Michael R. Barrick's blog
Mon, 2009/02/09 - 11:57pm
You should not be allowed to use computers anymore if you:
- Cannot follow illustrated directions.
- Think the "www" is a required part of any web address.
- Refer to your computer as "the CPU" or "the hard drive."
- Don't understand the difference between a mail server and a web server.
- Think "the web" and "the Internet" are synonyms.
Sun, 2009/02/08 - 1:01pm
I've just implemented some changes to the "by name" view in the photo gallery:
Wed, 2009/02/04 - 12:40pm
...or reasons to get out of IT - depending on how attached I'm feeling to that "regular pay-cheque" thing at the moment.
Mon, 2009/02/02 - 11:27pm
Mon, 2009/02/02 - 11:08pm
Sun, 2009/02/01 - 4:32pm
"BlackBerry Shit-Storm" more like it.
When this this was announced in the summer it looked like it was going to be über-cool and I couldn't wait to get my hands on it.
But wait I did. For months. I signed up for news on the release date and waited. "Out in time for Christmas" I was promised.
Wed, 2009/01/28 - 10:01am
The old adage:
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
— Lao Tzu, founder of taoism
The old adage as it applies to IT:
Give a man a fish, he'll shut up and get out of your face. Teach a man to fish, and he'll fall out of the boat, scare away all the fish, break the fishing pole, deny any responsibility, blame you, and demand you immediately give him more fish, a better fishing pole, and a faster boat.
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When I went to photograph the progress on my latest painting tonight, the face-recognition actually honed-in on the face I finished today.