Monthly Archives: February 2008

Eating while you are shitting

Posted on 15 February 2008 by tychay

E-mail received.
I am writing to introduce myself and see if you would be interested in talking with me.
My name is [redacted] and I am in Candidate Generation at Yahoo! for our Engineering, and I wanted to touch base with … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, jobs | 6 Comments

Why Red States vote red

Posted on 15 February 2008 by tychay

“Could we possibly have a nominee who hasn’t won any of the significant states — outside of Illinois? That raises some serious questions about Sen. Obama.”
—Mark Penn, Chief Strategist for the Clinton campaign
By my count, if you are from Alabama, … Continue reading →

Posted in quotes, religion and politics | 11 Comments

Triumphs of the Human Spirit

Posted on 14 February 2008 by tychay

Blurb is hosting Lunch 2.0 today on Valentine’s Day!
Reading people’s twitter’s I think
Am I the only single person who loves Valentine’s day?
Oh the gifts, flowers, chocolates, singing telegram, and the the restaurant dinner reservation! I love watching the public trauma … Continue reading →

Posted in about me, books, food and wine, Lunch 2.0, movies, photography, quotes | 4 Comments

PENIS certificate

Posted on 13 February 2008 by tychay

Received an e-mail today advertising a great example of three rights making a wrong:
Recipe for disaster
Ingredients:

1 part favorite web programming language

1 open source book publisher
1 alma mater

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients.
Spinkle terminology liberally.

Charge $1600.

…
Not sure what to think about this, but I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, PHP, presentation | 3 Comments

I love books, but obviously not enough.

Posted on 11 February 2008 by tychay

I love the printed word. I have an Amazon Prime membership. I think there is a great future in e-paper.
I should love Kindle, but every time I visit Amazon, there is only one thought going through my head:

This looks like … Continue reading →

Posted in books, business and economics | 9 Comments

Time to set my phasers on “kill” (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 4/5)

Posted on 11 February 2008 by tychay

Why Enterprise Web Scalability is Science Fiction:

You Use PHP to Troll WHOM?!. The wherefore of this article and an introduction.
Even the Pros are Cons. Why PHP’s advantages in enterprise are a form of backhanded compliment.
Sinking a fleet of FAIL. Reasons … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, PHP | 6 Comments

Sinking a Fleet of Fail (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 3/5)

Posted on 8 February 2008 by tychay

Why Enterprise Web Scalability is Science Fiction:

Posted in PHP | 5 Comments

Even the Pros are Cons (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 2/5)

Posted on 7 February 2008 by tychay

Why Enterprise Web Scalability is Science Fiction:

You Use PHP to Troll WHOM?!. The wherefore of this article and an introduction.
Even the Pros are Cons. <——THIS POST Why PHP’s advantages in enterprise are a form of backhanded compliment.
Sinking a fleet of … Continue reading →

Posted in PHP | 6 Comments

You Used PHP to Troll WHOM?! (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 1/5)

Posted on 4 February 2008 by tychay

Why Enterprise Web Scalability is Science Fiction. Its five part mission: to explore myths of PHP, to seek out this “Enterprise Scalability”, to boldy go where no web developer would bother going before… *queue music*

You Use PHP to Troll WHOM?! … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, PHP, web development | 18 Comments

Geek. Set. Match…

Posted on 1 February 2008 by tychay

Just now, Mager messaged me:
“I am excited for Lunch two dot oh—I don’t say “point-oh” anymore.
Flashback.
…
In the summer of 1992, a friend was reading me a geek purity test he got from USENET.
One of the questions was:
Do you pronounce “*.*” … Continue reading →