I just finished an interview with Marcus Whitney (of Rasmussed fame) for the Pro::PHP Podcast. It should be up soon. I haven’t heard it yet but I think I made an error. I said that we made $500,000 in our first month of operation with eCards, but I think eCards only brought it $250,000 that […]
“There are no quick fixes when you are fighting an ideology. Like communism before it, I suspect Islamic fundamentalism will only be defeated through a slow war of attrition. Ideologies must die out, they cannot be killed.” —Anonymous Liberal, “Strange Burden Shifting” A scathing indictment on a false choice that the only options on the […]
I’m going to go out on a limb here and point out… If all the hardware Apple is going to announce is a new Mac Pro and Mac XServe, then why is Apple Store still down? Hmmm…
Luke Welling’s OSCON wrap up reminded me of an incident. No, not about my battles with Tourette’s, or, should I say, people confusing honest fucking programming frustration with Coprolalia. 😀
The New York Times has a wonderful summary article of High Dynamic Range photography. (I have a strong suspicion that the article is heavily influenced by discussion on the HDR Flickr group.) This was a little serendipitous because I had a discussion at lunch where I heard the tired old line that “nothing new is […]
Chris notes that Theo has posted his Six Reasons PHP Sucks PHP Lightning Talk. My favorite part: Reason # 4: User comments on the online documentation. Allows PHP to expose what are perhaps the worst most dysfunctional and retarded code samples. Reason #5: PEAR. Allows PHP to expose what are perhaps the worst most dysfunctional […]
Chris Shiflett has written a nice recap of OSCON in which he mentions one of my talks. Thanks! Chris, when I post my talk, I’ll have to use your quote: “…one of the most entertaining talks of the conference!” —Chris Shiflett, author of Essential PHP Security In any case, someone needs to write a review […]
Dassi sent me the winners of the “I Look Like My Dog” contest which was sponsored by Cesar Dog Food. Clearly these were well produced and I have a feeling that this was not a “contest” at all. I love the photography. I love the classic portrait lighting and the matching expressions the photographer managed […]
‘…it’s never a good idea to take military action, or the credible threat of it, off the table as you suggest. Our enemies understandably see that as a sign of weakness and act (or don’t act) accordingly.’ “Apparently, our enemies are the Klingons.” —LITBMueller, in response to a threadjack on John Cole’s shadenfreude article
“Any site that has got a longer entry on Truthiness than Lutherans has its priorities straight.” —Steven Colbert, The Colbert Report, The Word: Wikiality