I suffer from a common and debilitating condition commonly referred to as NEM: Not Enough Money! NEM imposes all sorts of conditions and hardships on its victims. In my case NEM limits my lens lust. Without NEM I would have warehouses full of the finest cameras and lenses but as a lowly NEMite I am … Continue reading Lens Lust
Laws or Suggestions
Henry Waxman The other day while torturing myself with CNN I heard Henry Waxman, that living argument for congressional term limits, tell us that the new, all singing and dancing, US health care bill would not fund abortions or pick up the tab for illegal immigrants. Maybe Henry is telling the truth, hey it could … Continue reading Laws or Suggestions
Fake Programming
I have been a fake programmer for a long time. A fake programmer is someone who writes software to crush personal irritants. Fake programmers are not hackers; they don't enjoy the process of software creation; they don't work for the man and they make piss poor cubicle dwellers. Fake programmers detest industry standards and will … Continue reading Fake Programming
What’s In it for Facebook?
Facebook is huge: they brag about a user count well north of one hundred million. If only 0.5% of their users are active that's 500,000 concurrent users. That is a large number. How many expensive servers does it take to support such a load? How much does Facebook shell out for bandwidth? What does it … Continue reading What’s In it for Facebook?
