Slap shot

All bad. You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know. In a movie full of great dialog, this may be the most overlooked quote of all.

Oldie but goodie

Another from the archives: Too Much Joy – King of Beers [1]. There was a time that this song made it on to any single mix tape I would make, regardless of the intended audience. I liked it that much. [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxcqTk4nwKQ

B E Aggressive

Not even sure why…but this was stuck in my head when I woke up this morning: Baby Cakes – Role Play Tournament [1] [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2XGp5ix8HE

Mockity mock moq

Getting a rare chance to do some serious refactoring and have committed to doing it “right” with TDD. To that end I’ve been introduced to my new friend Moq [1]—a lazy-evaluating object mocking framework. Abstract your objects to interfaces and then create a new Mock object with the interface as its type… and Bob’s your…

What have you done for beer today?

Awesome story ripped from Metafilter [1]. WWII vet learns his gesture has been immortalized in a Belgian town. Makes me smile. …except for the latrine helmet thing. Maybe didn’t need that detail. [1] http://www.metafilter.com/134178/That-time-a-beer-wasnt-just-a-beer

Wastebin

Yet another half a day spent chasing down issues for folks who are using version control. Notice I said ‘using’ not ‘using with a single shred of logic or forethought for what these actions might bring.’ Hence the venting.

Pick up line generator

Girl, you must be a tiger because you are any of various similar wild felines, such as the jaguar, mountain lion, or lynx. Courtesy of the You Must Be [1] pick up line generator. I love these kinds of things. [1] http://tinysubversions.com/stuff/youMustBe/

Tarred

Is this the part of the day where I remark on how tired I am, that I’m not particularly keen on the idea of going into work today, that one of the drawbacks to dogs is their unwillingness to be litter trained, and that Oxford commas are the bomb? If so, you can pretty much…