Review of JavaScript Performance Rocks!
Title: JavaScript Performance Rocks! Author: Thomas Fuchs and Amy Hoy This ebook does rock! I’ve been doing various kinds of web development for years and I learned some useful tricks. The book is 107 pages organized into 4 sections: Intro Loadtime Runtime iPhone Each section takes a no-holds-barred approach to the content. My favorite section […]
February 1st, 2009 by alephnaught
A great movie and dinner with a friend
We decided to see “Slumdog Millionaire” yesterday; that movie almost made me cry, its really moving (at least to me). I loved the use of the questions in the game show as the driver of the action and ultimately the plot. And the ending Bollywood sequence even worked for me. You have got to go […]
January 29th, 2009 by electricbob
January 26th, 2009 by alephnaught
My new toy hovercraft!
I ordered a toy hovercraft from Thinkgeek, and I think its really cool! The instructions are in Japanese, but I figured out how to charge it up and make it go. And here’s a video to prove it!
January 25th, 2009 by alephnaught
Basil Likes Gelato!
I little video I shot with my Blackberry of our little schipperke eating some gelato during a break from walking him along Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks.
January 25th, 2009 by alephnaught
Kicking around Sherman Oaks
We decided to take the dog for a window shopping trip on Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks. Aviva got to have her picture taken with President Obama (well, almost). A golf shop was under construction and they had some cool machines inside. And I bought a really cool tee shirt at one of the shops.
January 25th, 2009 by alephnaught
The Filth
Title: The Filth Author: Grant Morrison Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Vertigo (June 1, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 1401200133 ISBN-13: 978-1401200138 I really didn’t like this graphic novel. Its yet another conspiracy story wrapped around a guy that cleans up messes in the universe while his alter-ego has a dying cat (and really likes porn). As […]
January 23rd, 2009 by alephnaught
Scrum Master training
I am now a Certified Scrum Master after attending two days of training down in Costa Mesa. The class was given by Michael James from Danube Technologies. The class was very practical and pragmatic, as befits training for an agile process in my opinion. We learned about the three roles: Product owner Scrum Master Team […]
January 17th, 2009 by alephnaught
Walking around Sherman Oaks
We took the dog for a walk on Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks and I took some pictures…. A very very cool tee shirt I bought at a store on this trip Aviva with President Obama (well, a likeness anyway) A very cool machine in a (future) golf shop
January 13th, 2009 by alephnaught
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
Title: Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Author: Mary Roach Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton (October 2, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393329127 ISBN-13: 978-0393329124 Mary Roach likes to write about things she initially knows nothing about; she must really dig doing research (and meeting some off-kilter folks). Her last book, Stiff, discusses what happens […]
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+Bob Hays
- I'm a father and husband, have two schipperkes, like to read, compose music, travel. And I manage a couple software development teams at DIRECTV.
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February 3rd, 2009 by alephnaught
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