Monthly Archives: September 2007

CNET Open House on Tuesday: Under the Hood

CNET is hosting an open house on October 2nd (Tuesday). Given that every PHP Meetup in SF has been cancelled the night before, I suggest you go to this. GameSpot, TV.com, MP3.com and FilmSpot.com will be having a panel discussion … Continue reading

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Our real selves

Twitter has all of the sleaziness of stalking with none of the messy work of having to actually leave my desk. But I found a dark underside to it: it makes stalking way too easy. Sometimes I get caught in … Continue reading

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Battle wounds

A lot of people at work were asking me about this bright red cut I had on my nose today. The truth of the matter is, I was showering and the shampoo bottle slipped out of my hand and I … Continue reading

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Why PHP triumphs over Ruby

“I’m really low on my scatological count here…I’m sorry I didn’t crack enough jokes or use enough [cuss words], but I’m sure people will forgive me. They can just attend one of my talks and get their cuss quota for … Continue reading

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Too much TechCrunch

Dave finally found The Web 2.0 or Star Wars Character? quiz. He told me he got around a 33 out of 43. I said, “You read too much TechCrunch.” [Small observations after the jump.]

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Jobs in PHP at CNET

This is actually another one of my infamous PHP job postings. But because the people of CNET are so cool, I thought I’d preface it with a couple of CNET stories first. (I honestly don’t know if I should blog … Continue reading

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Flights of fancy

Flights of fancy somewhere over the Eastern United States Leica M8, Cosina-Voigtländer NOKTON 35mm F1.2 Aspherical 1/90sec, iso 320, 35mm (47mm) My tweets make no sense. This is why nobody follows me and even my friends have turned off updates. … Continue reading

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’tis me fav’rite day o the year

Like last year and the year before… Text reads: Ahoy me mateys and buxom wenches! The day ’tis ripe fer Talk Like A Pirate. Ye be talkin’ like a pirate or ye be a scurvy bilge rat! Arrrrrrr! —The Dread … Continue reading

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The death of a lens

Weird and unfair Somewher in ATL, Atlanta, Georgia Nikon D200, Nikon 85mm f/1.4D 1/60sec @ f/1.4, iso 180, 85mm (127m) I didn’t take this photo, though it is one of three such shots of the same thing on my memory … Continue reading

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Social newsfeeds make relationships so much easier

Definitely the most fun feed item. It’s like live daytime soaps. First, Yahoo! Mash is up. It used to be called Yahoo! Mosh, but since Nokia has a beta product called Mosh, they changed it. Surprisingly they kept “Pulse” which … Continue reading

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