Sometimes it’s just worth it to put in a crappy hack to get on with life and finish the day’s build.
All programmers vent their frustration (or joy) through their work … either as easter eggs, images or even source code comments.
See Linux’s list of swear words, or even Microsoft’s Windows 2000 source code.
Here is what […]
Archive for August, 2006
Programming swear words
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14 August 2006 at 12:55 pm |
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General | Tags: programming development
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Debugging someone else’s code
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14 August 2006 at 3:43 am |
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Nuisance | Tags: moron Software Stupid bad programmers
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What did I get done this weekend?
Well, for starters I tried debugging someone else’s un-friggin-documented code for a shopping cart. This was a done as a last minute favor for a client of an old friend.
Seems that there were some internal management conflicts that left the company with encrypted (pre-compiled) PHP functions. That, coupled with […]
What did I get done this weekend?
Well, for starters I tried debugging someone else’s un-friggin-documented code for a shopping cart. This was a done as a last minute favor for a client of an old friend.
Seems that there were some internal management conflicts that left the company with encrypted (pre-compiled) PHP functions. That, coupled with […]
Incorporating in India
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11 August 2006 at 12:04 am |
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Ideas/Work | Tags: Business MindPillar Startup Bangalore Entrepreneur
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I’ve been a part of the discussion over at GigaOM (the original topic was Google investing a billion dollars in India) and a few of the commenters bring out interesting views on how tough it is to incorporate in India.
Just to make things clear … Setting up a new company in India used to […]
I’ve been a part of the discussion over at GigaOM (the original topic was Google investing a billion dollars in India) and a few of the commenters bring out interesting views on how tough it is to incorporate in India.
Just to make things clear … Setting up a new company in India used to […]
Daily dose of literature: via Spam
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10 August 2006 at 2:29 pm |
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Nuisance | Tags: Nuisance spam
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There is a new entrant in the battle to give us our daily dose of literary writings. Your common, everyday everyminute SPAM.
Yes, I know what you are thinking. Spam? How? WTF?
Well … I noticed this over the last few days when a few junk messages were slipping past my spam blocker (the awesome, fully free […]
There is a new entrant in the battle to give us our daily dose of literary writings. Your common, everyday everyminute SPAM.
Yes, I know what you are thinking. Spam? How? WTF?
Well … I noticed this over the last few days when a few junk messages were slipping past my spam blocker (the awesome, fully free […]
Are we so used to failure?
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8 August 2006 at 3:02 pm |
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Personal | Tags:
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Are we becoming so used to failure that when others succeed we can only respond with jealousy or disbelief?
Are we becoming so used to failure that when others succeed we can only respond with jealousy or disbelief?
Your common typos
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8 August 2006 at 11:20 am |
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General | Tags: Nerdy typing
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No one is perfect, they say. Keyboard artists double so.
People Programmers often have entirely normal party conversations centered around which keyboards are the best (IBM AT for build quality. Microsoft Natural for RSI prevention. ThinkPad for Laptops) and what kinds of tools help in typing better, faster, more efficiently.
One often missing piece of the discussion […]
No one is perfect, they say. Keyboard artists double so.
People Programmers often have entirely normal party conversations centered around which keyboards are the best (IBM AT for build quality. Microsoft Natural for RSI prevention. ThinkPad for Laptops) and what kinds of tools help in typing better, faster, more efficiently.
One often missing piece of the discussion […]
Students ask: Laptop or Tablet PC?
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6 August 2006 at 8:50 am |
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General, Techy | Tags:
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So over the last few days I’ve been fielding questions from a few friends of friends and siblings of friends … students who are getting into high school or to their first year of college … and they ask the common question … “What kind/type of laptop do you recommend?”
My answer “Go buy a Tablet […]
So over the last few days I’ve been fielding questions from a few friends of friends and siblings of friends … students who are getting into high school or to their first year of college … and they ask the common question … “What kind/type of laptop do you recommend?”
My answer “Go buy a Tablet […]
