ctrl-alt-C).  Trying it with other keystrokes doesn’t change the time it takes.  This is on a Thinkpad T60 with 3 gig of RAM and a dual core […]

Heh.  Just copying a file to a usb thumb drive…

This happened last week and I thought after all the negative blogs and podcasts Apple wouldn’t do it again. Sure enough, I found this update notice on my Vista machine: I don’t want Safari, most people on Windows don’t want Safari, and trying to trick people into installing it does not help your brand.  It’s […]

I’m just sitting here doing some bookkeeping and billing a customer.  In order to get paid by this customer, we *must* include their full PO number on the invoice. The PO number is, get this, TWENTY SIX digits long!  Even better, there are eleven zero’s in a row between what might be considered a vendor […]

Last week I had to travel to West Palm Beach to do a few days of training for a client.  I had originally planned on staying at a Days Inn on 45th St. in West Palm Beach.  When I told my client where I was staying, the reaction was "Whoa!  Under no circumstances should you […]

This is an email I sent to the feedback address that amazon provides for Kindle owners: My story: I had been long wanting an e-Reader, and was drawn to the Sony one; However, the Sony was lacking a lot of features, and I was worried about the longevity of their e-book store. When Amazon announced […]

On February 2nd, 2008, the South Florida Code Camp 2008 will be held in Miramar, Florida.  This will be my first time speaking at this Code Camp.  I spoke in Tampa last year.  CRM sessions don’t draw too many people, but the ones that are at the session are really interested in what you have […]

These are Phil Plait’s choices for the top 10 astronomy pics of 2007.  Definitely an eye opening page to visit.  Visit his blog at http://www.badastronomy.com/.  Lots of good stuff.