Author Archives: eric

Water Hazard

Posted on May 24, 2008 by eric

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PICK UP THE PHONE BOOTH AND DIE

Posted on May 24, 2008 by eric

(One of many thought-provoking text adventures by Spatch.) And so you were taken from this place to another place, where you had absolutely no damn idea what it is you’re supposed to be doing. It’s OK, you’ll be all right. … Continue reading →

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Automated Alice

Posted on May 6, 2008 by eric

This book is an honest-to-goodness worthy sequel to Alice in Wonderland. And it even has a plot!!! “These vehicles are horseless carriages.”“How do you know that the carriages are horseless?” asked Alice.“Because they haven’t got any real horses drawing them.”“I … Continue reading →

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NOT DEAD YET

Posted on October 22, 2007 by eric

We just finished with Target Multi-Occasion Lists. That was interesting because I got to work with the Yahoo User Interface library (YUI). What fascinated me the most is how many browser bugs haven’t been abstracted away yet. We ran into … Continue reading →

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My first open-mic standup in 10 years.

Posted on May 11, 2007 by eric

Listen if you dare … my 3-minute comedy set went okay but I really pandered by creating a 2-dimensional self-parody.

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Oscars? Feh.

Posted on March 3, 2007 by eric

This is why I love being off the media "grid": I didn’t even know about the Academy Awards until after the ceremony. People arguing the merits of movies I’ve never seen, actors I wouldn’t recognize, and prom dresses I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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it’s been raining

Posted on November 10, 2006 by eric

My mom called yesterday morning to ask how I was. Has it been raining where you are? Yes, I told her, it had been sprinkling for the last few days. My boss has been working from home and it just … Continue reading →

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we launched Timex!

Posted on October 28, 2006 by eric

Now it can be told. For the last 5 months I’ve been working with the development team on the new Timex website. We launched on Tuesday afternoon [EDIT: October 24, 2006] at 4:00 pm Pacific time, and it was kind … Continue reading →

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More about CSS

Posted on October 18, 2006 by eric

I’ve changed my mind about the CSS on our site. It was explained to me that the move to CSS was such a major paradigm shift for our organization that everyone is to be congratulated on how well it turned … Continue reading →

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Down in the Software Mines

Posted on October 4, 2006 by eric

So my dad, he sez, how’s it goin? And I’m like hmmm.Haven’t updated the weblog in a while. We are launching a merchant site in about 2 weeks, so we’re doing all the typical last-minute bug fixes. Everyone seems to … Continue reading →