The Cave

“Every morning, I get up and look through the ‘Forbes’ list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work” — Robert Orben

Heh: | Peppermint Mocha Extra Pump Extra hot no foam Chai Late Fusion Coffee That actually made my teeth, brain and stomach hurt. Doesn’t anyone drink a normal cup of coffee anymore?

Totally random but fascinating historical factoid I never knew: The Phillips head was developed for use in automated manufacture – it’s designed so that the machine driving it will tend to slip the slots rather than over-torque the screw. And for that purpose it works really well. What it wasn’t designed for is screwing by [...]

I’m torn. On the one hand, Google’s new URL shortening service isn’t likely to go away any time soon. OTOH, there’s a better solution (which I swore I saw but can’t for the life of me track down right now. Pretty sure I’ve still got an email on the subject, will hunt down shortly).

Great collection of coding, deployment and execution tips for the Java developer. But of course. I used to work with Fred, and expect nothing less than top quality when he’s involved. P.S. He’s an independent consultant so if you ever need any work, he should be at the top of your list to contact.

Nice contents too. Destiny’s Child’s version of 8 Days of Xmas. Shrug. So I’m male. Sue me. In my defense, I’ll point out I married her look-a-like. And I really do like the vest santa suit more than the others. What? One can’t appreciate fine quality when he sees it? Nice vest too

Neat.

I don’t know what impresses me more, that someone built a mechanical automated ball thrower or their dog knows how to use it all by himself!

Snicker.

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”-Author unknown The Improvements “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you will not have to listen to his incessant whining about [...]

Amusing: I know of 25 people who bought windows 7 to replace vista or XP. I still have bruises from the XP people. They were a bit annoyed that I had to back up and reinstall their apps. They thought it would upgrade them to 7. For some reason the vista people where happy to [...]

State of the current offerings: Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader and Barnes & Noble’s Nook. The synopsis: Stink, Stank, Stunk.

How…interesting. Among other things, that’s gotta rub Microsoft raw. Disclaimer: I am a Microsoft employee (like 90,000 other people). But I have no inside knowledge on this subject.

Now in HD. It’s @ 2:52… [This supersedes the previous (non-HD) link]

Hysterical