Category: General

2005 was an interesting year. I’m not going to list all the things that happened around the world that caught my eye, far too many have already published their own lists. For me, 2005 was a turning point. Is a year too big to be a point in time? I don’t know, but looking back…

Gianfranco Berardi brings up some interesting thoughts on posting in forums. At one point I realized that I really shouldn’t talk like I knew what I was saying when I didn’t really know about the topic… Which was good because I didn’t spend so much time on the forums and was able to direct my…

It’s funny how lunch break at the day job reminds me so much of the good old days of lunch time recess back in elementary school. Every day about noon time, the same clique of guys gather to escape the confines of the office and hit the town to grab a sandwich. Every day: same…

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The spammers finally found this site. So I’ve implemented spam prevention for the comments section. If you are a logged in registered reader, there is no change. For unregistered readers, there is now a security number to enter in when commenting. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Today is my last day before going back to full-time contract work. I’ve been off since September 15 — a full two months. When I finished up with my last client, I needed to take a break. I’ve been a full-time contract software developer for almost seven years now with no real break between projects.…

I saw this while checking the local Boston weather. Thought it was worth a laugh — or maybe a cry. (100% is the chance of precipitation)