Now, most of the hits on my site from google are from people searching for Swanson’s rules of management. To any of them who actually get to my site, here is an article initially linked from Kottke that suggests Swanson’s rules are a rip-off from a much older book. You …
Over the last 2 days, a huge controversy has erupted over the apparent super-editorial rights exercised by some Digg administrators to “kill” stories in the digg queue. It started with this article, which pointed out that something was not right in the number of diggs listed for 2 stories. It …
Easter Egg Hunting – underground high Linux easter egg hunting (tags: linux eastergg software) Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows Vista February 2006 CTP (Build 5308/5342) Review, Part 5: Where Vista Fails One of the biggest Windows supporters takes a big stick to Windows Vista – and what’s left after …
Got this in my official email – A well-written article describing the very different roles a BA and a PM play: From http://www.allpm.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1517&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 The best way to guarantee success of any type of project is to have a strong, experienced Project Manager and a strong, experienced Business Analyst. These two …
A few links I have received in my official email, which would be useful for Oracle database users: http://go.techtarget.com/r/149379/1863357 http://wtcis.wtamu.edu/oracle/server.101/b10736/analysis.htm http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/2222781 http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oracle9i/daily/may30.html http://rootshell.be/~yong321/oranotes/rkillsession.txt http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oracle9i/pdf/o9i_etl_twp.pdf (Warning: Direct PDF Link)
I’ve decided that the del.icio.us tag cloud I had on my right sidebar was a little too distracting, so I’ve knocked it off. In place of the cloud tag, I’ve added a 30boxes badge. It actually has some entries now, which is very surprising 😛 That now means whenever I …
Dell Home Systems XPS M1710 Dell launches thier first gaming laptop after the Alienware takevoer – the design seems to show the alienware touch (tags: hardware gaming geek gear) Sifry’s Alerts: State of the Blogosphere, April 2006 Part 1: On Blogosphere Growth The “blogosphere” (I DON’T like that word) continues …
An article by JD’s girlfriend on self-sustaining gardening, lead to a small discussion on JD’s blog about the fantasy fruits we’d like and any other tips that anyone could remember. I mentioned that some vegetables and cereals can attract wild animals and in passing mentioned elephants and how they could …
So Backpack is one of those websites that’s everywhere when you read about the whole “Web2.0” movement. While I’ve looked it over, I never really got why someone would use Backpack. It finally hit me today that Backpack was probably a better place for me to maintain my blog To-Do …
New Scientist SPACE – Breaking News – Jupiter’s aurora feels Europa’s light touch Scientists discover the interaction between Jupiter’s aurora and its moon (tags: science spaces interesting news) Web Mail Services Compared Page 1 – Guides – Designtechnica A quick review of web mail services – conclusion: Gmail rules. Well.. …