May 2007
55 posts
Gelateria del Duomo →
Happiness in a cup. So good, you’ll even forgive them for having a Flash site.
dieter: enter the dragon is on. yesssss. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: now how can I be expected to work when From Russia With Love is on? (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: life is good. (via Twitter / dieter)
Miles is something of an Amazon fan.
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(via potatos, everybody!)
dieter: just turned down an offer from Digg. have I said “holy crap” lately? (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: day is drawing out like a shiv in the exercise yard. take THAT, Bulwar-Lytton. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: my favorite line from GoDaddy so far: “Well, I know that Ruby is part of Perl.” (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: on the phone with GoDaddy tech support. Stand back, ladies - genius at work. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: thinking of renaming “who wants to be a millionaire” to the snappier and far more accurate “idiot.” (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: best spam subject line of the day: “turbo penis.” (via Twitter / dieter)
Best plate evar.
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(via potatos, everybody!)
dieter: l:apple store, picking out accessories for the NEW new MacBook Pro. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: coldfusion is the anti-rails (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: so I use Skype - every time somebody else logs in, I get a Growl message that says “John came online.” And EVERY time, I snicker. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: just turned down an offer to move to Seattle and work for Amazon. holy crap. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: wow. to cancel your monster.com account, you have to CALL them. geez. (via Twitter / dieter)
Re-Imagineering: Starry Eyed Optimism →
The future looks bright for WDI for a change. GREAT news.
dieter: _really_ trying to stay motivated to do my old job when I’m completely stoked about the new one coming up. (via Twitter / dieter)
Wire & Twine →
LOVING this store. Something about the look is kicking my ass.
(plop * 2) + (fizz * 2)
So I was raised to believe that, when we make a change in our lives, the universe has a way of stepping up and making sure we mean it. The word for this is chemicalization, inspired by the “chemical” reaction that takes place when some good ideas get thrown in the mix with the same old crap that heretofore had been shaping one’s life. I always have the mental movie of...
dieter: happiness is spelling “schadenfreude” right on the first try. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: which is in a faster tailspin - the Today show, or Lost? (via Twitter / dieter)
Pingsta →
“Pingsta is a platform that enables internetwork experts to collaborate socially and intellectually.” REALLY interesting stuff, if you nose around a bit.
dieter: ever since signing up with Monster.com, my spam count has tripled. Coincidence? (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: quicksilver kicks ass. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: Waiting an insanely long time for my daughter to try on clothes. Shape of things to come. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: completely stoked. (via Twitter / dieter)
Top 10 Mac OS X tweaks →
Lifehacker does it again. Good stuff.
dieter: skype job interview. welcome to the future, mr. randolph. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: getting ready for a huge interview. fingers crossed, if you please… (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: I think that many job recruiters are genuinely interested in helping people find work, and I salute them. Others, though, are quite insane. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: using JoCo songs to test changes to the new music player. never thought I’d get sick of 25 or 64. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: wondering when twitter will end its nonworkination phase. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: test post (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: which stage of grief is the one where you’re just kind of pissed off and want more coffee? (via Twitter / dieter)
Authentic Jobs →
If you’re looking for a job (like me), this looks like a good place to start digging.
Life moves pretty fast.
So it’s been a while since my last posting — I’d love to say that the primary reason for my radio silence has been that I’ve had nothing to bitch about; up until this morning, that was the case. Today, though, I got an email from my new boss asserting that the development work that they need to get done is not, in fact that kind of development work for which they...
dieter: Shit. Looking for a job. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: You know you married well when your wife asks for a domain name as part of her mother’s day present. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: @thomas prototype’s not THAT bad, but bloat inelegance me being finicky = bad vibes. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: prototype gives me rectal itch. grandma taught me to hand-carve my code. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: forgotten how much fun RoR is. bad ass. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: tumblr makes me all smiley. contemplating dropping my vox account. (via Twitter / dieter)
Magic Kindom as a Google Map →
Bad-ass mashup.
dieter: could Dustin Diamond be MORE of an ass? (via Twitter / dieter)
Rounding Corners in the Gimp →
Sometimes the simplest stuff is the best - the second solution kicks bootay.
dieter: thank jebus for Google cache - the site I need for documentation keeps going down. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: every day, I hate Nickelback a little bit more. (via Twitter / dieter)
dieter: A trip to Disney in the summer will definitely help you get rid of any lingering body issues. (via Twitter / dieter)