The Happy Moron

Slow news day.
I’ve always maintained that beardliness is next to Godliness, but this verges on the ridiculous. Oh wait… Wayne Gretzky suggested it? Then it must be newsworthy.
Now, I have a vested interest in beards. Beards are important; they’re an important part of what it takes to be a man in the modern world, sported [...]

Gee, setting an international precedent for pre-emptive invasions seemed like a good idea at the time.

Spam is getting really, really good.
My Gmail account has recently been receiving spam titled, “CNN Alert” with a headline attached. The headlines seem to be genuine. I only get one per day.
It meets the definition of spam (commercial, unsolicited, bulk) but I’m not sure exactly *what* it is. Either someone typo’d their email address and [...]

This is my favourite holiday! It comes along only on:

The Thursday before a long weekend (Friday)
The Tuesday after a long weekend (Monday)
Any day of the week that has a mid-week holiday
Monday
Friday
Any day your boss is on vacation
Any day an immediate colleague is on vacation
Any day you *should* be on vacation
Any day you don’t feel well
Any [...]

Who knew that groundbreaking body builder Steve Reeves spawned the “sword and sandal” genre of film with the 1958 Italian film, “Hercules”?
Well, if you were watching sword and sandal films in 1958, you probably did know that. For the rest of us, it’s news, okay?
“Hercules”, by the way, is now in the public domain and [...]

Today I wrote a piece of evil code.
Now, I’ve been known to write shoddy code, buggy code, broken code and naive code, but this was none of these. It was thought out, tested, worked as advertised and was reasonably complicated.
For the record:
//This is a block of evil code that ignores good programming style and design [...]

Look, a member of a team left his colleagues hung out to dry due to a poor personal decision.
Take care of yourself, take care of the team… It’s a delicate balance, but it is a balance, and the two activities are very closely linked. Teamwork means giving up personal control of some things, such as [...]