Archive for February, 2006

Essential development tool: the thesaurus

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

I ask myself the same question over and over again while programming: what do I call this? I think that’s the main appeal of programming computers. I am Adam. Each program is a new Garden of Eden in need of new names. And I can change the names anytime. The temptation is […]

Dream Job

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

This makes me feel silly but way the hey! Last night I dreamt I was working for Fog Creek software in New York. I was way over my head and nervous the whole dream. In my dream there were free catered lunches every day from a different restaurant.
I woke up […]

Health Care Bills - negotiate

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

My hospital just called and had a deal for me. If I paid my bill today they would take off 10%. I’ll never pay them the full amount again.
Update: did it again and got 15%.

TODO: Learn Generics

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

http://mindprod.com/jgloss/generics.html

Ajax back button problem - yawn

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

2 cents. Ajax has a back button problem. Right. Whatever. If you want to stuff an entire webapp into one page then yes you might have a problem with the back button. But I’m looking to Ajax for relief from normal webapp headaches - nothing more. I won’t start […]

Good Food

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

I love coffee. A dear friend just sent some wonderful intelligentsia coffee to me. My first brewing was a flop. The beans are great but my proccess is wack. I’m using really cheap filters and I’m not using enough coffee. I’d like to get a scale so I can weigh […]