Passed
Well boys I am now officially a CIW Professional. I passed my test with an 87%, my 2 other co workers also passed with 90%. I passed all 3 sections but as I expected my Design Concept section was my low point. Thats why I try not to design much in this industry.
Have 1 more Exam I may take this will just give a an Ecommerce Design cert.
Carmack?
Well if you think Grendel Carmack hasn’t already given the world enough entertainment, check out what he has been doing lately. LINK.
Maybe this has something to do with the delay of Doom 3?
BLACKOUT! (the original series)
BLACKOUT!
Mars Approacheth…
On August 27th, Mars will be as close to us as it can be in our lifetime…well, in several lifetimes. 56 million kilometers if you want the exact figure. Article is here.
I guess this is why everyone is sending up new Mars exploration gear this year. Saving on the gas bill. I wish I was going (it’s gotta be better than Jackson Heights, Queens). If you have similar thoughts and want to do a little dreaming, go pick up Red Mars which is a really intense piece fo hard sci-fi, and damn good writing in general.
gimme gimme gimme…
Recently, Darl McBride, the Chief Executive Officer of SCO has been making pejorative statements regarding the license used by the Linux kernel, the GNU GPL. In a keynote speech he recently said :
“At the end of the day, the GPL is not about making software free; it’s about destroying value.”
Strong words, and stupid too. Article here goes on to point out that at the same event, SCO announced that it was using Samba in the latest version of OpenServer (hah). I guess that means SCO is supportive of destroying value, since Samba is licensed under the GPL? Hence, SCO’s products are…um…
This guy is playing Mussolini to Gates’ Hitler. What a punk.
Lights Out!
So Rob, I don’t know how you fared during the blackout but I know I can speak for Grendel when I say it sucked ass walking home.
To give you something to chew on Litten, imagine walking from your place to my parents place. That was about the same distance.
(To be honest I actually had a good time hanging out with Erin and our neighbor downstairs)
Anyhoo.. here some pics that I took when I finally made it to the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge. Erin kept telling me that I should stop walking or they would be too blurry and she was right. Sorry. Here they are anyway…
What Goes Around, Comes Around
YEAH! This morning was glorious despite the 110% humidity, crowded subways reaking of fermented urine, and the fact that I didn’t feel like sitting in front of a computer today.
Why was it glorious, you ask?
Because Mike Bloomberg (God bless is black heart) has initiated such an attack on empty parking meters, double parking and the like that I saw something magical happen…
A UPS TRUCK COMPLETE WITH A FULL LOAD OF PACKAGES WAS BEING TOWED AWAY BY A HUGE NYPD TOW TRUCK!!!
Yeah UPS! Eat it! You’ve not only broken or lost wedding gifts for Erin and me, you’ve lost or screwed up shit for most everyone I know. I think Grendel could probably tally close to $3000 in lost/damaged computer gear.
My only regret is that I didn’t pull my camera phone out quick enough to snap a shot.
So there you have it. What goes around comes around.
Ahhh…the wisdom of Cypress Hill.
Fark you!!
Well I am done with fark.com. I have sent in numerous photos with some hilarious descriptions. Nothing that shouldn’t be shown online by todays standards. Mine are all PG 13 compared to most of the ones up there. So if any farkers reading this, go fark yourself and your stupid site. Anyone who paid for the TotalFark account, you have been completed raped. Go get some Vaseline since you apparently like it.
You farking bastages!!
A Tribute
These were the days.
