Chixe

I got bored of the survey 1/3 in.. I guess my type is ADD

A while ago I was looking into effects of large quantities of coffee, and wrote about it - Death by Coffee - what’s your Programming Drink?

Apparently 34 tall cups of Starbucks coffee are deadly. I tend to believe that, as a close friend of mine has nearly overdosed on caffeine. Still, I continue to enjoy coffee in a (loose) moderation. It's not without benefits.

Coffee and other drinks containing caffeine help students consistently score higher on tests.

It's the realization of the difference between what I could be doing, and what I want to be doing. The decision was to drop my major of study, and start the pursuit of another. Have not been looking back since ;)

Hawk of AppleGeeks weights in on the job posting:

I'm pretty sure that Mike, and JPhill, and myself were all thinking about that particular job posting that has surfaced recently. There's just too much of a coincidence.

So it's actually $240K and 6 or 12 months.

I just don't understand why a military base in Iraq requires an AJAX developer, let alone on-site.

With so much stuff on it, your laptop should have been free ;)

re: disciplinary action - there's this "co-op" student housing (not associated with University), where the rent is lowered via getting students to perform chores (like cleaning up after themselves in common areas, and attending meetings), and fining them for.. not. Umm... yeah, good call on moving out.

I administer my computer science forums - CompSci.ca, and also get private messages asking for help all the time. My standard response is to have the user post problems and questions as a new thread in the proper "Help " section. The standard board rules are to never give out full solutions (userbase is mostly high school / University level), but assist with having the users ultimately figure things out (and thus learn) on their own.

well that was the intent ;)

What if one, hypothetically speaking, is self-employed? O_o

@Gnorb - thx, I'll look into it :)

I do enjoy hanging out at a coffee shop, ether with friends, coworkers, or meeting stange people from the internet (heh, really). And I imagine that I'd like to just sit there for a while with a laptop, blogging or otherwise.. though I haven't had a chance to do that yet.

Though while at it, does anyone have any healthier alternatives to coffee? Leave me a comment, I'm hoping of not developing an immunity before I really start to need my caffeine for exams!

One thing I would want to do if money was to fall from the sky is to get a bunch of iRobot kits and start hosting Robot Programming competitions. Donate excess money to the participating schools for resources.

It could be really cool - come in with your own microcontroller, plug it into the base, and you've got a dozen robots running around in teams! A bunch of people at my University are excited about the idea of forming a club. And I know that a lot of highschool "engineering" courses use really outdated PCs as a giant battery with a programmable switch... but those programs are usually limited to flashing LED lights and are fairly dull.

Now to just find the money...

Well I've started out with running my own forum, but since the community matured and became self-sustained, I've started looking for a new venture.. at some point blogging just *clicked*

When I'm away from my Mac and _have_ to use someone else's Windows box, I feel so dirty... :( I usually end up just checking my email and quickly leaving to find something else to do.

20 days? Try 20 hours! I have a problem :(