Twitter: 2014-03-31 Mon 04:39

When you have coffee, all things are possible.

Twitter: 2014-03-31 Mon 09:06

I have things to do but I also have other things to do. A dilemma.

Twitter: 2014-03-31 Mon 09:28

Oh nice. It looks like my hobby project may turn into a paying contract. With money, even!

Twitter: 2014-03-31 Mon 10:35

If your code doesn’t run clean under ruby -w then you’ve got some explaining to do.

Twitter: 2014-03-31 Mon 10:37

Clarification. If your Ruby code doesn’t run clean under ruby -w then you’ve got some explaining to do.

Twitter: 2014-03-31 Mon 12:38

Stupid razzinfrazzin ORMs. Get outta my way.

Pulls out Perl and DBI. Again.

Twitter: 2014-03-31 Mon 14:55

First pass of plausible fake data for hobby app done. Added a Rake task & used faker gem.

Twitter: 2014-03-31 Mon 16:45

Found

https://github.com/marak/Faker.js/

because @matthewhughes asked about data faker tools for nodejs & I hated not knowing.

Twitter: 2014-03-31 Mon 23:02

Me: isn’t Snapchat naked selfies? Why would I do that to the world?

Friend: No. Just your friends.

Me: WHY WOULD I DO THAT TO MY FRIENDS?

Twitter: 2014-03-30 Sun 00:42

Data anonymization takes a long time if you get all artsy - with plausible names and such.

Twitter: 2014-03-30 Sun 07:44

Anonymizer script wrote to production db. Well ain’t that lovely. Glad I made a backup.

Twitter: 2014-03-30 Sun 08:36

Well, one thing I’ve learned from that Ruby anonymizing script: I’m really good at Perl.

Twitter: 2014-03-30 Sun 09:39

Well that fixer script is getting pushed to github.

Twitter: 2014-03-30 Sun 10:33

Tonight I’ll look at library I broke my database with, see if the problem is them - code or documentation - and see if I can submit a fix.

Twitter: 2014-03-30 Sun 15:53

I accept that I have written all today’s useful code. Time to go stalk crows or something.

Twitter: 2014-03-29 Sat 10:48

“Funny thing about weekends when you’re unemployed: they don’t mean quite so much, except you get to hang out with your working friends.”

Twitter: 2014-03-29 Sat 11:12

Oh nice. Deadline to sign up under affordable care act for April 1 coverage was the 23rd. I was let go on the 24th. deep sigh

Twitter: 2014-03-29 Sat 12:31

Since we can & have immediate need, I wonder if we should go straight to provider & buy insurance there.

Twitter: 2014-03-29 Sat 14:52

Went through the health coverage application process. No Marketplace stuff, since we’re unlikely to get a subsidy. Back to job hunt stuff.

Twitter: 2014-03-29 Sat 15:12

Now I will write some Ruby code. Don’t worry. It’s for a good cause: employment.

Twitter: 2014-03-29 Sat 16:26

SEATTLE WEATHER UPDATE

Hoooly crap actual lightning need new underwear.

Twitter: 2014-03-29 Sat 16:34

These are the closest lightning blasts in a while. #Ravenna

Twitter: 2014-03-29 Sat 19:12

Rails 4 + strong params + paperclip = me being confused and annoyed.

Twitter: 2014-03-28 Fri 05:48

Okay time to stop trying to fix com.apple.sleep.failure issues and start writing code to impress prospective employers.

Twitter: 2014-03-28 Fri 06:09

David Trampier, icon of early D&D cartooning & illustration, is dead :-(

http://greyhawkgrognard.blogspot.com/2014/03/rip-dave-trampier.html

Twitter: 2014-03-28 Fri 06:42

David Trampier’s Wormy comics, collected by a fan:

https://sites.google.com/site/wormycollected/Home

Twitter: 2014-03-28 Fri 12:19

Laid out my coding plan for the day & then had to do two hours of errands. Okay now I’ll start following the coding plan.

Twitter: 2014-03-28 Fri 19:26

Getting real tired of hibernate crashing the MacBook Air.

Twitter: 2014-03-28 Fri 21:02

This has not been a great day for intentional focus.

Twitter: 2014-03-28 Fri 21:53

Twitter break until I can type properly.

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 04:33

Got coffee and a multicolored assortment of technical pens. I’m ready for the day.

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 05:28

Thought I wanted to anonymize data from hobby project for plausible demo data, but still too easy to dig up info. Using Data::Faker instead.

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 06:20

You know what’s cooler than a trillion records of big data? 56,000 rows in a thing I wrote for one small nonprofit. They’re using it.

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 07:12

Eh I’ll stop retweeting @RonJeffries and just set an appointment to get his tweets tattooed to my arm.

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 10:46

headache phone calls already headache very talking much words still headache ow

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 11:37

This time when interviewer asked if I had questions, I did ask about FOSS contributions. They told me about their patches & packages. \o/

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 13:15

I can bikeshed just fine on my own.

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 14:12

No really. One man bikeshed. Wrote 500 words of a blog post. Froze on “what language will I use for the code?” That was 4 hours ago.

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 17:13

TODO: crush my nuts. Done

TODO: stop being twelve. Resolved as WONTFIX

Twitter: 2014-03-27 Thu 20:22

I’m “way behind on memes” old.

Twitter: 2014-03-26 Wed 04:48

Learning. Most of JavaScript’s ickiness is in its operators. Everything else is just different.

Twitter: 2014-03-26 Wed 07:33

Remember that security counts when you lose an employee. No not escort to the door, but access to email, project tools, source code, etc.

Twitter: 2014-03-26 Wed 07:36

Ayup. RT @munin: @brianwisti And those accesses should be revoked BEFORE the employee leaves. Especially if it’s not voluntary.

Twitter: 2014-03-26 Wed 12:58

Either way, I get to take it off my TODO list. RT @LIFECOACHERS: Don’t fuck up. Never mind, too late.

Twitter: 2014-03-26 Wed 14:19

“I have attached my resume for your amusement.”

Wait. No. That sounds not right.

Twitter: 2014-03-26 Wed 20:12

Feeling the kind of old where I want to listen to Nirvana “Bleach” now.

Twitter: 2014-03-25 Tue 04:49

Got caffeine and a reasonable amount of motivation. The day has permission to begin.

Twitter: 2014-03-25 Tue 06:42

Take Mrs. to work.

Twitter: 2014-03-25 Tue 08:08

Breakfast burrito breath. Bleah.

Twitter: 2014-03-25 Tue 10:29

Pondering which would take more work: upgrading my Rails app & its dependencies to Rails 4.x, or calling it “prototype” for a new project.

Twitter: 2014-03-25 Tue 12:32

It would probably be in my best interest to clean something today.

Twitter: 2014-03-25 Tue 14:29

Responded to a recruiter email over the weekend w/ “thank but getting into new job.”

Email today “when’s it end?”

Funny thing about that.

Twitter: 2014-03-25 Tue 19:49

Saw an ad for a personal hair removal laser. Got excited. Wife asked where I would get the shark.

She sees me.

Twitter: 2014-03-25 Tue 20:48

Okay I’m caught up on this Community thing the kids have been talking about. Enjoyable.

Twitter: 2014-03-25 Tue 22:21

New book to read: “The Killing Moon” by @nkjemisin.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 04:49

Dreamed I was lying in bed waiting for the alarm to go off. Got bored & got up, then realized the waiting bit was sleep. #boringdreams

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 06:18

Community is full of jokes that would be less funny if you explained the references. It’s a true test of character.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 08:10

I have discovered that Google apps on a Kindle are like the Cygwin experience: just good enough to remind you how much better it should be.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 09:01

It’s not the open floorplan that bothers me. It’s that I have to sit and try to chain thoughts together while sounds are happening.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 12:20

“@bahamas10_: what i love about javascript: no one hates it more than the people who like it.” Another similarity to Perl.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 12:53

It’s Black Monk Time again.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 14:00

Okay nobody say ANYTHING. I almost figured out where to put the one method call that fixes this bug.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 14:05

DAMMIT SOMEBODY SNEEZED AND THE WHOLE CODE STACK IN MY HEAD UNROLLED.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 14:11

Even the dangerous thrashing about? RT @ultrasaurus: advice to senior developers: “teach your approach to learning” –@7maples @ClojureWest

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 16:30

Me: “I have mail from @perlfoundation!” Mrs.: “Are you under arrest by the Perl police?”

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 16:58

I wonder if “now on medication” is worth adding as a bullet point to a resumé?

Probably not. Though it does make a difference in the work.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 17:26

Treated my recent JavaScript studies the way I did Perl a while back. Now I like the language & hate everyone’s code. Mission accomplished.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 17:34

Acquaintance said his CS son needed tips for success in tech.

Work regular hours. Sleep. Mind your teeth.

Felt like Cohen the Barbarian.

Twitter: 2014-03-24 Mon 18:07

All righty then. Let the job hunting commence.

Twitter: 2014-03-23 Sun 13:39

There are some bits where it’s creepy how much JavaScript acts like Perl. arguments vs. @_ for example.

Twitter: 2014-03-23 Sun 15:35

Ah the random treasure table of the local minimart. Found: Epsom salt, shower cap. Not found: ice tea.

Twitter: 2014-03-23 Sun 17:02

I see a lot of object literals in JavaScript code. It’s a variant of “Oh just put it all in a hash. That’s easy.”

Twitter: 2014-03-23 Sun 21:51

Firmly in #firstworldproblems but digital static is annoying. I miss when it was snow & fuzz rather than jaggies & sound hiccups.

Twitter: 2014-03-23 Sun 23:46

Sat down to read another chapter of “Kingdom of the Gods” by @nkjemisin and 2 hours later I’m done with the book and I liked it.

Twitter: 2014-03-22 Sat 11:40

I feel terrible. This morning I mansplained something. Apologized & will pay closer attention in the future.

Twitter: 2014-03-22 Sat 20:30

Movie time soon. Grand Budapest Hotel. First, commercials.

Twitter: 2014-03-22 Sat 23:45

I tell you what, you gotta be real careful looking up some dude named “Dick Wolf” on the internet.