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29 May 2007 1 Comment

Hey Job Sites, Quit Scraping Resumes

I got an email from a recruiter with a GREAT OPPORTUNITY today. Since I usually get amused by how poorly they’ve done their homework, I gave her my number and she gave me a call. After trying to qualify how much experience with PHP I had, I just said “Look, you’re going to have to [...]

18 April 2007 2 Comments

VT Tragedy a Case Study for Shall Issue

This thing in Virginia is an absolute fucking atrocity. It shouldn’t have happened; it shouldn’t happen. Thing is, it did. Unless we’re completely unwilling to accept reality, it will happen again. It has gone down in schools, shopping malls and post offices. The only thing we can do to is learn from the failure here. [...]

5 January 2007 Comments Off

Proof That You Can Have a Ph.D. and Still be an Idiot

I was reading and noticed this article purportedly supporting non-net-neutrality. Intrigued, I read the excerpt which cited Akamai as an example of non-net-neutrality. I have a few friends at Akamai (well, less now) and I understand what they do pretty well. Unfortunately, this clown, Professor Yoo does not. In case you haven’t kept up on [...]

19 December 2006 Comments Off

End of Adsense Image Trickery

Well, I guess placing images next to ads is no more. I’m not surprised by this, but it will be interesting to see where to go next.  If the argument is that “your visitors believe that the images and the ads are directly associated, or that the advertiser is offering the exact item found in [...]

15 December 2006 3 Comments

5 Things You Don’t Know About Me And I Got Coerced Into Spilling

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wonder what server has exploded. Sometimes you wake up to discover the blog-o-sphere in a fury. This time it was the latter, and I guess we’re playing an e-mail chain style game. Kris Jones tagged me, and I gotta play. Fair enough. Here’s 5 things you probably [...]

25 November 2006 2 Comments

Hogan Offers Free Baby on Craigslist, eBay Feels Snubbed

Apparently long-time San Diego resident Shawn Hogan has offered a free baby on the popular on-line trade and barter site Craigslist. Rumor has it, eBay feels snubbed, and is planning its own baby auction to drum up some press for itself. Now I didn’t even know Shawn had a kid, but I guess if he [...]