Archive for June, 2006

Computational Linguistics? Are you kidding me?

I’ve took a class called “LING 472 Introduction to Computational Linguistics” at UW once, so when my friend sent me this… I had to steal it from http://xkcd.com/ and host it here. Thanks 3ric.

The University of Washington now has a Computation Linguistics Professional Masters Program which is interesting, perhaps some day I’ll put all […]

I must have great hearing or not be an adult… aka “A Ringtone Adults Can’t Hear”

Heard about that ringtone adults can’t hear? If you haven’t, just give this 10 second sample of the ringtone a listen and if you can’t hear it, go read the article. I can hear it loud and clear. I either still have good hearing or I’m not an adult yet, the right answer […]

Great video of Guy Kawasaki presenting “The Art of the Start” @ TiECon 2006

Guy Kawasaki is a great presenter and you should take 40 minutes now to watch his presentation The Art of the Start he gave at TiECon 2006.

Normally this would’ve cost you $300 (if you could get in), several days off work, hotel/travel expenses… oh and you probably should already have a MBA […]

Anticlimactic Anticipation

i’ve come to realize that sometimes the anticipation of what you are going to do ends up being better than the actual event itself Jeff

I used to work with Jeff back in the “the-year-two-thousand”… or sometime around then. Anyhow, he’s profound sometimes.

Software Development Engineer in Test: The chilling truth behind the SDET acronym!

I’ve been working as a “Software Design Engineer in Test/QA Engineer/White Box QA” for about 4 months now and I keep getting asked the the following question:

What does SDET mean?

Let’s learn more about this mysterious acronym SDET.

First up… the quick Microsoft definition:

A Software Design Engineer […]

Seattle Drupal Camp 2006: June 28th and 29th

Drupal Camp Seattle takes place June 28th - 29th at Hugo House. Drupal-Camp Seattle is an opportunity to learn about the Free and Open Source Drupal Content Management System. This community driven event will focus on the PHP Theme Engine theming system, theme-able functions, Drupal 4.7 modules, module development and […]

Drinking and Putt Putt Golf: A winning combination.

I’m going to be playing in the Underdog Sports putt putt golf league called Drinks on the Links. It’s a co-ed league where a hole-in-one gets you a free drink and crazy costumes might win your team a prize. I’m the team captain and so I must figure out how to get us […]

Compiler error? I’m a dork.

I am too much of a dork. I was trying to get lunch plans figured out with my old coworkers and this happened.

Leanne (Selling friendship for $5/day) says: we were thinking about this thai place in queen anne? Wes says: You aren’t making any sense. Wes says: […]

InfoQ.com launches with interesting articles on agility, Ruby, SOA and more.

InfoQ.com launched today… What is it?

Enterprise Software Development Community has launched today, having previously been live in testing mode since May 17th. InfoQ is a new Enterprise Software Development news / information community serving the Java, .NET, Ruby, SOA, and Agile communities, with content focused for technical architects, team leads and project […]

The MySpace Economy

Interesting post by Steve Rubel about some new MySpace Economy companies.