I haven’t written in a while, work has kept me pretty busy. We did get a chance to get out for an afternoon, though, and checked out Sherwood Island State Park, a place I’ve wanted to visit since we moved into the Westchester area. It lived up to its billing, although its not exactly beach [...]

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The new groups feature on Propeller.com is starting to get fun. The team is still adding functionality to it, such as RSS, but its already interesting. The power to join a group of like minded people in your favorite niche topic, and then being able to share your thoughts on it… its the best of [...]

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I bought a 2008 Kia Rondo last weekend, at a Kia dealership in Westchester County, NY. I have to say, it was a decidedly old world and (at times) slimy experience. I started off by e-mailing their “Internet Sales” person, who e-mailed me a form-like letter asking if I wanted the V4 or V6, what [...]

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I have been programming for over a decade now, but mainly focused on back end technologies. Thus, I have never really taken the time to learn Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). CSS, as it turns out, was the last core web technology in widespread use that I still had not yet learned. A project came up [...]

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I’m always surprised when I see connections between people I know from different eras of my life. In this case, a real brainiac I know from working at Yahoo! HotJobs, Dave Clausen, submitted a video that got picked up by Hack-a-Day, run by my friend Eliot.
Small world.

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A project I’ve been working on for some time has finally launched: an upgrade to the social news site called Propeller.com (Official blog post). I don’t normally write about work on my personal blog just because I’m already writing about it on corporate blogs and the like, and also because I like my blog to [...]

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Just finished watching Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Act III. This is the final Act in the production. Act III was OK, more singing than the previous two, and wraps up the plot. I’d rather not spoil anything for folks who haven’t seen this, just to say that I have heard that the episodes are being [...]

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Great post on the Business of Software Blog about hiring managers. I normally don’t agree with posts with lists of things to look for in a manager, but this is a good list. FTA:
This demonstrates that you’ve done it before. For engineers, I hire for talent. You need to demonstrate that you’re smart, and [...]

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Go buy Act II of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog from the iTunes Store now.
For all of you cheapskates out there who aren’t real fans of internet video, you can watch it via stream. Act II is hilarious, and I’ll spare you all the best joke, about the Hammer.
For all those who don’t know about Dr. [...]

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I posted before about the great job Ze Frank did with the Color Wars site.
My foray into the site was the Young me, Now me competition (my entry). I had a lot of fun doing it.
Now it seems to be catching on in MSM (MainStream Media), as in tomorrow’s Good Morning America’s “water cooler” segment [...]

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