Author Archives: Tom

He’s a rebel and he’ll never be any good.

I’m pretty sure I’ve exhausted the patience of our Jenzabar trainer. I have a knack for identifying security holes and/or holes in process — something that serves me pretty well in my normal job — and like to use training sessions, when we have a captive vendor at our disposal, to either point them out […]

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Other things learned at DevConnections….

No matter what, do not offer to buy your coworker a Whopper when you are running for your plane. Even if you are both very hungry. The day after the official end of the convention is usually the best day to learn stuff. The Atlanta airport sucks. Cincinnati’s, however, rocks in equal proportion. http://donssite.com/Orange-Sunset-jet-contrail.htm cheap […]

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What I’ve learned at DevConnections so far…

Orlando waitresses are outrageously affectionate. Nutcrackers are poorly designed for opening snow crab. If you see a penguin by the side of the road in Florida, don’t attempt to point it out to your coworker. She will be skeptical at you. There are some people who are unaware that it is possible to eat a […]

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“So what’s your input” is meant to be a hypothetical question, apparently.

I’m sort of tired of responding to my boss’ attempts to solicit our opinions of one of what he calls his “wild, crazy ideas” with just enough criticism that it triggers his defensive instincts. I can live with being told to “shut up” in front of the entire rest of the department, but it’s galling […]

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I’m a very emo cog.

My work day has been lately full of despair. Decades ago, I’m given to understand, some researchers at the UW did some experiments in which they ran mice regularly through mazes, shocking them for wrong turns — and then, just when the mice started getting good at it, changing the maze. They also would put […]

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