How to piss off your users and never be the wiser
I just had an exasperating experience trying to pay my Johns Hopkins hospital bill online, exasperating enough to compel me […]
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Spinning Up On DCS UH-1H
I got it into my head recently that now is as good a time as any to work on some
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Workflow Tracking
The Financial Times reports that… General Motors was forced on Friday to add a third batch of vehicles to its faulty
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iPhone Progression
I bought an iPhone 5s this week. I acquired an iPhone 4 in November 2010. I was introduced to iPhone
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Optimal Distance
This morning I read the Atlantic piece Finding The Next Edison* in which Derek Thompson touches upon the notion of “optimal
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Jihad
Having noticed that the Wall Street Journal was double-billing me, I set about to remedy things, assuming they would be
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True Enough (Some Yak Shaving Required)
“Do you have a stationary bike?”, doc asked, inquiring as to my capacity to do self-directed physical therapy in the
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The Great Forgetting
To The Atlantic Editors, While overall I agree with the thesis of Carr’s November 2013 piece, The Great Forgetting, I
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StarCraft Life Lessons
After a hiatus of seven years, StarCraft has come roaring back into my life with the release of StarCraft 2.
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Presentation Fail
OSCON has reminded me over and over again this week that most people do not know how to give an
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OSCON Tutorial Fail
The notion of a “tutorial” at OSCON (or any O’Reilly conference) always seems like a good idea, but far too
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No SQL, No Class, No Thanks
“This is actually the NoSQL Conference” quipped one of the RailsConf 2010 presenters half way through his presentation, offering cutting commentary on
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VMWare Performance Tricks
The deeper the technology stack runs, the more administrators and engineers struggle to keep everything in good working order. VMWare
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Stored Procedure Management With Rails
Maintaining synchrony between application code and a database schema in a production system can prove a burdensome affair. As soon
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Rail Rash
I’m not supposed to be writing this essay right now. I’m supposed to be well into a three hour bike