Monthly Archives: July 2007

Bribe Your Siteops Day

Posted on 27 July 2007 by tychay

Mariano tells me that it is important to keep your siteops well fed, because they are the ones that make us software programmers look good. SiteOps keeps your machines running and when you’re as big as Tagged, that means five … Continue reading →

Posted in web development | 3 Comments

Perfect Ringing (This iPhone)

Posted on 24 July 2007 by tychay

At work today Mark Kater and Sarah were joking that I’ve been as sick as long as I’ve had my iPhone. I guess my iPhone has bad Feng Shui.
Then Mark mentioned that the song in the iPhone television commercials, gives … Continue reading →

Posted in iPod, Macintosh | 4 Comments

No whammies, big money

Posted on 23 July 2007 by tychay

A funny rumor appeared on TechCrunch about the company I work for.
I won’t comment about the rumor. (To be honest, I’m so bad with numbers I wouldn’t be able to get the number right even if I did.) Instead I’d … Continue reading →

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LOLGeeks

Posted on 19 July 2007 by tychay

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any geekier with inside jokes, lolgeeks is an amusing take on LOLCATS. Here geeks make various image macros in pidgin of photos of other geeks.
And just when you thought I couldn’t get any … Continue reading →

Posted in humor, PHP, society and culture | 4 Comments

Stories about my wallet

Posted on 18 July 2007 by tychay

I still haven’t recovered from the cold I had a month ago. I’m on a CEO-ordered mandate to not come into work the rest of the week and that should explain my lack erratic communications of late. Having my boss … Continue reading →

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Job: Software Architect for NovaTunes in Venice, CA

Posted on 15 July 2007 by tychay

Sent to my by my friend John Herren (sorry about the delay in posting):
Life’s a Beach! Fix The Music Business! Work in VENICE, California
NovaTunes is a revolutionary new music company putting control in the hands of the artists and delivering … Continue reading →

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What Web 2.0 is…

Posted on 10 July 2007 by tychay

Dave called me today to complain about the sudden explosion of strange terms that have been appearing on the resumes of people he interviews: Ajax, SaaS, SOAs, Scrum, and, of course, the dreaded Web 2.0.
I said some stuff which I … Continue reading →

Posted in jobs, Lunch 2.0, web development | 5 Comments

Did you ever know that I’m your hero?

Posted on 10 July 2007 by tychay

Can I ever say enough times how much I like to hear my name? Oh sure, Meagan one-upped my last article by getting her photo in Valleywag. But I refuse to be outdone.
Me! Me! Me!
So a big thank you to … Continue reading →

Posted in about me, PHP | 10 Comments

A fish(y) story

Posted on 10 July 2007 by tychay

It is because of random flukes like this:

Baseball cap? Check? New York Giants? Check. Geek convention? Check. This reminds me, C|Net really needs to host a Lunch 2.0… Check?

that Blake and Meagan have started calling me “rockstar.” What is ironic … Continue reading →

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Getting Oracle and PHP talking

Posted on 9 July 2007 by tychay

You’ve heard of LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) which according to “the vernacular” is “Web 2.0”, but did you know that there is OPAL (Oracle PHP Apache Linux)?
Me neither, until I ran across Chris Jones’s blog. Chris is the guy … Continue reading →