Monthly Archives: June 2007

Getting Noticed Means Getting Hired

That’s the gist of this post and it certainly is true in the techie universe I live in. One of the fastest ways to get noticed is to have a decent resume. I read my fair share of resumes as a tech lead at work and let me tell you, most of them suck balls. …

June 27, 2007 – 3:09 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Internet/Technology | Comments (0)

Destroying Motivation

One meeting at a time.  It’s truly amazing how big companies just don’t seem to comprehend what makes developers happy.  Instead, they tend to go out of their way to make them unhappy.  My company is no different.  This list is a pretty good start on ways to make your programmers unhappy. Around here, people …

June 25, 2007 – 2:57 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Programming | Comments (0)

Microsoft Rules (or Does It?)

Go here and watch The Power.  Then go here and be amused. UPDATE: This is an old post. I’m cleaning up some things on the blog and removing some categories which means posts like this get updated. That’s why it might show up in your newsreader this morning.

June 21, 2007 – 7:35 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Internet/Technology | Comments (2)

Note To Self

It is ok to carry bananas to work in your backpack.  Nectarines, however, are off-limits. On the positive side, my backpack smells like smushed nectarine-y goodness now.

June 20, 2007 – 8:26 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Random | Comments (0)

A must read article on the causes, effects and final outcome of the Duke non-rape case. Hat Tip: Chicago Boyz

June 20, 2007 – 7:15 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in National Issues | Comments (0)

Sacred Linens

While we’re talking about God (but not to God, he answered that one time and man did I freak out), there is apparently a shortage of holy saints, holy retreats and holy matriarchs so the Episcopal church in Cleburne had to get creative. When looking for church names that give you the warm fuzzies, what …

June 20, 2007 – 7:00 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Random | Comments (2)

More Proof That God Hates Mobile Homes

He’s trying out floods as an alternative to tornadoes.

June 18, 2007 – 7:10 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Random | Comments (0)

What Is So Hard About Money?

I listen to WRR on my daily commute and Smith Barney currently has a commercial out with some woman apparently whining about how she and her husband don’t know how to talk to their kids about money. They can talk about sex, drugs, smoking but money? Not a clue. The ad tries to convince you …

June 15, 2007 – 7:51 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Money | Comments (0)

Poker Lessons I Must Learn

Give up middle pairs when they are beat. Give up middle pairs when they are beat. Give up middle pairs when they are beat. Give up middle pairs when they are beat. Give up middle pairs when they are beat. Give up middle pairs when they are beat. Give up middle pairs when they are …

June 12, 2007 – 10:15 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Poker | Comments (2)

Abominations of Nature

Typically, anything with that descriptor is hyperbole designed to incite specific responses.  For example, if I say that a three-way between two women and a horse is an abomination of nature that God will surely punish, that’s clearly just a sign of my bias against alternative expressions of sexuality and an exhibition of my closeted …

June 1, 2007 – 1:06 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Food | Comments (0)