for the very first time in my life, i set a 5-1 in volleyball. usually, there are at least two setters per team on the court. each setter will set for 3 rotations and then they will switch from being a setter to a normal player. when i was first approached to [...]
in the latest episode of how i met your mother, it was revealed to ted that barney, his best friend, slept with his ex and current friend robin. ted, furious after hearing the news that his (best) friend barney slept with his ex, screams at him for breaking one of the cardinal bro rules: [...]
the single greatest feature of firefox is its add-ons. the wealth of third party developers who have added so much to the browsing experience makes firefox not only a web browser, but a wonderful experience and interaction with the web.
safari is most notably marketed as the fastest browser for the mac. and it’s [...]
i don’t know why i love this show so much. it’s about a bunch of alaskan crab fishermen and fishing for crab on the bering sea. it seems like it wouldn’t be that exciting, but week after week, season after season i keep tuning in. it’s a great show.
i think part of [...]
spoiler alert. don’t read if you don’t want to know.
let me just start by saying: NO FREAKING WAY!
clearly america is voting with talent not on the top of the list! i cannot believe that jason AND brooke were safe! i think brooke was as surprised as the rest of us were. [...]
i am going to try to avoid the internet like a thief in hiding today. i haven’t seen the american idol results show yet and i don’t want to know who got kicked off yet. it must have been a little part of me that knows that brooke probably got voted off last [...]
i am a stickler for coding conventions. part of making code readable is to adhere to some set of standard coding conventions. i’ve been using the same set of conventions for a long time now, which means that at least when i look at my own code it looks properly formatted. what [...]
there’s a big volleyball tournament (well, it used to be enormous, but it seems like it is getting smaller and smaller every year) in vegas this weekend. it’s been tradition to go to the volleyball tournament, play some games, and then have some fun while at vegas.
the funny thing is that i thought the [...]
i hate writing reporting code. data handling and manipulation just isn’t fun. i want to create something beautiful, something functional, something useful. and i guess i don’t find reports all that fun.
but i think i have just constructed the longest SQL query i have ever written. there has got to be [...]
after getting lunch yesterday i was approached by a young guy probably in his late teens to early 20s. now, mind you, we’re in a parking lot of a restaurant and he’s trolling around and approaches me.
him: hi, do you like to smell good?
me: (freaking out a little that this was the start of [...]