Many books on finding your dream job would indicate that you have almost no control over the nicer jobs that exist out there. In fact, you get nominated not in the interview or application, but rather, on the golf course or fishing trip where you're not even present. Pointy Haired Boss (PHB) #1 asks PHB #2 if he happens to know anyone who has X set of skills. PHB #2 remembers some service you did for him and suggests that you might be the man for the job. When I say service, I don't neces

Is it possible? Try the following: Google for the following terms together: "Microsoft", "Get the Facts", and "false advertising". Google gives you an entirely different set of results than MSN Search.

It seems there's a slew of AOL ads showing their users making suggestions to "help make the Internet better".
I marvel at the underhanded subtlety of this ad campaign. It slowly puts an idea into the public mind that AOL is the Internet. Are they even a member of the W3C?
We geeks generally overlook such commercials, but alas, we geeks do not constitute the majority. The majority of people out there will generally believe everything said to them from a Trustworthy (read: lots

McKinnan was a coder who had worked a "Nine to Five",
And he started every morning with a grueling hour's drive.
With coworkers one day he went to fetch some coffee blend,
At a quiet little Starbucks, on which programmers depend.

Solomon's First Fundamental Rule of Ebay:
The first time you see something you like online will be the lowest price you will ever see it... and there will be less than two minutes left to the end of the auction, leaving you unsure as to the current street price of the item.