Acerbic Resonance

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Month: November 2007

  • Nerd Handbook

    I found this via a quick note that Hans wrote in his blog, but found it to hit the mark so astonishingly well that I learned quite a bit about myself, and about how patient my wife must be with me.  Thanks, honey! The Nerd Handbook Now, back to my cave…

  • Kimball Christmas List 2007

    I’ve actually had a bit of a hard time coming up with items for my list this year – but here is the list, such as it is (All links are to provide a general idea, unless otherwise noted): Large Tool Chest With Drawers FlipVideo Camera Leatherman Skeletool Watch – Here are some I like.…

  • As Usual, Scott Adams Is Right

    This is particularly funny to me as I’ve recently begun to read up and attempt to practice some of the agile methods.  The basic gist of agile programming is that you make small, rapid, incremental changes to the software you build, and receive feedback on each change as you go from your customer.  So, instead…

  • Christmas Lights

    The turkey has been cooked, consumed, and caused us to go into a coma.  The pie is almost gone.  The relatives are getting ready to head back home tomorrow.   Sounds like it’s time to hang up some Christmas Lights!

  • Wouldja Pass Me That Spoon? It’s Time For My Sandwich

    At work I occasionally get so involved in whatever I’m working on (usually really ugly code) that I don’t realize just how long I’ve been at it.  Sometimes I am rescued from this near stupor-like state of staring at my computer monitor by an interruption – someone popping into my office to play with my…

  • find + rm = disaster

    Some time ago I wanted to to detach a working copy of some code I have been working on for several years so I could import it into a new repository on a different server.  I did something similar to this: find -name “.svn” . | xargs rm -rf Which did *almost* what I wanted.…

  • Shopping with 2 Year Olds

    Sometimes when I’m at the store to pick something up, I get to see the most entertaining things.  Ever watched people try to pick out vegetables?  Fascinating.  Sometimes, when I’m at the store I provide great entertainment for those around me.  For instance, last night I took my daughter to a local department store to…