How Not to Use Linked In to Get a Job
URGENTLY SEEKING WINDOWS SYSADMIN in Baltimore, MD. Email me your resume. Recruiter@HouseofMadness.com Plz see my profile –Dumb Schlub in U.S. I am very interested in this position! please see my profile! –Dude in the Middle East Please see my profile....Daily Words Redux
Lunchtime and right before I leave work are apparently not-so-much times for writing. I think it’s because, as Douglas Adams said, “Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.” I’ve been resisting writing in the mornings because I’m...Back from WisCon
High Points: Haiku Earring party: Every year Elise Matheson throws a party where you pick a pair of earrings you like, she gives you a prompt, and if she likes the haiku you write in response she gives you the earrings. My prompt was, “What Faeries Did in the...Perfmon Link
Awesome webcast by Brent Ozar. There’s more here. I’d say more, but I’m busy enjoying Memorial Day.Happy Memorial Day!
Happy Memorial Day! Plant is going to hold their annual George Forman Memorial Cookout in your server room this weekend. Tom Limoncelli explains why here. When your pager goes off and you call them to tell them the AC failed again this year, tell them the least they...Towards the Mountain
Neil Gaiman did a great commencement address where he talked about careers in the arts. I really related to the bits about how he considered his goal to support himself writing as “the mountain,” and how he took or rejected jobs based on whether they took...Accountability
Not only am I using Write or Die, I’ve also started posting daily stats to Twitter. In addition to boring numbers, you get completely out-of-context sentences. You can help! You can mock when I fail to tweet! Okay, maybe not. I need positive reinforcement. I...I’m in the Broad Pod!
My friend Jennifer Pelland and I are in the May BroadPod. This month’s theme is “Not Quite Human. Automatons, AI, and Clones.” From the site: They can look human, talk and perhaps even feel human. But are they? Can an Artificial Intelligence...Your Servers’ Baby Monitor
Do you know about Write or Die? It’s described as “putting the prod into productivity” and is for procrastinating writers to force themselves to write. (Writers procrastinate. It’s a thing. You can spend hours surfing the web for baby name...Subscribe
