Archive for November, 2005

Interesting article over on BusinessWeek that talks about the google phenomenon, it’s implicit impact in the overall m&a marketplace, and the terse relationship it shares with traditional bankers and VCs.

After their workouts, Googlers can snack in a stocked pantry or enjoy an on-site massage. Young Googlers’ preoccupation with these perks tend to drive mature [...]

I was driving home from the gym and noticed the roadside thermometer read 0° celsius, signalling a time of year I refer to as winter hibernate time.
It’s the time of year when it’s too cold to do a lot of cardio outside, and thus you tend to end up sitting inside watching hockey [...]

59% of companies say they won’t be giving out holiday bonuses in any form 2005. And of those that will, only 13% said they will be giving out bonuses in cash, Hewitt Associates told CNN. Among the companies that said they would be giving cash, the average holiday bonus planned is $683, but the cash [...]

I saw Crash for the second time this weekend (second for me, first for Sarah). I won’t get into the details but I really enjoyed it the first time, and this time I picked up a few minor details that went un-noticed in the theatre. It’s a movie seemingly full of off-the-wall loose [...]

Refactoring tools are fantastic. I am an IDEA fan, and I think their refactoring support is second to none.
However, as great as it all seems, I think that refactoring tools can be overrated compared to other important factors.
For example, I was watching someone on a typical Java project with a particular stack, and watching their [...]




  • Win7, nice to meet you. I hate to admit it but I’ve been running Vista on a desktop machine at home for the better part of the past 8 months. It has not been ...

  • Windows Live Writer isn’t bad Until recently, the bulk of my writing was done on a Mac using Ecto.  I was looking for a suitable publishing tool for Windows and was directed towards ...

  • Pet Peeve: Don’t email my password to me in plain text You know the drill. Signup for some random service on the internet Receive a confirmation email with your account information or Forget a password for some random service ...

  • Eclipise Memory Analyzer (MAT) I must say the Eclipse Memory Analyzer looks pretty slick. There is some pretty good material over on the developers blog. Lastly, there was a talk on it ...

  • Open-source Web-based Code Review Tool: Rietveld Guido van Rossum, of Python fame, has recently released a Django-based application that enables web-based code reviews... Rietveld. It supports any language and currently can hook into Subversion repositories. You ...






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