The other evening I came into the office and noticed one of my older BOINC machines had the hard drive light seemingly stuck on. I switched the KVM over to that machine and saw it was tossing I/O errors. This happened once before several weeks ago and a reboot seemed to fix everything. Now that it happened again, I decided to toss the drive. I have a stack of older drives waiting their turn in … Elementary Isn’t Free AnymoreRead more
Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Tales that just make you want to scream and other humiliating kicks to the crotch.
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The Standard Rate Trap
Quite some time ago I wrote a three part series on how to calculate your billing rate. Not enough of you appear to have learned from it given various conversations I’ve had. It appears the majority of people who actually read it were bottom feeding pimps because now they’ve reverted to asking consultants for their “standard rate.” Most of you knee jerk an answer for what would be a good rate with you able to … The Standard Rate TrapRead more
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Don’t Brag About Your Software When Your Website Looks Like This
A couple of days ago I drove to my local Casey’s with my little barcode tag in hand looking to rent a movie. I was shocked, shocked I say, to walk in the store and not find the video rack. So shocked I actually asked the people who work there what they did with the videos. (And you say men won’t ask for directions!) The girl behind the counter said they got rid of them. … Don’t Brag About Your Software When Your Website Looks Like ThisRead more
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Why You Suck As a Technical Recruiter – Again
It never ceases to amaze me how the most unqualified people tend to become “technical recruiters.” I had a big conversation a while back with the head/owner of a “consulting” company about why he can’t ever find Qt consultants capable of landing a contract. You only work W-2. Qualified people only work 1099. Your primary qualification for technical recruiters is that they are “priced right.” I told him flat out, when someone calls me, or … Why You Suck As a Technical Recruiter – AgainRead more
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A TCP/IP Software Appliance
In the very near future, every viable business class operating system will incorporate a TCP/IP Software Appliance. This is not a firewall. What we have today serving as firewalls may or may not server any purpose in the future, but one thing is for certain, we cannot solve our security problems via any hacks to our existing socket and IP libraries nor can security be improved by any future tweaks to SSL/TLS. I have been … A TCP/IP Software ApplianceRead more