Tag Archives: Work

Tech Nursery Rhyme

November 7, 2007 – 9:02 am

A friend who has a young child in pre-school in Silicon Valley sent me this rhyme they learned recently: 99 little bugs in the code, 99 bugs in the code, fix one bug, compile it again, 101 little bugs in the code.

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America’s Cup

May 21, 2007 – 8:06 am

I received several emails at work urging me to watch live coverage of the American contender for the America’s Cup. Being somewhat curmudgeonly by nature this didn’t sit well with me (“watch the live webcast of us spending your pay raise!”), but I think it’s actually the CEO’s money, so fair enough. I wouldn’t want [...]

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Careers

April 10, 2007 – 8:49 am

An advertising campaign pushing the idea that you can advance your career without paying ‘special attention’ to your boss. (HT: BoingBoing)

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Orawho?

March 1, 2007 – 12:54 pm

IT Recruiter: So, “Oracle Inc.”, can you tell me a little about what they do? Me: Um, well they’re the world’s largest database company. It Recruiter: Oh, OK.

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Swings and Roundabouts

October 16, 2006 – 2:34 pm

With every bad a little good comes. Or if you’re a pessimist, with every good a little bad comes. This morning I dropped my work laptop (stupid boy). Fortunately my wireless card broke its fall, so the laptop is fine but not the wireless card. On the upside the laptop wasn’t charging batteries before, but [...]

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