Co-workers keep asking me why I bought the 30″ flat panel and slapped it down next to the 23″. I’m not a coder anymore… in fact, with each passing year, I become less of a coder even with my painfully infrequent excursions into lands of Python and PHP. What I am, as a manager, is… More

I was yelling at the stereo in the car this morning. It’s Peet’s Coffee, you see. My commute is just long enough for that large cup of black coffee to kick in which means as I near Cupertino, my mind is racing with a million caffeinated thoughts. This morning’s thought, “I hate all the music… More

You’ve just finished your big release and the team has mostly returned from that four day weekend where they’re supposed to recharge from four straight months of work. Everyone is still pretty screwed up. Folks still instinctively check the bug database every 4 minutes to see if anything critical showed up even though there’s no… More

Pet peeve on the 4th of July weekend. What exactly is this? For those of you who think it’s performance art, I think you might be right, but let’s get you some facts first. Tags are all the rage right now and it’s a good thing. Google is a fine way to data mine, but… More

I’ve been spending a good part of the past six months considering a move back to the mountains. Right now, I’m heading into my sixth year in Suburbia and, well, I can’t complain. The Burbs are like fast food… everything you want… conveniently located… and at a sensible price. Why screw with a good thing,… More

Disclaimer #1. I know nothing about security and its relation to this entry’s topic. I’m saying this because in my career I’ve had more professional beat downs when I’ve sat in a meeting with security types and hinted that I know a thing about Security. Seriously. The last time I met with the security folks… More

The size of the fervent rush towards the Ajax reminds me that folks are dying to discover the Next Big Thing. It’s been awhile since we’ve had a Netscape-magnitude holy shit and while there are have been many false positives… has any Internet technology in the past two years seriously knocked your socks off? Well,… More

Back when I first got wind that George Lucas was going to do the prequel trilogy, I had a holy shit moment. I realized what the last scene of the third movie was going to be. Here’s that shot: FADE TO BLACK. SFX: A strange mechanical breathing begins and repeats three times. FADE TO HEAD… More

Ok, last post on the redesign and then I’ll start writing about the Zen of Terminal windows. Four categories of notes: Disasters, Tools, Hmmmm, and Shout Outs. Let’s start with: Disasters: