Innis & Gunn Oak-aged Beer
As a general rule of thumb the longer a beer sits (or “ages” if you like) the worse it will be since most beers tend to get more bitter over time. It’s rare a beer that does well with aging so I was skeptical of Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer from the brewery of [...]
PHP job in PHP
This is cute (and perhaps the only time you’ll ever see “cute” on this site). Too bad the pay is so low: a PHP job posting written in PHP:
// Calculate the applicant’s score…
$applicantReviewData = calculateSkillAndExperienceScore($craigslist->user,
$skillAndExperienceRequirements);
$applicantScore = $applicantReview['score'];
$applicantSummary = $applicantReview['message'];
If you’re thinking of applying, sending this back to them as OO code might be a good [...]
Back into The World
The world of small, fast, risky companies that is. Since Jonathan broke the story I figure it’s time to announce it here as well: as of today I no longer work for Chum Interactive and no longer work with the great group of people that are there.
Instead I’ve once again jumped into the world of [...]
A Programmer Too Much
Last night, while watching The Colbert Report, it occurred to me that maybe I’ve been programming too much lately when during one segment in the show they displayed this onscreen:
True = Funny
And I thought “That’s not right, True is a constant and is thus immutable. Funny can’t be assigned to it” and then I mentally [...]
Theory vs. Fact: Getting Ugly Again
Apparently there’s a big dust-up happening down at NASA over the resignation of George C. Deutsch, a conservative presidential appointee to NASA who tried to muzzle reports on climate change and forced NASA web developers to add “theory” after every instance of “Big Bang” on the site:
Mr. Deutsch’s resignation came on the same day that [...]
Safari and QuickTime: Pathetic
It’s pretty absurd that running an embedded QuickTime movie in Safari ultimately leads to non-stop spinning beachballs on every mouse click or key press and eventually the complete, utter, and silent death of the application itself. You’d think if there was one media type and plugin Safari would be able to handle well, it’d be [...]
The Men from the Mice
By about this time every year Canadian rock climbers start to get real itchy about going outside again. To placate this need we scour the web for climbing content, the more extreme the better, convincing ourselves that once spring comes we too will be able to send like the monsters at the apex of this [...]
IE 7 Beta 2 Takes a Beating
Yesterday Microsoft released Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 7, the much-anticipated and hyped next version of their venerable web browser. This Slashdot post, made today: “IE7 Bug Reports Flooding In” takes a slightly taunting, haughty tone regarding the bug reports that early-adopters of IE 7 have been sending in to Microsoft, including one of a [...]
Debunking 10 Myths About Hybrid Cars
Business Week debunks the Top 10 Hybrid Myths:
6. Hybrids are small and underpowered.
The Honda (HMC) Accord hybrid is the fastest family sedan on the market. The Lexus Rx400h and Toyota Highlander Hybrid share the same 270 horsepower system. The Lexus GS 450h hybrid sedan, expected later in 2006, will exceed 300 horsepower with 0-to-60 performance [...]