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October 29, 2009

Agile Windows Programming: Big, Simple, Stupid

I can't help notice that every freaking thing in windows programming has a more options than a Wall Street derivatives trader.

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October 25, 2009

Horror Movie Titles so Bad You Have to Rent Them

Some movie titles are so bad you just have to rent them.... (Scroll down to see the list)...

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October 24, 2009

Traveling New Zealand's South Island - 2 (pics)

More pictures from the South Island of New Zealand

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October 21, 2009

Traveling New Zealand's South Island (pics)

Traveling the south island of New Zealand

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October 18, 2009

Glacier Assault (pics)

Pictures of family trek up Fox Glacier, in New Zealand

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October 13, 2009

Review: Secrets of Consulting

Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully was an excellent "tech book" to take on vacation. Sitting back and reading the book, I couldn't help but nod and laugh many times. Gerald M. Weinberg, the author,...

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New Zealand pics - 2

Jack and I wanted to hike the Tongariro pass, but the mountain had other ideas...

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October 12, 2009

Hacking Gravity

And you thought your apartment looked nerdy As somebody who deals with changing complex systems, I love both science and pseudo-science. Debugging and changing complex systems is all about science: you observe the system and find patterns, you make a...

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October 9, 2009

Cairns Video

I though I would share some video of one of our vacation days in Cairns, Australia.

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What's Agile To You?

So what's agile to you?

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October 8, 2009

Welcome to New Zealand pics

Welcome to New Zealand, land of lakes, sheep, cows, volcanoes, mountains, and er, people...

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October 4, 2009

Cairns Pictures - 2

Yesterday we went for a train ride, skyrail ride, hike, museum visit, and aboriginal culture lesson. All aboard!...

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October 2, 2009

I don't like you very much

There's just always going to be a certain percentage of people who are going to say "I don't like you very much"

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October 1, 2009

Cairns Pictures

The night zoo and botanical gardens at Cairns were incredible

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