Archive for the ‘Work’ Category
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
So a large part of my day job consists of hacking on a small PHP application intended to run on an ARM device. We chose PHP for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the "ease" of development (PHP is not one of my favorite languages) and ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
(02:05:28 PM) Dave Paul: got you bookmarked so i can stalk you
(02:05:32 PM) Sean Rees: sweet.
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
It's been a busy few weeks. Lets see...
At work - we're making a concerted effort at work to get our product development cycle to the "Feature Complete" state. This means that all the prescribed features are implemented and that after this date (3/31), we will be in stabilization ("polishing up") ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Cheers to Microsoft for IE 8!
An unusual thing for me to say, to be sure. Those of you who know me best have likely been the victim of my railing against Internet Explorer, Microsoft, and all things silly between the two in my profanity-laced description of how web design actually ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
I have the dubious distinction of having almost completely worthless vision insurance: MES.
So far, I've (grudgingly) given them a pass on the abysmal reimbursement schedule we have. My guess is that has more to do with my company being frugal than it does MES being awful. However, this does not ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
As I sat on the couch this evening, I decided to do some research on my company's flagship CCTV systemization product: Endura. As an insider, I have better-than-average knowledge and opinions about Endura (especially its internals) than a regular Joe on the street, but I wanted specifically to know what ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Recognize this plane? Notice the logo next to the cabin door.
You'd think it'd have some more lively livery. Guess not!
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Back from my last (latest and final) "trip" to Fort Collins. Since July 16th, I've traveled to Fort Collins on 3 separate occasions, each trip precisely 2 weeks after the previous. With my trip out in April, that makes 4 times this year. I've had a blast each time.
I can't ...
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Buy moving boxes.
If you choose to not buy, acquire a collection of identically-sized boxes. If you can, purchase a few varietes of such (ideally you'd get more than 1 of each variety...) for varying storage needs. They stack so much easier!
For this trip, I sprung a leak in my wallet ...
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Monday, July 30th, 2007
Moving Truck Rental:
$450
One-way plane ticket:
$350
Moving across country with a good buddy helping you out: priceless.
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