‘Work’ Category Archive
Silly IT Recruiters
Aug 18
Why is it that recruiters – particularly those that sound like they are of mid-eastern descent – feel that it is necessary to immediately follow up an e-mail with a phone call? Is their urgency such that they think that we IT professionals don’t check our e-mail? It is not that urgent to me thatRead the whole post.
Tornado rolls through Nesquehoning / Jim Thorpe
Aug 18
Here’s some video footage of a tornado / thunder storm that went through today while I was at work. Here is some video footage taken by me. I just happened to have my digital camera with me today. The storm included hail and high winds. It actually came through town, and swept back around andRead the whole post.
Blood Money for Microsoft
Feb 13
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has stated recently that he believes that every Linux user could owe Microsoft money for using intellectual property of Microsoft. Kevin Harriss recently found a blog that suggested everyone who uses Linux send Mr. Ballmer some Monopoly money. I think it is a fantastic idea. Maybe we will finally get throughRead the whole post.
Project Announcement: ELK Lighting Inc.
Jan 02
I have been contracted to program the wholesale functionality of the new ElkLighting.com. The project is slated to be completed in two weeks. Beta versions not available to the public are to be finished January 5th. While the final revisions are to be in place by January 15th. The same day ELK Lighting is hostingRead the whole post.
Intel Threrading
Dec 12
I was getting my daily fill of Slashdot when a typo in an ad caught my eye. This rant is about that typo. Read on if you dare… The ad in question is a flash advertisement for Intel’s line of software development tools. Mainly those which aid in the creation of multi-threaded applications. Which areRead the whole post.
