August 2010
85 posts
Middle management lesson learned: If you really need something, ask for it 9 times. You’ll piss people off enough to get it so you’ll leave.
Venus is looking like Venus tonight. Great 1st round US Open match.
Hey Verizon, pardon my French, but FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!! One department thinks our office move is Sept 9 instead of August 31? Really?
Cox Communications’ awesome service saved my ass today. 6 hours from phone call to completed install. Verizon, you fail so hard.
Not looking forward to tomorrow. Sick boy and office move day 1 of 2.
RT @dhh: Rails 3.0: It’s ready http://bit.ly/bqyTHh — after two years of work & thousands of commits. What an amazing community achieve …
Daniel Bard, you are the kickass. Go Sox!
I’m about to do something crazy. I’m going to turn on my Xbox 360 and use it.
RT @QueenofSpain: Don’t let anyone tell you that they have the right to take their country back. It’s our country, too. - Avis Jones De …
This would be a fine night for another no-hitter, Lester. You’re off to a great start. #redsox
Flights from PVD to IND aren’t getting any cheaper…
Just had the best food I’ve ever eaten from the @ChezPascal truck: Ham and cheese sandwich. Had to get it two days in a row just to be sure.
What was Mr. Rogers doing before his show that made him feel like he needed to dress down when the show started?
Hey you, Git user… Go learn some Git voodoo from this presentation by @qrush. http://www.scribd.com/doc/36137179/git-inception
Listening to: Jimi Hendrix - Lullaby for the Summer
RT @wayneeseguin: OH: “Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a pool.”
I dig RSpec.
The parameter passed into the Hash.new(‘pie’) constructor sets a default value for a *nonexistent* key. Neat! Thanks, @mhartl #railstutorial
After a day of use, Firefox gives up loading stylesheets and running javascript. I may need to give up loading Firefox.
Neat! Projo now accepts OpenID for signing in. Oh nevermind, it leads to an endless loop with no error message telling me what went wrong.
Could this explain why teachers unions are so caustic? “People don’t like unselfish colleagues” http://bit.ly/drc8q7
Chobani, I’m sold.
Being a terrible Red Sox fan right now. Turned off the TV and reading Michael Hartl’s Rails 3 tutorial book. I owe him a beer.
I miss ‘use strict;’
A used Lowell and a broken Pedroia are worth 6 Damons RT @bcardarella: What is this horseshit about Johnny Damon coming back to the Red Sox?
http://xkcd.com/783/
I really think I could get into this Arduino stuff now that I found RAD. http://github.com/atduskgreg/rad #arduino #ruby
Suddenly, that attractive, petite woman began dancing provocatively, bending at the knees to an acute angle. #hiphoptranslations
I’m pensive about my financial situation, and my net worth is occupying my conscious thoughts. #hiphoptranslations
RT @jerry: You possess qualities I admire, but you falsely contend that your relationship with another gentleman is platonic. #hiphoptra …
Angrily searching the Web for political sign ordinances in North Providence. Finding none.
Had a good day at work. Came home to political signs far too close to / on my property. Fixed that with quickness. Grill and beer time.
RT @deadprogram: RT @paulmutton: Intel CEO: “We need antivirus, can someone buy me McAfee?” Few hours later: “Done.” “Great, which versi …
RT @wpdavenport: whyday was yesterday but had to post http://www.vimeo.com/5047563 #whyday
Mogotest.com looks crazy awesome. I wish it had a lower-usage price plan. I’d gladly pay $10/mo for 250 tests. $45/mo is beyond our needs.
RT @cpjolicoeur: If you missed tonights @RIRUG meeting, you missed out on this: http://yfrog.com/n62dmnj
Amazing. No more crufty VMs for testing. RT @bcardarella: Check out our new *automated* cross-browser issue detection! http://bit.ly/cuWyAW
RT @mikerowan: Billed more times than I should for 2 services I use. Good ‘ol @swipely told me about it, nice. - @swipely kicks ass, and …
Starting to pack up the office. Step 1: Throw shit out. No, I do *not* need Photoshop Elements for Mac 2007 (Thanks to Pixelmator).
RT @rirug: RIRUG meeting this Wednesday. 6pm at Mojo Tech in Warren RI. See http://rirug.com for details.
Trying to learn chef (server management). Anyone know of a *good* tutorial? All the ones I’ve found are more reference, less HOWTO.
Rocking some opscode.com to assist me in learning Chef.
I just ate a totally edible $4 lunch. Now, back to hunting for a phone setup that can be in place in 2 weeks. C’mon, Verizon lady, answer!
RT @aquatoad: Newspaper warning labels via @manchmod http://j.mp/97wfKG #awesome
I hope no one on Twitter said anything cool last Friday/Saturday. After a weekend in Maine, I had no chance of going through the history.
30 day trial of Sirius radio: free. Finding out I can’t get channel 125 for the Pats pre-season game: free rage.
A tribute to frosty. http://joealba.com/snowman/ RT @ruby_news RIP rails snowman :( http://bit.ly/asLqwJ
I guess I can’t rely on “experts.” Need to go back to becoming an expert in everything myself. What the shit.
Dun dun dun dunnnnnn! #football
Looks like every single iPhone/iPad app I have has an update this week.