+1 for Credit Unions

I am very happy with Patelco CU (also a tech/comms credit union). Full transaction history and they doesn't try to rob me at every opportunity! It's almost like open source banks!.... almost. Maybe we could start a credit union for open source developers?

I've been with them 14+years.

Moving targets are harder to hit/locate. Also they serve the best meals aboard submarines.

I-normally-manage-to-get-by-some-how...

After my keyboard consumed 2 beers and half bottle of red wine, I was still able to get another year out of, all be it some of the keys were a little sticky. Also uppercase E could only be done with the right shift, and uppercase V could only be done with the left shift, the space bar didn't work all the time. Replacing the keyboard made my laptop feels very new again....

The laptop is an HP Pavillion dv9600. I am surprised how well it has stood up to the abuse I've handed out.

Simple. Automate it!

I used to dislike testing until I learn how to implement code designed to be tested. Use a dependency injection frame work (that will keep you busy for a while) and write testable code. Writing elegant, readable code which scalable and testable is not an easy or boring task. If you can not automate the tests, you are probably do something wrong.

Mmmmmmm, the family fortune will soon be mine..... better include this leaky jar of honey just in case daddy get hungry...

Correct. Flatscreen TVs you bought 5 years ago are not as good as the flatscreen TVs you can buy today. Same with cell phones, will the iPhone4 be considered (one of) the best smart phone 5 years from now? Hybrid automative technology is new and we can expect great improvements in performance and decreases in price 5 years from now. The type of person is who is at the head of the queue to jump on the band wagon isn't going to be satisfied with being left behind 5 years from now.

I'll be too hung over to notice due to heavy partying the day before....

Funny, I started programming round when War Games came out. My parents were very worry about my interested in computer programming, I was banned from owning a modem while I live at home. Or maybe it was all a ploy so I would leave home and go to college, rather than staying home and become a fisherman.

I was on the third floor of an apartment building, taking pictures of the moon from a balcony when I dropped my Nexus 1. I watched it fall two floors before bouncing two or three times on to another roof, landing in a large puddle under and an extractor fan. I figure it would be dead and climbed down to recover my SIM card. After about 10 minutes of fishing around under the extractor fan in a 4+ inch deep puddle I recovered it, it was still on and in camera mode, not even a scratch on the case. I wiped it off and it's been working fine with no side effects from the fall and bath.

Link found on the same page: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/18/transportation-tuesday-8923-miles-per-gallon/

Funny, when I openned my eyes I saw a Jewish investment banker! Scary!

Will you end up with two screen shots? One taken at 23:59:60 and one taken at 23:59:60. Wait are you sure the clock will reach 23:59:60, shouldn't is go, 23:59:58, 23:59:59, 23:59:59, 00:00:00? Did you write an unit tests for the screen grabbing code? Did it handle the leap second correctly?

If you screw this up, you'll loose the moment *forever*!

We're not going do it twice!

I'll be adjusting all the clocks that don't handle the leap second. Also, I'm really looking forward to spending an extra second in bed the next morning!