the problem with visual basic programmers...

visual basic programmers are a different breed altogether. i'm not even talking about programming skill because there are a few good ones out there. i'm talking about mentality, social skills and general smell. disclaimer: this is obviously a generalization, if you fall into any one of these categories i'm not necessarily talking about you...well, not just you. ok doug?

for some reason, they believe that programming principles in the microsoft world carry over into every oriface of computer technology. newsflash: drag and drop doesn't necessarily exist in everything. i would have some patience but when you have someone asking for a calendar control for a jsp page, you start questioning who could've possibly hired these people.

next is when you have programmers who discuss the great merits of visual interdev and microsoft frontpage. those people should just be burned like self-proclaimed witches of the early days.

microsoft visual basic programmers need to understand that not everything has a gui interface. i'll be the first to admit that there are a lot of benefits of a gui tool. now that being said, not everything has one. live with it. restarting and starting a service in a unix shell still requires a terminal/ssh client. deal with it.

i could keep going on, but i'll stop now since i want to keep my hate mail to a minimum this month.

that guy...

he never blogs, and when he does blog he makes excuses on how he's manages to find a life outside of the computer. in his defense, he still goes online once in a while to check up on his friends. so it's not all bad i suppose.

you know what's bad though? gossiping about yourself in the third person. yea, almost warrants going to the local mental hospital.

back to...

well, it's back to something this week at least. i must've bought a whole bunch of clothes this long weekend. it almost made it feel like i was going back to school. almost but not quite.

the malls were packed with back to school people fitting in their last minute shopping to look good on the first day back. i was right in the thick of it trying to take advantage of all the sales and the discount.

yay! new clothes.

back to ....

well, it's back to something this week at least. i must've bought a whole bunch of clothes this long weekend. it almost made it feel like i was going back to school. almost but not quite.

the malls were packed with back to school people fitting in their last minute shopping to look good on the first day back. i was right in the thick of it trying to take advantage of all the sales and the discount.

yay! new clothes.

i'm not dead....

... really i'm not dead. i've just found a life outside of blogging. no i'm not giving up on the internet. posts have been infrequent because of the lack of interesting things to post about. so here's a list of interesting tidbits that i've been wanting to blog about aka. i don't have a side blog so this is what you get.

• the canadian netflix clone is here! i know theres been a few local places that try to do what netflix does but this one actually looks pretty good. they also have a huge anime selection. humm gratuitus cartoon fan service.
• aritzia warehouse sales should be avoided by all men. unless, of course, you want a cheap way to commit suicide. i got trampled by 4 teenage girls running for the $4.99 rack.
• butterfly effect was actually pretty good. disturbing and a bit shocking. ashton kutcher should not be allowed to run in any of his movies. he looks very awkward.
• mozilla.org redesigned... blah blah blah. standards compliant? yeap... good. sweet!
• flickr is cool!