Transparency is usually a good thing. At the moment I’m debating opening up a new site that I’m working on with complete transparency. Transparency as in site statistics, revenue, business strategies, and even the underlying motivations and philosophy behind the software, site, and monetization. The site isn’t quite ready, and the software isn’t quite ready,… Continue reading Opening Up Software Business for Complete Transparency
Slayer Cancels at Soundwave
Well, I ended up driving 2,024 km to see Slayer in concert at Soundwave in Sydney. They canceled. Tom was sick and taken to the hospital. Sigh… Oh well. I hope that I have a chance to see them some other time. The picture there is the poor bastard that had to announce that Tom… Continue reading Slayer Cancels at Soundwave
Little Old Lady Church Jokes
Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! This is funny! I got this from my mother. Be careful as you may just pee your pants laughing! Church Ladies With typewriters . . . They’re Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences (with all the BLOOPERS) actually appeared in church… Continue reading Little Old Lady Church Jokes
Some Praise for Internet Explorer
No. Really. I’ve found something very good in IE. Well, I didn’t find it, but while reading on computed CSS values, I came across this thread. One of the participants recommended Internet Explorer and its built-in development tools for tracing computed CSS values. I’d been trying to find out just WTF was going on with… Continue reading Some Praise for Internet Explorer
America’s Homeland Paranoia Committee
I fail to understand American paranoia. While reading yet another news story about “security”, it occurred to me just how deeply rooted fear is in American culture and how completely moronic their reactionary paranoia is. The Ottawa Citizen reported this story: Canada rejects U.S. senator’s visa idea: Lieberman calls report on border security ‘alarming’. In… Continue reading America’s Homeland Paranoia Committee
New Google Button
There’s a new Google button that I want really badly. I know that it would be super useful for billions of people, and that everyone would finally breath a sigh of relief to see it. Here’s my $0.02 quick, sloppy mockup of what it could look like with a real search. It’s a bit sloppy,… Continue reading New Google Button
Bizarre Law Enforcement in Victoria
Australian law enforcement continues to baffle me. Harsh penalties for nothing, and slaps on the wrist for violent offenders. I don’t get it. Victorian law enforcement seems to be particularly nutty sometimes. While reading some news at The Age I came across an article: Experts pan public mobile speed camera plan The last paragraph struck… Continue reading Bizarre Law Enforcement in Victoria
Egypt – No Signal
The Associated Press is reporting that Egypt has suspended mobile phone services in some areas where protests are expected. It’s disconcerting as this kind of thing bodes ill for everywhere. If the Egyptian government will cut the Internet nationwide and cut phones, who else will be willing to do so? Cutting communications is something that… Continue reading Egypt – No Signal
Egypt – 404 Not Found
Well, in a rather stunning development in the Middle East turmoils, Egypt has shut down the Internet. Completely. As in none. Zero. Nadda. Zilch. Zippo. 404 Not Found. The BBC has reported that amidst the protests there, the Egyptian government has shut the Internet off completely for the whole country. Internet connections across Egypt appear… Continue reading Egypt – 404 Not Found
RDBMS Table Design in Excel?
I was just thinking about data mining relationships between atoms and chemical compounds, and about putting it all into a nice, neat RDBMS for that, when it occurred to me that I’m really not an expert in the field, and designing the database would require more knowledge than I have. However, in a process of… Continue reading RDBMS Table Design in Excel?