Computing Rule #1 - Never underestimate an ingenious idiot with a user ID. Those who have been in the computer biz for a while have learned that the real problem with computer systems is not the silicon, but the carbon. Meaning...
Computing Rule #6 - If you can't fix it, feature it. And why not? Given that users don't really know what they want (see Computing Rule 3), you have at least a random chance of any bug being exactly what somebody wanted....
Computing Rule #4 - Test environments are for wimps. Look, since we all know you can't really debug anything (see Computing Rule 2), why go to all the trouble to test it? Just load it out into Prod and let the damn...
Computing Rule #2 - Bad code can't be debugged. Neither can good code. Silly programmers. They keep trying all sorts of techniques to create bug-free code - structured, agile, object oriented, and dozens of other coding flavors of the month, all...
Computing Rule #3 - User don't know what they want. But they know for damn sure what they don't want. How many times have you participated in a design session like this? Programmer: How would you like the screen to look?User:...
Computing Rule #5 - Computers run on magical smoke. Never let it out. We're not sure where the computer manufacturers get the Magical Blue Smoke - roasted unicorn horns, maybe? - or how they get it into all those tiny little...
Technicam notitia (the technical bits)
Dimensions - 9" high x 12" wide x 5/8" deep
Solid MDF wood construction
Black built in frame
Pre-drilled hanging slots
Permanently printed with non-toxic, no-fade inks
I love my computer. All my friends live in there. I just hope they don't all have to go to the bathroom at the same time - it's a little crowded. Technicam notitia (the technical bits) Mug holds 17oz /...
If these are just 4 keys on a keyboard to you, you are definitely not a computer gamer. Technicam notitia (the technical bits) Mug holds 17oz / 500ml of your favorite hot or cold beverage. White exterior and interior. Lead...
Back in the days before actual graphics, primitive man had to survive using a character-based interface. There were no pretty pictures, things to click, or anything to click them with. Life was hard back in those days. Even more challenging...
Schrodinger may have been attempting to come to grips with quantum physics, but it turns out his theories on what can and can't be known have application is the mundane world of data backups. It turns out that a lot...
We've grown tired of cutesie coffee mugs bearing images of kittens. We think if you're going to drink a substantial drink, you should do it from a mug with a substantial image. And the coffee we drink is VERY substantial....
Here's an expression of deep Nerd Love that is sure to win the heart of your fellow gamer dude or dude-ette. Clearly, in the world of computer gaming, there is no more useless, forlorn, purposeless object than a controller with...
Men are such wimps. They think it's a "crisis" when the stock price drops a tick, or the warehouse can't find the shipment, or Joe Bob was 10 minutes late, or other such trivialities. You, as a mother, know what a...