See the job posting at AuthenticJobs.
I can understand why someone might go to Baghdad to do certain types of consulting like setting up data centers, networks, and computer security, but HTML?!? Even with secrecy and time zone concerns, there has to be a better way to fill this job than to send an HTML/CSS [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Surreal job posting of the day: Be a web developer in beautiful, sunny Baghdad!
July 20, 2007
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Celebrity sightings for nerds
July 13, 2007
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This morning at the gym I ran into Lance Henriksen, who, along with Bill Paxton, is the only actor to have been killed by a Terminator, an Alien, and a Predator. Now that’s a resume.
iPhone sexy but useless (perfect for L.A.!)
July 6, 2007
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It’s useless for me anyway. If you have smaller fingers and thumbs then maybe it’s perfect for you.
Pros:
Beautiful screen and type rendering.
Nice camera. Much better than my RAZR.
Everything works the way you’d expect. I was using Google maps and wanted to zoom in. There is no visible control for it, so I thought for a [...]
Keanu vs. the cubicle
July 5, 2007
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Shortly after the first Matrix movie came out in 1999 I had an idea for a sci-fi story that was totally derivative.
It went like this:
In the near future, computers are orders of magnitude more powerful than they are today. Unfortunately (or not) they have still not attained the fuzzy and moist intelligence of your average [...]
Tips for small touring bands
July 3, 2007
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The weekend before last I saw A Sunny Day in Glasgow and My Teenage Stride at Pehr. The show was fun, and my new earplugs turned down the volume without distorting the sound.
I did notice a few things that might help small bands make more money on the road:
When you sell your t-shirts and CDs [...]
How not to fix Africa
July 3, 2007
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Jeffrey Sachs in Fortune says that “the core problem in Africa is not corruption but the lack of basic infrastructure and services.” Sachs goes on to say that the World Bank should spend money on roads, electricity infrastructure, agriculture, malaria medicine, and mosquito nets. He also cites previous infrastructure investments that supposedly unlocked prosperity:
When poor [...]
Getting the money out of politics
July 2, 2007
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The cover story from the latest Fortune magazine is about 2008 presidential candidates seeking endorsements and campaign contributions from business leaders.
It’s exactly what you’d expect, tales of closed door power meetings and fund raiser dinners. You won’t learn anything new from the story, but it illustrates the second rule of politics: “You’ll never get the [...]
