Category Archives: Jack Handy

I probably now spend more time reviewing my code than I do writing it. In some cases, maybe twice as much. I would love to stop doing that, because it’s not much fun, and a huge time sink. Unfortunately, every … Continue reading →

I just wanted to wish you a happy new year. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and read what I write. This site is tiny by the standards of the Internet, but that just means each reader … Continue reading →

Seth Godin today: Someone asked me where I get all my good ideas, explaining that it takes him a month or two to come up with one and I seem to have more than that. I asked him how many … Continue reading →

Never give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. — … Continue reading →

Scott Adams has a post up with an interesting bit at the end: We’re only a few years away from a point where no mating will ever occur because no one will pass the background check. If you knew everything … Continue reading →

Comment sections are a ripoff. If you want to go to the trouble of writing something worth reading, it doesn’t seem like a good deal to post it as a comment. It might be gratifying in the short run, but … Continue reading →

Two branding questions for you: If Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” was AAPL’s current OS, would the Tiger Woods frenzy have caused AAPL’s marketing dept. any problems? Why wasn’t Porsche’s 911 brand damaged by 9/11? I don’t know the answers, … Continue reading →

I was recently reading Matthew Modine’s “Full Metal Jacket Diary“, and came across this quote: I’m so happy that Cari and I have been invited to travel here [East Berlin] and have the opportunity to meet communist soldiers. Except for … Continue reading →

A quick anecdote about technology. I’ve been visiting Stacks for lunch, on and off, for 13 years. Around the time of the dot-com boom/bust (c. 2000), I noticed that the waiters and waitresses had been issued PDAs, which they used … Continue reading →

Sometimes, the good guys win. Today, simply because this election was held, it looks like Honduran democrats won, and the Chavez proxies lost. Good deal.