Why, Lotus Notes, Why?
Why do you use F5 to lock your application so that when I try to *refresh* my mail I get locked out? Why is the only access to Search via a tiny magnifying glass icon? Is a menu item or … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Nature – It’s just not natural.
Words Matter Words are important. If they don’t go so far as to limit what and how we think, at the very least they direct our thoughts. The simple use of single word can carry a lot of subtle and hidden meaning. … Continue reading
Testing and Debugging – Cold Eyes are the best eyes
Most software engineers are at least a little bit prissy when it comes to talking about ‘bugs’. We’d rather you call them “defects.” I’d like to say that this isn’t just software engineers being petty and small minded, but it … Continue reading
People you may…
Am I the only one a little creeped out by Facebook’s silent addition of a “People you may know” box which popped up on my profile? What’s next? “People you may want to date?” It would go nicely alongside those … Continue reading
Menus Nested Five Deep
When I want to run SQL Plus I navigate through five menus (not counting the initial click on the Start button). This is ridiculous but (sadly) it is not unusual. It’s a good thing I’m not senile yet and can still remember where … Continue reading
Poker – Why Mom doesn’t like it
Mom doesn’t like it because Mom is always smarter than you are. So is Phil Gordon. At least when it comes to poker. Hmm… Phil guesses that about half of the ‘name pros’ on television have a negative net worth. … Continue reading
Bridges and databases – don’t let me near either
If you’re familiar with Calvin and Hobbes, you may recall the strip where Calvin asks his father how they determine the maximum load for bridges. “Oh, they just drive larger and larger trucks over a bridge until it breaks, and … Continue reading
My computer… the rock.
A computer is a rock. It’s a (very) finely carved chunk of silicon and ore. A computer is hard in the same way a rock is hard – when you crash into it, it bruises you, because you are bruisable … Continue reading
Hungry for more
People are voracious. Whatever we have is, well, not quite good enough. I see this in our use of language, where we take words with exceptional meaning and apply them to the ordinary. Awesome! Righteous! Afterwards, we have to coin … Continue reading
Trippy
Yes, I’m talking about picture nine. Woah.
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