July 2012
19 posts
Jul 26th
Jul 26th
Working Through Work-At-Home Issues
ME
so that work at home thing
doesn't work for me
i can't get shit done until 10pm at home apparently
FRIEND
wife interfernce?
ME
wife ain't here
FRIEND
or focus issues?
ME
focus issues.. place is a mess
i think that's part of it
no office
FRIEND
that's a tough part - need a desk or some place just dedicated for work
like one of those small ones, you can tuck in the corner or some shit
also - a wise man once told me about configuring hosts file
ME
ha?
FRIEND
to dev/null all requests to facebook, twitter, youporn, etc
in the name of productivity
ME
AH
forgot about that
FRIEND
(yes, you were the wise man)
also - another wiseman once said
EAT LUNCH DON"T FORGET FUCKER OK FUCKER
ME
maybe that's a good excuse to not work
FRIEND
yeah
ME
right now, becuase i feel shitty about myself
FRIEND
oh man -
it is natural though
you are redefining yourself
you are stripping the old layer of peeled paint before you apply the new coat
ME
i feel naked now
thanks
oh wait, i am naked now
huzzah!
Jul 25th
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Jul 24th
Inquire vs Enquire →
Jul 23rd
“Well you’re magic he said But don’t let it all go to your head...”
Jul 23rd
Jul 11th
“It’s sad to say, but the science and technology are the easy part,” Williams...”
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Jul 11th
Facebook SDK 3.0 Beta for iOS →
Jul 11th
Paid Vacation? Not Cool. You Know What’s Cool?... →
Jul 11th
WSJ: Amazon Testing Smartphone →
Jul 11th
What Powers Instagram: Hundreds of Instances,... →
instagram-engineering: One of the questions we always get asked at meet-ups and conversations with other engineers is, “what’s your stack?” We thought it would be fun to give a sense of all the systems that power Instagram, at a high-level; you can look forward to more in-depth descriptions of some of these systems in…
Jul 10th
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Firefox: Can this Web browser be saved? →
Jul 10th
Instagram Engineering: What Powers Instagram:... →
instagram-engineering: One of the questions we always get asked at meet-ups and conversations with other engineers is, “what’s your stack?” We thought it would be fun to give a sense of all the systems that power Instagram, at a high-level; you can look forward to more in-depth descriptions of some of these systems in…
Jul 10th
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Jul 10th
Jul 7th
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Internet Explorer: Your Taxes At Work
I’m a small government guy but one of the holes I’ve seen in my limited government arguments is the fact that government-sponsored research is responsible for such creations as the Internet. DARPA dollars and so on. My current take on the role of government is as sort of a Nash equilibrium coordinator, so if public funded research is the desired outcome for everyone I don’t see...
Jul 7th
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Unbaffling The Q
I’ve pre-ordered the Google Q but have never used it, unlike David Pogue who pans the ”social jukebox” in his latest column. Read piece in full before I return the love below. You have to use your Android phone or tablet as a remote control; One I settle into my couch or desk, I typically don’t want to get up from wherever I’m at to turn up the music. The wife and...
Jul 6th
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