Archive | June, 2010

Changes

29 Jun

It’s been a whirlwind three plus months. My apologies to regular readers for the lack of recent posts. A recap is in order as to what exactly I have been up to. March 15, 2010 or so my wife and I decided to launch a hastily planned attempt to buy our first home.  We went down this same route in 2004 and abandoned ship when it became clear that the housing market was awash with over priced homes. Invigorated by the thought of an $8,000 federal tax tax credit that would apply only if we could get under contract by April 30, 2010 and close by June 30, 2010 we charged forward forcefully. After a lot of looking, researching, showings and a few false starts we found a great house in Broomfield, CO and closed May 13, 2010 and moved in May 15.

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Whose world order?

27 Jun

 

Gulliver, as the system, washes ashore to be tamed by the custodians.

 

Warning, this is a an article by a software geek for said geeks. Rapid boredom will probably ensue even for the target audience. Most of us at one time or another have worked on a Big Ball of Mud. For a less seasoned hacker the first tour or two of such a haphazard system may go unnoticed due to a number of circumstances the least of which being naivety. But, over time, the imprints of sloppy, duct tape, spaghetti code jungles come to be recognizable. By no means complete a few standout examples from my career:

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