January 2008
9 posts
Got Grade.
I just got the grade for my Master’s thesis. I will now spend the rest of the day grinning at the wall. :D (read: I really, really like my grade)
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Negative on amphetamines, opiates, cocaine, THC
I had borrowed my father’s car some days ago because I needed to move some bulky waste to the recycling site. Today I was using it to drive to the hardware store when suddenly a police car behind me indicated I should stop and pull to the side. It was just a standard traffic check, they wanted to see my license and the car’s documents. Everything was fine, so when the policeman told...
I just held the final presentation for my Master’s thesis. Now I need to wait a few days for the grade … oh my, the suspense!
The IT Crowd and one of the worst adaptions...
A german TV station decided to broadcast The IT Crowd. Except, instead of dubbing the original, they decided to translate the script, ruin the humor, and employ actors that are not the slightest bit authentic. Roughly translated, this “new” show on german TV is called “iTeam — the Boys using the Mouse”. To illustrate how ridiculous it is, I refer to two videos on...
Chyrp →
A light-weight blogging engine — a somewhat obvious Tumblr-clone for those who want to host and add entry types (“Feathers”) themselves. You might want to check out the demo.
Should Email Errors Keep Customers From Buying? →
Michael T. Nygard, the author of Release It!, discusses the fallacies of sending email right from your page creation script — effectively blocking your site with the execution of a less-than-reliable process — and provides some cleaner solutions.
Anne Thomas Manes on SOA, Governance and REST →
Stefan Tilkov interviews Anne Thomas Manes at QCon, London. Interesting stuff — posting it here so I remember to watch it again sometime later.