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Secret Developer Acronyms

They might take away my github account for this, but: BTB: Broke the build Hey Ralph you BTB with that last check-in so I have touched one of your keys to my  inner elbow to punish you with creepiness GDOS: Grumpy DBA Over Shoulder GDOS - I’ve never heard of cursors and definitely never ever used [...]

Obligatory Year End Reflective Post

This year I did a bunch of awesome stuff: Listened to the song Sail by AwolNation 65 times [Source: Spotify logs, 2011] Ate 31 Chicken Burritos from Chipotle [Source: Cherokee County Waste Management Quarterly Report (Q4 2011)] Wrote 65,000 words [Source: 750words.com] Learned how to spell Cheetos (there is no “h” – BELIEVE IT) [Source: [...]

Obstacles adults face in creating

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. – Pablo Picasso I am amazed at my daughter’s productivity. She makes things at an astonishing rate – pictures, ideas, animals, pretend situations, etc. All day, everyday. Really all night too – she wakes up and tells me about [...]

Computer Science Terms from Lunch

Today the family tried to eat at Chick-Fil-A but they were so pegged that the drive-thru had wrapped around itself and was deadlocked. This meant that the person who just got their food couldn”t leave as the last car in line was blocking them. We ended up going to a sit-down restaurant where we waited [...]