July 2007 - Posts

Sleepless in NY - 15 People will Win

Published Fri, Jul 27 2007 8:22 | William

El Maliko - aka Sahil just posted details of Infusion's Sleepless in NY Contest . Not only do you get training from some development rock stars, travel and expenses are covered too.

If you are a rap fan....

Published Mon, Jul 23 2007 7:41 | William

I am usually really skeptical about mySpace music but recently I came across Hoetester . This is definitely 'adult' NSFW music but if you like the genre, I swear his stuff is amazing. I'm really amazed he's not getting more exposure. Since...

"Things I learned about Software while NOT in College" by Scott Reynolds

Published Mon, Jul 23 2007 6:51 | William

As usual, Scott creates a great topic and has great insights : " People talk a better game than they play - don't get too caught up in the latest and greatest, or if you don't speak patterns, or if you never programmed a C64, because at the...

Coding Arguments - aka How to Start Religious Wars

Published Mon, Jul 23 2007 5:33 | William

I am lucky enough to work for a company that really encourages us to get together and learn/hang out etc. One way this happens is by Tech Nights. Basically, we have in office meetings which are recorded via Live Meeting, where someone picks a topic and...

Filed under: Data Access, Life in General, Coding Techniques

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Published Mon, Jul 23 2007 0:16 | William

I guess I'm going soft in my old age, because previously, I would have just posted the stuff along with IP Addresses but I'm just going to be let it go for now. I've had some pest bugging me with my Contact Form. Each time it's the same...

Pimpology Law 11 - Avoid Gorillas and Godzillas

Published Sun, Jul 22 2007 22:12 | William

I'm somewhat hesitant to write this because I really want people to buy this book. However I figured from all the freaking emails I'm getting asking if I'm serious, I probably ought to make it clear that Yes, I am totally serious about this...

Filed under: Life in General, Books, Pimpology, Pimpin Ken

The stupidity of this amazes me

Published Sun, Jul 22 2007 21:27 | William

I had to read a book called The Bell Curve about ten years ago. It was very controversial and I bought it, I just didn't buy the reasoning (don't think race was at the heart of the differences). He pointed out that smart people were having fewer...

Filed under: Humor, Life in General

I've been Tagged

Published Sun, Jul 22 2007 5:40 | William

Sahil me with this latest Meme about stuff I wouldn't want to live with out . I'll attempt to be as honest as I can: My Windows Mobile 6.0 Phone. Since I got my first iMATE , I was hooked. Since then, I've had a JasJar, K-Jam, a VOQ, a Q and...

Filed under: Memes

Pimpology vs Harry Potter

Published Sat, Jul 21 2007 4:44 | William

On Fridays, Kim and I typically go to P.F. Changs for dinner and then go to Barnes and Noble to and go book shopping. Tonight everything was going well, and after dinner we walked across the street to B & N. At some point, I started having flashbacks...

Filed under: Humor, Life in General, Books, Mindless Babbling

Product Code Names should be redone

Published Wed, Jul 18 2007 7:42 | William

I got my head above water and started getting administrative tasks under control. So I start looking at Traffic and realize that all of my posts that blog about Barbie Barbie Cummings site , link to Barbie Cummings Blog or Barbie Cummings MySpace Page...

Filed under: Blog Traffic, Code Names, Topics

Jack the Cuckoo

Published Mon, Jul 16 2007 6:21 | William

As my regulars know, I use an oversized blue cuckoo bird as one of my online alter egos. I flip in between the big blue one and the were-cuckoo (who's dressed as a dapper vampire cuckoo above) and switch them out regularly. Being a huge bird lover...

Filed under: Mindless Babbling, Cool Stuff

Childhood Arguments

Published Sun, Jul 15 2007 21:36 | William

Don't ask me why, but I got in a discussion with one of my friends about "Silly Stuff that we argued about as kids". At the risk of dating myself, here's a few... 1- Hot Wheels vs Matchbox 2- Tyco vs Total Control Racing 3- McDonalds...