My name has been placed on various software/hardware vendors mailing lists from subscribing to certain magazines and attending tradeshows. Because of this, I recieve a steady stream of marketing pitches in the mail. One of the best that I’ve recieved was a nice coffee mug from Cisco. No specific product behind it, just simple effective [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Sticking it to the man
An amazingly embarrasing way to find out that you suck as a manager. This was posted in a coffee shop in Vancouver, BC. From Beyond Robinson
Dilbert’s theorem on calculating salary
This theorem can be supported by a mathematical equation based on the following three postulates: * Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power (Knowledge=Power) * Postulate 2: Time is Money (Time=Money) * Postulate 3 (as every engineer knows): Power = Work / Time By substitution, since Knowledge = Power, Postulate 3 becomes: Knowledge = Work / Time [...]
New award for weirdest spam that I’ve recieved
Everybody knows the great sexual scandal known as “Klinton-Levinsky”. After the relations like this Klintons popularity raised a lot! It is a natural phenomenon, because Bill as a real man in order not to shame himself when he was with Monica regularly used Voagra. What happened you see. His political figure became more bright and [...]
The sun is back
We’re finally getting some good weather on the peninsula. It’s amazing how much this can affect your mood. Just a little bit of sunshine makes everything so much better.
Java, UTF-8, and Mysql
Found a little problem with I18N in java and mysql the other day. We’re working to allow YouService to handle international characters. Our first test was to input Kanji characters into the client and then test whether we got Kanji characters back out when other clients sync’d. In order to do this, the client sends [...]