Spam since October 1st
Posted by Ryan
November 1, 2006
Since October 1st I’ve gotten approx. 7,778 emails. 326 weren’t spam.
I hate spam.
Archive for November, 2006
Sunset over Salt Lake City
Posted by flickr
November 2, 2006
I love taking photos while I’m driving. Many people may find that absolutely horrifying, but it’s one of the few times I ever actually think to take pictures (the other being on the dance floor). I put the camera strap around my wrist, keep my eyes on the road, stick the camera out the window and push the shutter button a few times. I usually check the LCD screen to make sure I’m getting what I’m aiming for, but I don’t always. I never let the camera take more precedence than driving. Anyway, I really like this shot. Very orange and pretty, yet the orange ends abruptly on the right to dark clouds, which is rather cool I think.
Work Etiquette
Posted by Ryan
November 3, 2006
If someone else comes up with an idea for something, and you get the credit for it, for goodness sake let everyone else know that you didn’t come up with the idea.
I thought of this while reading this article: Nine Things Developers Want More Than Money. A few months ago, a friend of mine gave a fellow developer a good idea. The next day when the boss saw the work he praised the developer up and down and showed everyone the work he’d done. The developer said nothing about where the idea came from. This developer would still have received praise for the implementation of the idea had he simply said “it was his idea, I just implemented it.”
*gets off soap box*
Stupid mouse touch pad
Posted by Ryan
November 6, 2006
I have a Dell Inspiron 700m, which I love. It has a Synaptics touch pad. Everyone once and a while it freaks out though and acts like someone is holding their finger on a portion of the touch pad so no matter how you move the mouse around, it automatically jumps back when you lift your finger off of it. The older version of the Synaptics software had a “reset device” button that fixed it. The newer version doesn’t though. So I just get to wait for it to go away. Argh.
Net Neutrality
Posted by Ryan
November 22, 2006
Here’s an idea: leave the internet alone. De-regulate as much as possible.
More regulations != more freedom.
The internet is fine. Leave it alone.
Crazy game
Posted by Ryan
November 23, 2006
I spent way too much time on this seemingly simple little game!
Was it worth it? I think so.
Found via Joe Beda.
Austin Lindy Exchange 2006
Posted by Ryan
November 28, 2006
Texas is flat! Okay, not all of, but most of what I saw was really flat. And, it was a lot cooler than I thought it was going to be. The weather was nice. The Austin Lindy Exchange was, of course, totally sweet. Great dancing was had by all. I even took a decent amount of pictures, though only of dancing.
On Saturday (the 18th) we went to the Salt Lick BBQ with a group of dancers. Oh wow. The food there is awesome. All the BBQ you could possibly eat. We all got the Family Style menu item and ate till we were sick. It was beautiful. It was a fairly long drive out to the middle of no where, but once there it was well worth the drive.
Also, I have updated my World66 visited states map. I hadn’t updated it in quite a while.
In case you’re wondering, I went to Minneapolis, Minnesota back in September for yet another Lindy Hop event (Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown).
