The other day, on the way to work, I was sitting at the stop light on Union Hill waiting to get on 520W. I noticed that the lady behind me was on the phone. No big deal to me, I don’t sport one of those “hang up and drive” bumper stickers on my […]
TomsHardware.com has posted an article aimed squarely at those of us who aren’t offended when called a ‘geek’. The Mother of All CPU Charts 2005/2006 delves into some pretty techie stuff, but the first four pages offer some interesting flashbacks to the pre-Order-Pizza-Over-The-Internet days.
Some of the more eye-opening excerpts:
Intel’s first processor, the 4004, debuted […]
Kimberly and I watched Crash last night. Fantastic movie. Similar to Grand Canyon without the freaky dream sequences. Similar to Magnolia without the Aimee Mann singalong. Or the frogs. The reviews place it smack in the middle; some love it, some hate it. You may see the cast list […]
I had a meeting today with my manager and informed her of my plans to leave the company. For a couple hours prior, I was a little jittery, not knowing what to expect. I had a feeling that it would be an uncomfortable encounter, with me expressing various displeasures with my employment, and […]
So, we were talking on the couch tonight about my impending departure. After looking at some numbers, and the resulting potential for increasing our stress levels, we’ve decided to delay my exit. I’ll still be leaving the company, but not it’s not going to happen until …
… wait for it …
The middle of […]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to leave Microsoft, and it’s very exciting, but today I got bitch-slapped with the Reality Stick. This is really happening, really soon, and it’s really scaring the Hell out of me.
For those of you who haven’t known me very long, it seems that this […]
