Daily Archives: October 11, 2006

I’ll gladly pay you on Tuesday

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Working for yourself has a few challenges such as having a client run off sans large payment, another client on the slow to pay, a hellish project running behind schedule, and simultaneously have the scheduled child support check moved to the end of the month. There’s today’s TMI. This is why you are supposed to [...]
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My last update on the crash

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
NY Times says “Yankees Pitcher Cory Lidle Was Killed in the Plane Crash, High-Ranking City Official Says.” Lidle’s passport was found on the street. [Source] With that I hand the updates over to Gothamist who is doing a far better job.
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Tetris with words

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Addictive
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Marital Sin!

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Ooops. I’ve done in now! I left the car with no gas. And I was trying to be so well behaved!
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From the mouths of babes

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Amy: "We sold Noah to the gypsies." Dad: "Oh, those poor gypsies!" Amy: "Noooo. Poor Noah!"
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Hello Technorati!

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Technorati Profile
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NYC Under Attack?

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Look! I did a FauxNews headline with a question mark! The wife tells me a small plane or helicopter has crashed into a building in New York. The building is on fire. This information is unconfirmed and could be inaccurate. NEW YORK (AP) — Police say an aircraft has crashed into a building on Manhattan’s Upper East [...]
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Is it Spring yet?

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Thus far, in the past 2 days, we’ve moved roughly 160 gallons of stuff (mostly clothing) to Goodwill. And removed every VHS movie that wasn’t homemade from this house (with minor exceptions – The Wall, Diablo Follies, …). Whoopie!
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How to make Dad feel bad.

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Amy is very weepy today. She cried twice at school, and talked about missing Lucy. We suspect "Missing Lucy" means "I feel sad and can’t express why" or something akin to that. I feel helpless. I do not feel that I am meeting the basic needs of my family. I can hear my wife’s voice [...]
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Ill logic

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Sometimes I feel less like a programmer (or am I a developer?) Developers have some knowledge of the domain and the business Developers care about maintenance burden Developers know that work methods are more important than technical chops Programmers try to solve every problem by coding Developers seek repeatability, programmers like one-off heroics Programmers like complexity, developers favor simplicity Developers care [...]
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Now that’s a joke!

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
So if you hit Comedy Central’s job postings link you get a 404 ! That’s good comedy.
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The Next Number One Video

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
GoldenAppleCorp of AtomicTumor has identified what is undeniably, a piece of video art! At first I was wondering why I was watching; in the end, I wanted to watch it over and over! I think perhaps a bored Monty Python animator had some influence on this video.
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Hard day ahead but at least there’s eats

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Wednesdays are tough. Lots of interuptions and errands. They usually end on a good note. At least I have already planned dinner and have the needed supplies.
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Explaining the Death of Habeas Corpus

By Doug McCaughan | Published: October 11, 2006
Keith Olbermann brings it home again in "Why does habeas corpus hate America?" Watch the video to understand the historic decision your congress made.
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