By Rip Rowan on 8/19/2009 9:02 AM

By Rip Rowan on 11/18/2008 4:41 AM

In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?

Hat Tip: LGF

By Rip Rowan on 11/14/2008 1:54 AM

This is probably much funnier for me than for others, having actually played Zork compulsively on an actual Apple ][+.

 

By Rip Rowan on 11/13/2008 10:40 AM

This morning Google announced its new video chat capability with an eye-catching link at the top of the Gmail window.  Clicking the link takes you to this page, where you can see a nifty video that makes video chat look pretty cool.  But the link to “Get Started” takes you to a dead page (http://mail.google.com/videochat).

The interesting thing isn’t that the service coughed up blood on its first day out.  The interesting thing is that, ten hours later, http://mail.google.com/videochat is still 404.

It can be hard to revive an overwhelmed application, but it’s really, really easy to put up a page to let users know what’s going on.

I wonder why Google is leaving this page 404?  It doesn’t inspire confidence.

By Rip Rowan on 10/31/2008 5:37 AM

By Rip Rowan on 7/4/2008 12:37 PM

TechRepublic has a cute article listing 19 words that you should avoid using in your resume.  If you need this sort of advice, then it's a good read.

However, I think they missed a few:

Microwaveable: your skills in reheating leftovers are probably not going to get you the job, unless you are, in fact, applying for a job as a microwave oven operator.

Lesion: nobody wants to see your scab, and, regardless of the macho factor, your wounds will not earn you enough pity to get the job.

Spandex: I'm sure you look great in your Speedo.  Don't bring it to the office.

Nubby: nobody even knows what this means, so why bother?

Lotus Notes: two words that guarantee you will be summarily passed over for any job, probably including Lotus Notes Developer and Lotus Notes Administrator.  It doesn't matter if you used Lotus Notes to cure cancer, the world has determined that it sucks, and has moved on.  Let go.