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The (psuedo-)Job Search (semi-)Continues

Three months ago when I wrote (How To) Hire Me, I thought I was up-front about “Hey folks, I need a job!” Given that I’ve received no corporate pings, I have to guess that I was being subtle, which is...

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One Thing About Ray Ozzie

Robert Scoble recently wrote a bit called, Why doesn’t Microsoft get the love?: It’s been more than a year now since I left Microsoft. I really expected Ray Ozzie to come out and do lots of cool stuff...

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Happy Good Birthday Bear

As I try to do every year (and succeed on most: 2000, 2001, 2002 2004, 2006), I’d like to take a moment to wish Tom the happiest of birthdays, and to wish everyone else a Good Bear Day.

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JavaScript ES4, or “Oh No, Not Again”

There’s been some rumblings lately in the usual quarters about the current proposal for ECMAScript 4th Edition, aka “ES4.” For what it’s worth, here’s my two cents. When I first heard about what...

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Mac Monospaced Fonts

Every so often some coder puts up a blog post about their favorite monospaced font, and every other coder feels a need to chime in about their favorite font. See here and here for two examples. Me?...

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Comic art imitates my so-called life

Sometimes when I read xkcd, I feel like the gags go completely over my head. Other times, I’m glad I’m in on the joke. But once in a long while I feel like some part of it is targeted straight at me....

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Free Macworld Expo passes

Two different people today asked me today about free exhibits passes to Macworld Expo. Here’s the offers I was able to find: Your Mac Life Daily Tech Talk Rogue Amoeba One of those should work for you;...

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Happy (belated) Turkey Day!

To quote from my favorite piece of art on our walls: “There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are...

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