“Enter button doormat”
Beautiful. I want one!
Archive of entries posted by Head Geek
“7 Thoughts That Are Bad For You”
Oh great, even more things that science finds are bad for you. 😉 But this list might be useful, since the thoughts and personality traits mentioned in it can be changed. (I know, most of them were my constant companions in my younger years.)
“It’s official: Adobe Reader is world’s most-exploited app”
Poor Microsoft… they’ve lost yet another crown. 😉 (And yet another good reason to avoid the PDF format entirely.)
“Hello Chainsaw”
Yet another (probably Photoshopped) strange Hello Kitty object. Amusing, but I really prefer the assault rifle. (Yeah, I’m getting to this a couple months late, I’m catching up on old posts.) Most amusing comment: That’s what I’m talkin’ about. Just because a girl wants to kill zombies in a gruesome, effective manner doesn’t mean she …
“Sumo wrestler lifts cash machine”
“I’ll be back soon dear, I’ve just got to go pick up some money.” 😉
“Judge censured for ordering class-action lawyer to take pay in $125,000 worth of gift-cards”
I’m not sure why, I think it’s perfectly fair, myself.
“Domino’s: Why We Reinvented Our Pizza — and Then Promoted How Crappy It Used to Be.”
I haven’t seen the new ads that this piece mentions,* but I can attest to the (lack of) quality of Domino’s Pizza in the Newport News, Virginia, area in the eighties. We called it “cheese on cardboard,” and it lived up to the name. I’ll have to try the new recipe and see just how …
“Software Discovery is Broken”
How do you find good software? Industry veteran John Dvorak (no relation to the keyboard layout of the same name 😉 ) says you can’t, barring personal recommendations from other users. There are too many scammers out there. I’m sorry to say that I have to agree. I haven’t gone looking for much software by …
“How to Teach Yourself Programming”
Tongue-in-cheek, but all too true. Sure, you can learn the syntax of a programming language in twenty-one days, but not how to write readable, maintainable code that isn’t riddled with bugs. That takes experience. It took me the better part of fifteen years to get to a decent level, and it was only in the …
“What are the Internet’s most dangerous search words? Bearshare and screensaver.”
Looking for love is an honorable pursuit, even if it’s “in all the wrong places.” Looking for screen savers… that’s another matter.