A couple of weeks ago UPS dropped off a 30 lb. box of Indian food from TastyBite. Every box has been absolutely delicious. My personal favorites are the Kashmir Spinach, Madras Lentils, and the recently discontinued Curried Mashed Potatoes. They’re about $3 a box in the local supermarkets, but you can get them for as […]
The Caffeine Advantage
Last night I finished reading The Caffeine Advantage, a book claims that caffeine is actually good for you: “The Caffeine Advantage offers step-by-step programs that show you how caffeine can improve your IQ, memory, mood, athletic ability, physical condition, and performance at work.” One of the most bold claims is that caffeine can make you […]
Would you believe an ID phishing scam like this?
I just got an identity theft lure via e-mail today: Dear_ Citibank Cardholders, This EMAIL was se-nt by-the Citibank server to veerify your_ _EMAIL address_. You must cptleome this pcseors by clicking on_the_link beloww and enntering in the litlle window_ your CITI_bank Atm_ card number and _PIN that _you use on_the Atm machine. That is […]
SBL Hebrew Font
The Society of Biblical Literature has made available a beta version of their SBL Hebrew Font. It’s a very clean, versatile Unicode font: It’s distributed in OpenType TTF format, designed primarily for Win2000 and later, but you can also use it on MacOS X. However, since MacOS X (even version 10.3) does not yet support […]
Love is Stronger Than Thunder
Too bad they don’t carry Milli Vanilli on the iTunes Music store. I’ve got $3.96 burning a hole in my pocket and just thought of what I’d most like to spend it on. Girl You Know It’s True Baby Don’t Forget My Number Blame It On The Rain I’m Gonna Miss You
My Yahoo! RSS
After 2-3 years of stagnation, My Yahoo! has finally done something interesting. They have added a hosted RSS aggregator feature to the site. For the time being, I’ll still probably stick to using like Radio Userland better, because it organizes articles by date (regardless of source) and My Yahoo! is very source-centric. However, I’m hopeful […]
Current Reading List
I’ve been in more of a reading mood than a writing one recently. Just finished reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Apache Cookbook by Ken Coar and Rich Bowen In the middle of reading The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric S. Raymond Just starting to read Refactoring by Martin Fowler (of the original […]
Threads considered harmful
In the past month I’ve seen at least 3 messages on the development email lists at work asking questions about developing multi-threaded applications. From a software engineering standpoint, this troubles me. I’ve always thought that multi-threaded apps in C/C++ are simply too difficult for most engineers to understand. There’s too much non-determinism, too many race […]
Mozilla LiveHTTPHeaders
Today (thanks to Jeremy and Rasmus) I learned about a tool that I never knew I needed but now can’t live without: Mozilla LiveHTTPHeaders. I’ve been debugging HTTP for years using trusty text-based tools like telnet and nc, but today a quasi-technical person stopped by my cube to ask for help with a caching problem […]
Yahoo! Year in Review
Here’s my own personal Yahoo! Year in Review (i.e. the highlights of my job in 2003): In January, I started my new role as an Engineering Manager, leading my own 3-person team. The change of job responsibilities was just the thing to get me charged up about work again. A month later I finally got […]