Another nifty idea from Google: Mail Goggles
Mail Goggles would prevent you from sending e-mails to ex-girlfriends or boyfriends while drunk on the weekends
Maybe we should have Google takeover Wall Street instead of the Feds.
I miss the Stone Age…
From Popular Mechanics, 100 Skills Every Man Should Know
As usual, way too many people got worked up about how this article relates to men’s and women’s roles. But, I did have to laugh at one of the comments,
So how many of these can each of the presidential and VP candidates do? I think in this case, the best man is a woman! Probably by a long shot.
Okay, now I’m off to start working on new skills.
Someone forwarded me this job opportunity at the headquarters of a famous U.S. government agency in DC and I found the description a bit dramatic and quite funny:
Do you have what it takes to make sense out of 50 years of analog and digital data?
Do you have the technical AND social skills to handle a SQL or Excel problem and attend a high-powered Director’s meeting in the same afternoon?
The world’s premier international volunteer program needs real talent to work in its Strategic Information, Research, and Planning office, the agency’s in-house consultants. Change the world by solving the data challenges of Peace Corps.
Fifty years of analog data in SQL or Excel? Well, that’s enough to make me run for the hills.
Technical and social skills? Well, that’s gonna cost you more than $49k… Speaking of salary, with a range between $49k-$90k, that’s quite a different in experience levels. Do you want someone with 1-3 years experience or 10 years?
“High-powered”? Unless Peace Corps has some other branches I wasn’t aware of, how powerful is the director really?
Changing the world indeed. With a little data organization, maybe we can cut the ridiculous application length from 9-15 months to something a little more acceptable.
However, I was disappointed that they didn’t slip in the latest slogan, “How far will you go?” into the advertisement. Maybe, “How far will you go… 1st normal form? 2nd? 3rd? or will you take it all the way, getting nasty with Boyce-Codd?”
Excel? Seriously?
I found this job posting funny:
Job Title - Gender Expert, Angola
Closing Date - 13 Oct 2008
Organisation - Action Against Hunger-UK
The only requirement is the ability to differentiate between boy parts and girl parts.
PS I’m not looking for a job. I have an awesome job already.
So, Hurricane Hannah is supposed to hit the east coast this weekend, bringing rain and wind. Just in time for the 100-mile C&O Bike Ride! It’ll still be fun, I’ll just be muddy all weekend. When I found out that we had to meet in Georgetown I thought of skipping the whole thing since that means I’ll have to drive into DC, but I decided to suck it up and just enjoy the hour or so in traffic it’ll take to go ten measly miles. Staying at home playing with Oracle for hours and hours would’ve been lame anyway. Plus, I already raised the money and paid for the hotel. I’m excited about staying in the hotel by the way, it’s like a mini-vacation.
I’ll be sure to take plenty of pictures of the muddy mess that it’s sure to be.