Just another idiot’s ramblings

In a bit of good news over the weekend, the House has decided that retroactive immunity for telecoms is not a Good Thing.

My co-worker tests his code with the toString() and visual grep method. I’m not sure he would have ever caught the bug on his own. I keep trying to explain that unit tests are a Good Thing…

I’m a sucker for puzzles. The problem with most puzzle games is that they usually focus on one kind of puzzle and I lose interest. Professor Layton, luckily, does not suffer from this problem.

In a previous post, I mentioned my disappointment in my Colorado senators for failing to vote to remove retroactive immunity from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amendments. I wrote to both of my senators, and I finally got a response from Senator Salazar.

The US Senate has just finished voting on Senate Amendment 3907, also known as the retroactive immunity amendment. The purpose of this amendment was to remove immunity from telecoms for “certain assistance provided to the Government.”

Several years ago, I worked for a small software shop. The company had gone through its number of growing pains, but seemed to be well established by the time I joined. Time would prove me wrong, and also give me some things to remember if ever I start my own small business.

OK. Time for what may turn out to be nothing more than a conspiracy theory, but is very ominous looking at the present.

Depending on which reports you read, anywhere from four to five undersea communications cables have been “compromised”.

I’ve never really been a devoted Simpsons fan. I’ll watch it when it’s on, but I don’t go out of my way to see it.

About two years ago I finished a project I’d been working on for a while – a CD lamp. I think it turned out pretty well. It’s garnered a fair amount of attention, and I’ve planned on making another one someday – especially since I didn’t capture any of the construction process when I made it.

I’m sure anybody who has Guitar Hero III for the Wii has heard by now that Activision screwed up, and the disc shipped with a mono-only soundtrack. Not too long ago, Activision activated a web page where GH 3 owners could enter their information so they could start the process of getting a replacement disk. I dutifully signed up, and received an email from Activision on Friday the 18th giving me an update: