I had some trouble getting to Blogger yesterday. I couldn’t connect to it at all yesterday — my computer was able to “find” Blogger but not connect to it (Techie note: ping resolved Blogger to its IP address, but I got 100% packet loss). It was probably some kind of glitch with my Internet service provider. Hence a lack of postings.
But, as George Constanza from Seinfeld would say: “I’m back, baby, I’m back!“
Interesting techie tidbits in my recently-revitalized techie blog, The Happiest Geek on Earth:
One of my heroes, Steve Wozniak (the “nice Steve” of the original Apple duo), poses for these parody ads for Segways. You can even download a template to make your own!
The caption for this picture is:
It could only happen in space: A tiny bubble of air hangs suspended inside a droplet of water. The droplet rests in the cup of a delicate green leaf, yet the stalk doesn’t bend at all.
Thanks to Adam for the link!
Rap to the tune of Eminem’s The Real Slim Shady:
I’m Saddam. Yes, I’m the real Saddam.
And you other Saddams can all kiss my bottom.
So won’t the real Hussein please stand up?
Please stand up?
Please stand up?
You’ll need Flash to see this one.
A quick guide on how to keep up with what’s happening at the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, in my other blog, The Happiest Geek on Earth.
A pity I can’t go, but that’s because my sister’s scheduled for a Caesarean on Thursday. I thought I should be around, but it turns out that the SARS problem makes it so that only husbands/life-partners/whatever-they’re-calling-them-these-days can visit. Ah well. There will be another conference. My new nephew gets born only once.
Earlier today, I had a job interview with a spiffy-cool company whose name I won’t mention just yet. The parts of the interview that would be the most interesting to most people are, thankfully, the bloggable parts:
Employee 1: Hey, Joey! Welcome to {Spiffy-cool company whose name I won’t mention just yet}.
Me: Thanks. Nice place you have here. Didn’t realise it was so big.
Employee 1: C’mon in. I’ll take you to {the CEO}‘s office. By the way, sorry to hear about the “New Girl” thing. Feeling better?
Me: Much. You know, I forget how far and wide that story travelled.
We walk over to the CEO’s office, which is right by {Employee 2}‘s desk.
Employee 2: Joey! Glad you could come. Hey, about the “New Girl” incident — hope you’re doing okay.
Me: Thanks! Yeah, I’m okay. I was more creeped out than anything else.
We enter the CEO’s office. The CEO invites Employee 1 and Employee 2 to sit in on the interview.
CEO: Thanks for coming today, Joey. By the way, I read your blog. Really wild stuff, what happened with the New Girl.
Me: It was freaky, but thankfully little harm done. Besides, I think I can drink for free on that story for months.
I’m keeping in mind that the CEO is one of the Internet’s movers and shakers, whose company is a Methuselah (nearly a decade in business!) in a field where startups appear and flame out in a matter of months. He’s so well connected that he had a bite with Jeremy Allaire not long ago and is probably one of the Chosen Few who’s seen the secret stash of erotic daguerrotypes in Bill Gates’ mansion (okay, I’m kidding about the last one).
The interview commences and proceeds smoothly. The CEO then takes me to the desk of a biz dev person so that we can talk.
CEO: {Biz Dev Guy}, this is Joey. Joey, {Biz Dev Guy}.
Me: Hello, pleased to meet you.
Biz Dev Guy: Ah, yes. I’ve seen your resume.
CEO: Yes, but have you seen his blog? And the entry about the perfect girlfriend who wasn’t?
Biz Dev Guy: Uhm, no. I’ll have to give that a look sometime.
I haven’t had such an interesting job interview in the longest time. I hope they hire me.