I just get back from Amsterdam and two of our engineers are leaving Tagged and we have a lot of job openings. One of the departing wrote an interesting e-mail on leaving which I’ll quote below and maybe it’ll give you an idea what it’s like working here. But first, some open job reqs… [Tagged […]
How a friend spent my birthday yesterday: “WWE Monday Night Raw” by MarkAndMeesh Hope your day was similarly awesome!
This still-born meme brings up this classic Onion post. Good stuff.
Yesterday, after the iPhone 3G announcement, someone at work made a comment, “For $200, there is no reason not to get an iPhone.” I thought that shows we engineers have a serious lack of imagination. The reasons I gave at the time to him are no different that this Gizmodo article. Still shows a serious […]
At least you made it home alive, Terry. Last night I prayed at the porcelain altar. The Long Tail of the Ballmer Peak should never be experimentally determined. I remembered that I spent most of my time in college, between problem sets, in a dynamic equilibrium consisting of an elevated state of inebriation and wishing […]
It’s my birthday today! “Happy Birthday to you! Thank you for being born, you make this world a better place. :)” —twitter from a friend Well, thank you, thank you. I can’t claim all the credit for being born—my mom pushed too. 🙂 Which reminds me of a story… [A birthday story after the jump.]
From Chris Kelly’s article on Huffington Post: One good thing about Hillary proclaiming her right to a four-day national non-concession? We’ll never have to wonder what it would have been like if she’d been elected and that phone in the White House had rung at three AM. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Hello? KIM […]
As I mentioned before, everyone in my family but me is an expert at statistics. It’s hard to explain… When my brother was angry that O.J. got away with it, my dad calmed him down by pointing out that in was a natural consequence of our legal system minimizing Type II error. When my mom […]
The child on the bus has just entered the quizzical-pointing phase. Child: “Why are we stopped? Where is the bus driver, mommy?” Mom: “Oh! I think she just stepped out to go the bathroom.” *laughs* Child: “Why? She’s a big person and she’s wearing underwear.” And I think to myself, How thoroughly practical—that kid will […]
A friend broke the news that he has a second child on the way. I was like, “Already? Must be the Irish Catholic in you!” It occurs to me that now his first born has entered ankle-biting school. And maybe some of you have kids. How are you to know your child has a future […]