Archive for March, 2009
Fastrak Violation
This morning the lady at the toll booth got a bit testy with me because I drove across her Fastrak/Cash lane and my transmitter did not go off. I’ve known for a long time that my Fastrak transmitter does not work. I also know that regardless if it works or not, they will automatically take [...]
Stripping Education Funding
Being the overly testosterone driven male that I am, I found myself reading this yahoo news article on a monday morning: More women needing cash go from jobless to topless It’s a pretty typical article with exactly what I expect would happen in an economic slow down… Then I hit this part: “Stone, who has [...]
The curse of free office sodas
Sodas are probably one of the easiests unhealthy food items you can remove from your diet. However, the temptation is hard to resist when there is an abundant supply of cold, easily accessible, and free sodas in the office fridge. Especially on days mixed with free, greasy office food like pizzas. I find myself fighting [...]
How Gmail AJAX works
First they show you the inbox, then in the background they use a POST request and load all your mail messages ( the mail body ) in as a JSON. That is how they are able to let you jump instantaneously from your inbox to your mail messages without any delay. I used Firebug to [...]
LinkedIn for Criminals
I heard some statistics on NPR today regarding California prisons and it reminded me of the ridiculousness of our justice system. While many hard working people struggle to pay rent, the state is spending half a million dollars per convict to build more prison cells. Although I am astonished by the irony of this situation, [...]
How to ride the bus
Although a seemingly mindless task, many San Franciscans lack the skill necessary to use MUNI. So I am going to provide this free algorithm to help them take the bus more efficiently. if (Bus.capacity == “full”) { You.wait_for_next_bus(); } else { You.get_on_the_bus(); }
Work kills my spirit
One of the worst effects of turning my love for web development into a full time job is that by the time I get home, I no longer have the time or energy to pursue my own projects. I always knew that it would happen, but I never suspected that it would happen so soon [...]
Luck versus Hard Work
The other day I was browsing and saw some reviews on the popular new movie “Slumdog Millionaire”. Sad to say, I was shocked by some of the comments people had about the movie. People were basically saying that the movie is stupid because it teaches us to rely on random luck ( in this case, [...]