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I think it would really have to depend on what the tests were doing. If the tests were just goldbricking code testing random crap, yeah, 1:4 C:T is crazy. If you really are validat…

[rant-on!] Now, we need someone to package Asterisk in a form that democratizes telephony to people without Federal Excise Fees (taxed for the privilege of doing local communicatio…

I've seen people who have never heard of "folders" save 50-60,000 items in one folder. NFTS (if they keep it), slows to a crawl every time that folder's accessed because I don't be…

Does anyone else resort to writing vi commands down on paper when they are writing in pen or have no eraser for corrections?

It really needs to be the size of a legal pad, use a stylus, abusable like a legal pad (very durable), WiFi, maybe e-paper for output. Nothing should slide, fold or twist--just a s…

http://whitehouse.gov . I think we're all are being invoiced $80,000 for the last eight years or so. /political-snipe aside, I pay for online web hosting, netflix and little else.

Are they even offering or looking locally or is this just PR to cover up outsourcing? Their search system only lists 211 positions nationwide.

I've been through the Google interview process [I'm not going to blog about it with any sour grapes, I'll try again for a different position later.], and I realized afterwards that…

I remember the fun days of CMBBS, C-Base, and later everyone making some nice BBS systems, it was cool to see what you could do with the Commodore Basic, BLITZing it up and hosting…

Didn't see any mention of the "Law of Optical Volumes" http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2007/04/the_math_behind.html

People still use AIM? The client turned into a gigantic epileptic-fit inducing billboard. IRC or Jabber. You're done.

Okay, so far, we have ClickableBliss' Billable, FreshBooks, SlimTimer and Rescue time. Only Billable is stand-alone, the others are services that require working Internet. But even…

I had to look that up--you're implying Candian content? :)

I've recently started using Harvest for this kind of stuff where before I was tracking it badly on paper (didn't really decide what was the authoritative place for this kind of dat…