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USPS = Useless Satanic Pesky Scum

August 13, 2008

You would think any service that has the nation’s official name somewhere in the title would have some competence left to hire people without severe brain damage.
I’ve had packages delivered all over the country under my name and USPS is the only carrier to give me this much trouble. It’s as if they obsessively try to not [...]

Dance!

July 29, 2008

 

Precompile your Web apps

July 10, 2008

This gets mentioned a dozen or so times whenever we decide on a launch date for a client site. But it never seems to sink in for some reason. I don’t know if it’s because it’s not considered to be crucial or if people are somehow uncomfortable not being able to read their .aspx files.
There [...]

A proposal for a scientific Datestamp

May 29, 2008

We’re all accustomed to the BCE or CE suffixes on scientific publications. All of which invariably use the Gregorian Calendar. I believe this to be inherently intellectually dishonest.
Let’s face it, those people know exactly what “Common Era” entails. Either use the BC and AD suffix or don’t use the Gregorian Calendar at all. I have no objections [...]

Caught Spam

May 14, 2008

I’m not sure whether I should be relieved or disgusted.