31 March 2006

SpamCannery

So here's the lame-brained idea that hit me this morning:  Collect all of the email address from which I'm getting spam, and post them on a website.  The idea is that these addresses will get spidered and, hopefully, spammed.  Maybe the website could accept submissions from the public, as well.  Would it work?  Would I get sued?  And is there more coffee?

17 March 2006

So who the hell is Kilroy?

I've just heard "Mr. Roboto" by Styx, and I don't think I'll be able to
eat or sleep until somebody can explain what the song is about. Please
help.

05 March 2006

Get busy readin', or get busy dyin'.

I just finished reading Getting Real today. I drank the 37Signals Kool-Aid a long time ago, but it's nice to get more detail on what makes those dudes tick.

As of right now, 37S is inching up my dream job list; the permanent top spot is taken up by "stay at home," but Pixar, Google, and Apple have all moved down a notch or two, hovering somewhere above "over-pierced barista."

If you haven't read the book yet, make a beeline over to the site and dig the free chapters. After being forced into the wrong way to do it for so long, it's nice to know that there are alternatives that don't involve canonical functional specs, endless meetings about meetings about meetings, and the overall soul-crushing sucktasticality that is the corporate universe.

I need to re-watch The Shawshank Redemption again. Is it good or bad to have hope? I can't remember.