Marla, Fifteen years ago today, we were hoping that the weather would clear and our decision to have an outdoor wedding wouldn't prove to be a bad idea. Fortunately, it did and we ended up with a gorgeous wedding on the little island in Spring Lake Park. Every time we go to your parent's house I look at our wedding photo and am amazed at how beautiful you were in your dress. »
Recently, in a moment of weakness I volunteered to accompany my son's class in a song for their school program where my son is singing a solo. I can play a little guitar, so this didn't seem like that big of a deal - a nice parental bonding moment. Then the plot thickened - "You'll sing along with the kids, right?" Brain: "Uh, no. No I won't. Who would want to listen to that? »
I just had one of those "Sweet, it's not just me!" moments reading a short, but sweet IEEE interview with Radia Perlman. The money quote: "But the world would be a better place if more engineers, like me, hated technology. The stuff I design, if I'm successful, nobody will ever notice. Things will just work, and be self-managing. " Amen. My amazon queue just got longer. Sigh. »
This gem from the Valve Handbook for New Employees turned up on BoingBoing today. In Cory's words "It is so goddamned good that I couldn't pick just one (or two) passages to quote". Well, I can. We value "T-shaped" people. That is, people who are both generalists (highly skilled at a broad set of valuable things - the top of the T) and also experts (among the best in their field within a narrow discipline - the vertical leg of the T). »
Too clever. If I were in NOLA in the next four days my entry would read "sail around the world", with "eradicate bureaucracy" being a distant second. Leave yours in the comments if you dare. This reminded me to check my countdown clock. today = new Date(); BigDay = new Date("July 5, 2047") msPerDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 ; timeLeft = (BigDay.getTime() - today.getTime()); e_daysLeft = timeLeft / msPerDay; daysLeft = Math. »