mortals wear shoes
[Garak takes a drink of root beer]
Quark: What do you think?
Garak: It’s vile.
Quark: I know. It’s so bubbly and cloying and happy.
Garak: Just like the Federation.
Quark: And you know what’s really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it.
Garak: It’s insidious.
Quark: Just like the Federation.
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - [...]
MJ recently blogged about identifying one’s own strengths. I thought it would be useful to share a tool that I’ve used over the last seven years as a herder of cats (read: software development manager). I call it the self-development window (or the career development window, as I often use it for that [...]
http://tinyurl.com/5b98j8
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I’ve had my MBP since November. Thanks to Moore’s Law, there is now a faster and shinier version available, which means that the price for a used 2.4Ghz MacBook Pro with the same specs as mine has dropped to about $2000 (according to eBay).
This is actually good news for me. I was considering [...]
I just recently finished taking a course as a rescue diver. In it, I learned techniques for dealing with a panicked diver on the surface and underwater, dealing with unconscious divers, rescue breathing, CPR and many other things I’d never done before.
The instructor pointed out that I kept apologizing every time I did something [...]
I was out on a boat trip just off the coast when we spotted some dolphins. The adults came over by the boat and led us away from where the babies were feeding, which of course made for some great photos. Here are a few - apologies for small file size, but uploading [...]
1 - The coffee tastes like shit so I’m never tempted to order one
If I forget myself and accidentally order one I certainly never order a second (I usually drink hot chocolate in Starbucks).
2 - You have to pay for wi-fi so I’m never distracted by IM/IRC/RSS
In the UK, all the wi-fi at Starbucks is [...]