http://realfake.org/blog Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:32:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A confluence of events allowed me to listen to long pop songs today. I had few meetings scheduled. I had a lot of work that required focus. Everybody else in the office was in a chatty mood. I put on the headphones, cranked up iTunes, set up a smart list ... http://realfake.org/blog/2010/02/long-pop-songs/ I'm sorry you had to wade through a full paragraph of tech support nonsense there. Really, the salient part of the day was the long, long time we spent in the Burren while I nursed three Guinesses over the course of a slow 5 hours on a sunday afternoon. That ... http://realfake.org/blog/2010/02/yes-i-buried-the-lede-in-that-last-post/ So, I fix my blog late Friday night, am getting a little of a yen to restart blogging, and then early Saturday morning, I hit an immediate roadblock. My Apple Time Capsule— which has functioned wonderfully as a router and no-brains-required backup device for about 18 months— suddenly stopped being ... http://realfake.org/blog/2010/02/stupid-technology-happy-valentines-day-overmediation/ I realized that the archives to this blog were broken a few days ago when I tried to use Google to find something I'd written. I figured out what the problem was last night, and fixed it. There were two side effects. First, I ended up with dozens of items in ... http://realfake.org/blog/2010/02/daily-dispatch-13-feb-2010/ A colleague who is also a Facebook friend posted something about The Management Myth recently. My comment I think sums up my opinion of management books and management in general as concisely as I've done to date. Comment #1: I had an epiphany as a young programmer that the best ... http://realfake.org/blog/2009/10/more-comments-on-management/ I put enough thought into my response to this excellent post that I'm stealing it to publish on my own blog. * * * * * It's just a hunch, but historically, I think the rise of the PHB stereotype coincided with the rise of the post WWII military industrial complex. Friends ... http://realfake.org/blog/2009/10/on-why-im-not-a-dilbert-fan/ This is a genuine question. Is there something about the way kids hear music that makes it so that they will only listen to "kid" versions of things and not the adult version? Or is this just an affectation of the adult world? Someone recommended the Baby Einstein Baby Mozart CD ... http://realfake.org/blog/2009/08/covers/ I find Nerd Boyfriend endless fun. Each post is a picture of a guy fitting the Warholian definition of a good picture ("My idea of a good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous."). But there's always the added twist that ... http://realfake.org/blog/2009/08/nerd-boyfriend/ I'm kind of amazed at the amazement of many of my fellow Sox fans that finally some Sox players are finally implicated in the steroids mess. I mean, it stings, sure. I wish it weren't so. I really wish one of the names named weren't David Ortiz who by all ... http://realfake.org/blog/2009/08/juice-vintage-2003/ Yes, it's been a pretty long lull in blogging. I blame Facebook/twitter for letting out some of the blogging steam. But it's also been mostly that I've been getting ready to be a dad. Clarification: busy trying to feel ready to be a dad. Well, with 2 1/2 weeks to ... http://realfake.org/blog/2009/07/catching-up-2/