Monthly Archives: November 2007

Pre-Flight Checks

November 30, 2007 – 10:35 am

I’ve been on flights where they goofed around during announcements, but not quite to this extent. Have a good weekend!

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Caganer

November 29, 2007 – 11:53 am

A Caganer is a model of a person taking a dump that is a traditional part of Catalan nativity scenes. Who knew? I mean seriously, who would even have thought of it?

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Web 2.0

November 28, 2007 – 9:50 am

An ugly phrase, but an elegant introduction: (HT: Seth’s Blog)

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Requirements

November 27, 2007 – 9:55 am

My job is based almost entirely on requirements. Things that customers want of the software, things that management want, things that designers want, even things that testers and developers want to sneak in there. Here’s a piece explaining why requirements are like ogres.

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MI Spies

November 26, 2007 – 9:40 am

The BBC is carrying a story on several of its outlets about recruitment at MI5 and MI6 (the UK’s domestic and international intelligence services). They are part of an attempt to increase recruitment to both services, which seems like a good idea – one of the problems of being a secret(ive) service is that people [...]

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