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Maybe you should be nice on your way up because you may come back down
2009-09-23 09:00:00 Rating ExcellentRead More... More About: Back , Nice
Software Engineering Dead
2009-09-22 09:00:00 From the Coding Horror BlogI was utterly floored when I read this new IEEE article by Tom DeMarco pdf See if you can tell whyMy early metrics book Controlling Software Projects Management Measurement and Estimates 1986 played a role in the way many budding software engineers quantified work and planned their projects In my reflective moRead More... More About: Engineering , Dead
Meta Is Murder
2009-09-19 09:00:00 From the Coding Horror BlogAre you familiar with the term quotmetaquot It permeates many concepts in programming from metadata to the tag But since were on a blog lets use blogging to explain what meta means If youve read this blog for any length of time youve probably heard me rant about the evil of blogging about blogging aka metRead More... More About: Murder , Meta
Interesting Architecture 198 York St
2009-09-16 09:00:00 Seen on Lamespotting Fredericton BlogNow this building hasnt been built yet so it may very well change from this proposal Its style is certainly unique especially for FrederictonIf you look beyond the the style youll notice that the apartments are each on 2 levels They put the living rooms on top of each other and there will be oRead More... More About: Interesting , Architecture , York
Michael Jackson Peggy Noonan Dave Ramsey and Health Care
2009-09-14 09:00:00 Years ago about 25 to be more precise I learned a valuable lesson about money A friend of mine was really excited about buying a new car but after negotiating he realized he was 500 short on the down payment He figured it would take him three months to earn the extra money and get Read More... More About: Health , Michael Jackson , Health Care , Michael , Care
Dave Ramsey Contest 999 for 9 days
2009-09-10 13:49:00 Daves giving away a Starter Emergency Fund for nine days starting 9909To enter you must be a legal rasident of the United States sorry Canada entries are not accepted But if you do follow Dave Ramsey is an excellent show with awesome money saving techniques He defines the quotBabyquot Steps to get you one your way to financial independanceBaby Step 1 is to build an emergency fund of 1000 Well heres a way to do itNo purchase is necessary you just have to fill out the form each day for nine days One entry only per dayGood LuckEnter by filling out the form from the link below You may also enter by texting todays keyword to 99158 Check back each day for another chance to winRead More... More About: Contest , Dave , Days , Dave Ramsey
Adobe Support Does anyone give worse customer support than Adobe
2009-09-10 09:15:00 Rating ExcellentRead More... More About: Adobe , Customer , Support , Give , Customer Support
Turning a Business Idea into Reality a case study
2009-09-09 09:00:00 From Will it Change You BlogIm just so supportive of people who come up with great ideas but especially so of those who have the perseverance drive and motivation to push forward and turn that idea into a reality Starting up a new business is a fantastic venture but as we all know nothing will happen unless you get Related postsRead More... More About: Business , Reality , Study , Idea , Case
How to Fix a Small Copper Pipe Leak Using a Repair Clamp
2009-09-08 09:00:00 Rating ExcellentRead More... More About: Small , Copper , Leak , Repair , Pipe
The Power of Amplification
2009-09-07 09:00:00 Like it or not our lives all of our lives are being amplified more than ever Run a red light and a red light camera takes your picture and sends you a nice little ticket Make a comment at lunch and good or bad it ends up on Twitter Even who you quotfriend on Facebook Read More... More About: Power , Amplification
Improving the Streetscape 355 Queen St
2009-09-03 11:00:00 Seen on Lamespotting Fredericton BlogThe building at 355 Queen St in Fredericton recently got a substantial facelift Its a woodenframed building whose before picture shows a wornout pressed tin facadeIn the after shot youll see they replaced the tin with stucco As you can see they didnt try to make it a fake heritaRead More...
Looking for a nice new home
2009-09-01 15:32:00 Well Guess WhatIm selling my home With my wife and our 3 girls its getting a little crowded for usIts a great starter home and we loved living in it We recently replaced the hot water heater but otherwise everything works like a charmKitchen appliances included If you or anyone you know is looking to buy a home please please forward this onIf Nothing else you can at least get a sneak peak into the inside of my house if youve never visited and wanted to know what it looks like General DescriptionGreat location on bus route only minutes to the hill Huge lot backing on woods on quiet dead end 12 year old 3 bedroom home with double driveway Enter to large kitchen with loads of quality oak cabinets pantry with pull out drawers and center island fridge and stove dishwasher included 2 lazy susans cathedral ceilings in the kitchen and living room Triple windows in living room 2 good sized bedrooms on one end the other end has the master bedroom cw double closets Full bath and laundry area H... More About: Home , Nice
Making money with Bukisa
2009-08-29 18:04:00 I just stumbled upon an interesting site that I thought some folks out there might find interestingThe site is called Bukisa it is a rather lengthy knowledgebase of tips howtos videos and more Plus you can sign up as a Bukisa publisher share your knowledge and earn a bit of money on the sideFrom the pageRead More... More About: Money
rolling marbills Travelling across Canada
2009-08-23 01:54:00 This is the blog of rolling marblesA couple in their 70s orginally from BC travels across Canada and enjoys the beauty of it allMust be a fun lifeRead More... More About: Travelling , Rolling
Oh You Wanted quotAwesomequot Edition
2009-08-22 11:00:00 From the Coding Horror BlogWe recently upgraded our database server to 48 GB of memory because hardware is cheap and programmers are expensiveImagine our surprise then when we rebooted the server and saw only 32 GB of memory available in Windows Server 2008 Did we install the memory wrong No the BIOS screen reported the full 48 GB of memorRead More... More About: Wanted , Edition
All Abstractions Are Failed Abstractions
2009-08-17 16:23:00 From the Coding Horror BlogIn programming abstractions are powerful things Joel Spolsky has an article in which he statesAll nontrivial abstractions to some degree are leakyThis is overly dogmatic for example bignum classes are exactly the same regardless of the native integer multiplication Ignoring that this statement is essentiaRead More...
There is something so wrong with all of this
2009-08-17 09:00:00 I hate the newsI really truly hate the newsJust yesterday I was talking how sad I am that wonderful Bea Arthur was stolen away from us by cancerI casually mentioned that I would have put up a Bea Arthur poster beside the Farrah Fawcett poster that every young boy had on their walls in those daysRead More... More About: Wrong
Goodbye Maude
2009-08-15 15:28:00 Bea Arthur died at 86 years old as a result of cancerI used to love watching her on Maude and loved the sound of her voiceRead More... More About: Goodbye
Another Ugly Building 621 King St
2009-08-14 18:30:00 This building is just run down It has been renovated many times badly They cant even be bothered to paint the siding which has been mismatched since the ice storm of 1998 If you look in the windows of the upper floors you can see that some of them have been boarded up from Read More... More About: Building , King , Ugly
FunkyThoughts Why my facebook shows me as agnostic
2009-08-12 10:44:00 From the PageA while back I had a rather interesting dicussion with a person on facebook regarding an assumption that was made about my quotreligion statusquot which I have set to agnostic Specifically there was some confusion that his meant I was quotatheistquot which is a completely different term alltogetherThe embedded audio file helps explain iRead More... More About: Agnostic , Facebook
Scaling Up vs Scaling Out Hidden Costs
2009-08-11 10:59:00 In My Scaling Hero I described the amazing scaling story of plentyoffishcom Its impressive by any measure but also particularly relevant to us because were on the Microsoft stack too I was intrigued when Markus posted this recent updateLast monday we upgraded our core database server after a power outage knocked the site offline I haventRead More... More About: Hidden , Costs
Do opinions of people change after they die
2009-08-08 10:59:00 credit WTL photosWhen someone dies does it change how we feel about themDo the things that bug us and irritate us about other people always seem insignificant after they are goneI was reminded of this thought when reading Lisa Marie Presleys blog article on Michael Jacksons death Lisa saysAfter the Divorce I spent a ReRead More... More About: People , Opinions , Change
Handicapping a Hero
2009-08-07 10:59:00 There once was a village on a hill It was the envy of the region Its prosperity was only matched by its generosity The values of the village centered on honesty and hard work As long as honesty and hard work continued free enterprise flourishedOver time some realized that others were quotmore prosperous than they Read More... More About: Hero
Issac Asimov Threats to Humanity
2009-08-06 20:16:00 Came across this interesting video aparantly from Issac Asimov around 1989 when he was asked to talk about what he thought would be an importants scientific topicCan We Save Earth For Humans Asked and answered in 1988 by Isaac Asimov Was he prophetic Twenty years later it seemsRead More... More About: Humanity , Threats
Theres someone that Id REALLY like you to meet
More articles from this author:2009-08-04 08:59:00 From the blog of Tim ScammellChances are if you are reading this you already know how strongly I support rising talent of any typeI am very passionate about thisIf someone is willing to share their talent we should do whatever we can to make sure that the whole world receives this gift by spreading the wordThis blog is another about this very thingRead More... More About: Meet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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