I finally started posting my photos on Flickr. So far, it’s just a few of my most recent, from Flipside, Chicago, and Nuevo Laredo.
New Job
I recently started a new job at VIEO, Inc., as a Java Server Engineer, which is part of the reason I haven’t posted anything in a long time. Another part of the reason is that I’m still working for Newisys, too.
Weasel Words
Slashdot had an interesting post yesterday about the Attack of the Corporate Weasel Words. It mentions the recent book Death Sentences: How Cliches, Weasel Words and Management-Speak are Strangling Our Public Language and its Australian author’s website, where people can submit examples, such as:
‘Heard on a Virgin flight from Brisbane to Sydney: “for your convenience, the cabin will be pressurised”. How about, “so you don’t die, the cabin will be pressurised” or just, “the cabin will be pressurised”?’
Gaim
Note to self (and others): try out the Gaim IM client. Supports more networks than Trillian, and looks less annoying.
Holy Verification!
My company is planning to release the Java-based hardware design verification environment I created over the last year and a half under an open source license. We’ve been calling it JavaDV internally, but figure we’ll have to pick a new name so that Sun doesn’t jump all over us for infringing on their aggressively protected Java trademark. Of the many names we’ve brainstormed, the one that really makes me chuckle is Jihad, which could stand for something like Java Integrated Hardware Analysis and Debugging. The tagline writes itself: “Declare Holy War on Bugs!”
The Best Page In The Universe
I finally took some time to read Oldag’s favorite site, The Best Page In The Universe. I have to admit that, once I got over my aesthetic differences with the format, it’s a damn entertaining and informative site. In fact, it may well be the purest embodiment of scurrilousness I’ve seen yet. Highlights include:
- Never use Orbitz.
- “Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors.”
- “It’s every man’s dream to have a penis so large that he must hire a small boy to carry it.”
- A few crude drawings of Star Wars Episode III are more enjoyable than the entire movie.
For those interested in further reading, I’m impressed to note that Wikipedia contains entries for both The Best Page in the Universe and its author.
Adult Netflix
When extolling the virtues of Netflix, I often hear the complaint that Netflix doesn’t carry porn. Well, they still don’t, but IntimateDVD does. Though this might seem like a crushing blow to my entrepreneurial friends that have been scheming about creating such a business, it’s apparently based in Austin (which explains the ads on local radio), so maybe you could work there. Or, since the site isn’t nearly as slick or well-stocked as Netflix, maybe you could do it better.
The Year of Living Rudely
I’m not one to be a fan of very many things, but I am pleased to learn that the Rude Pundit will be performing The Rude Pundit in The Year of Living Rudely at the New York International Fringe Festival, which runs from Friday, August 12th through Sunday, August 28th. From the FringeNYC blurb:
Based on the cult blog with thousands of fans worldwide, the Rude Pundit attacks assholes and pisses on the powerful. In this (very rude) one-man comedy, he gives a scatological skewering and a pornographic wedgie to preachers, politicians, and presidents.
Bush Declares Sacrifice in Iraq to Be ‘Worth It’
No new strategies. No timetable for exit. No response to evidence of ignored or fabricated intelligence. But the deaths of over 1,740 U.S. military personnel and 12,000 Iraqi civilians, and counting, are “worth it”. What an asshole.
I can’t wait to read what the Rude Pundit has to say tomorrow.
Zombie Dogs
Scientists have brought dead dogs back to life. It’s as easy as 1-2-3-4-5!
- Suck all blood out of dog.
- Pump ice-cold saline into dog.
- Wait 3 hours.
- Swap fresh blood back into dog.
- Administer electric shocks to restart heart. Arf! Arf!