By anomaly on
1/23/2007 10:30 PM
Recently, I was reading on John's dated series on how he hates the world and thought it would be good to post something a little more positive. You caught me, I'm generally pretty optimistic. I'm outwardly cynical but generally have a positive outlook on things - I just don't take the world or people in it too seriously.
With that said, my friends would be happy to back up that I am the world's worst consumer. When I walk into a business, people should run the other way. Not that I'm going to cuss them out, yell, scream or throw things but I do have some basic expectations with regard to customer service, experience and the representation versus reality of products and services I subscribe to.
I am the guy that once called Dateline on my local Wal-mart and made the store manager personally deliver a new lawnmower to my house.I am the guy that had the owner of Daphne Honda personally sell me a car and negotiate the price because of snide tones about my age.I am the guy that, when working with...
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By anomaly on
10/1/2005 10:41 PM
Exhibit:
Main Entry: syn·er·gy Pronunciation: 'si-n&r-jEFunction: nounInflected Form(s): plural -giesEtymology: New Latin synergia, from Greek synergos working together1 : SYNERGISM; broadly : combined action or operation 2 : a mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct business participants or elements (as resources or efforts)
Dear Webster Dictionary Editing Team,
I'm writing you today to cordially request that you remove the word "Synergy" from future publications and - if possible, please recall all dictionaries including this word. I'm sure that your literary goals were indeed noble through introducing this word to the english language but I fear that its continued misuse adversely affects society by supporting vague marketing communications that are eroding the sensibility of our civilization.
If you do not catch my meaning, simply search the marketing whitepaper for any enterprise software...
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By anomaly on
9/28/2005 6:44 PM
This is my "I Told You So" to my linux/firefox friends, you know who you are.
On September 19, 2005 Symantec ventured a bold claim: Mozilla Browsers more vulnerable than IE.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5873273.html?tag=nl
I love the unwinnable battles. Recently, talking to a friend, I mentioned I got the personalized tag "D0T N3T' to go on my new sports car. The friend, a avid Microsoft-naysayer harrassed me for hours and is genuinely irritated by my adoption and persistent use of MS technologies to provide solid business solutions, advance my career and improve my station in life. He's a linux-phite, dedicated to hating all things Microsoft & loving all things not endorsed by Bill G. - and I constantly hear about his insistance on the greatness of Firefox. Six months ago it seemed that Firefox had set IE squarely in its sights with claims of greater stability, security, better functionality and stricter interpretation...
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By anomaly on
6/10/2005 8:23 AM
In the July issue of MSDN Magazine, Dino Esposito provided an excellent article on allowing DHMTL in ASP.Net Controls. This is a core concept for a project that I am working on, so I thought I would share my particular solution to the problem.First, the problem. -- If you use DHTML and client-side scripting to manipulate server side objects, whatever attributes of those HTML elements that were changed since initial page render via DHTML will be lost on postback. My particluar need for DHTML was related to allowing users to move controls around a webform (a form designer) and then saving the new X/Y coordinates of those controls for later use.
Inspired from Mr. Esposito's article, I decided to model my solution using a single hidden field. I wasn't excited about this approach but I did consider it to me a good alternative to the common approach of adding one hidden field per DHTML-manipulated server control.
Since my particular need was to capture X and Y coordinates of controls that have...
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By anomaly on
4/25/2005 9:16 AM
Biased Opinion AlertIn late April, Micro$oft urged lawmakers to ease restrictions on H1-B work visa issuance in hopes to increase it's already substantial overseas hiring trend.
reference link:http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D89NV0H00.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down
Those of you who know me, know that I am about as big of a Micro$oft zealot as they come. I have made a career out of Micro$oft products and truly believe much of their technology to be empowering, from a developer perspective. With that said, I can see absolutely no good side to this event and I am hoping one of you could possibly persuade me otherwise.
Obviously, I have a biased opinion on this topic - being an American born software developer with dwindling employment options in a largely non-technical community. This is a sensitive topic because if you take the stance that "America's largest software company...
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By anomaly on
4/10/2005 9:24 PM
Put yourself in my shoes.
Scenario 1
Standing at the casket of my Great Aunt Suzie, I stare fondly at her warm smile and ponder quietly childhood memories playing board games and enjoying home-made cookies and lemonade in the summertime. Just then, I’m jolted back to reality by my untactful 2nd-cousin Jed, who hopefully asks in a country accent “You werk wit computers, riiight? My computers’ doin’ the darn’d’est thing…”
Scenario 2
After working 80 hours on a software release and returning from a 6 hour flight, I stumble tiredly into my house. With my laptop and garment bag sitting on floor where I dropped them upon entering the house I check my voicemail. 1 telemarketer, 2 calls from Mediacom stating they are ready to install my new TiVO, anytime between 8-5 Monday through Friday and 4 calls from a cousin-in-law about the new DVD Writer they bought, asking how to install it.
Scenario 3
After successfully lobbying to keep Star Trek:...
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