So I made it to the front page of reddit today and my new server didn’t even blink. This brings me great joy.
Archives for December 2006
Black Nannies Don’t Want To Work For Black Families?
From this NY Times article: “Very rarely will an African-American woman work for an African-American boss,” said Pat Cascio, the owner of Morningside Nannies in Houston and the president of the International Nanny Association. Many of the African-American nannies who make up 40 percent of her work force fear that people of their own color will be “uppity…
Digg and Reddit: Please Learn The Difference Between Original Content and Blogspam
Nothing is worse for systems like Digg and Reddit than repetitive, mediocre content. These networks are designed to magnify the efficiency of the Internet by taking excellent content — regardless of source — and promoting it through impartial democracy. Ultimately, the goal is to minimize the time it takes someone to get up to speed on the most…
She Bought Me My Watch
Susan bought me my watch today. We walked into Tourneau (57th Ave, NYC) to check out some watches and we spent most of our time looking at Seiko, Rado, and Tag pieces. I had been like a week ago and knew that they didn’t have my watch there, so we didn’t rush up to where the Rolex pieces…
My First Sushi Experience (Not Really)
First of all, just to clarify, sushi isn’t raw fish. In fact, all it has to include is rice; from there it can have a number of different toppings (including vegetables, cooked or uncooked meat, etc.) Sashimi is the delicacy consisting of various raw seafoods. As it turns out, this means that my first sushi experience wasn’t actually…
The Consultant Joke
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in an Armani suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie (Corb), leans out the window and asks the shepherd, “If I tell you exactly how many sheep you…
How to (Definitively) Pronounce Linux
There is a lot of debate about the pronunciation of Linux. This post will close the issue for anyone who reads it. Here’s the summary: If the undisputed creator of a given thing clearly communicates how to pronounce his creation, that pronunciation becomes the most correct one. This is especially true if that same creator explicitly states that…