I don’t have any friends in China anymore. I met Felix in November of 2009. I was in Shenzhen, China doing business and I met a girl. He was her best friend’s boyfriend. “Felix”, she said ( she pronounced Fell-icks), “Speaks good english. You will like him” And I did. Felix was my archetypal Male …
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labors to others, Hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, Have patience and indulgence toward the people, Take off your hat to nothing …
Youtube: Youku: Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and creates a universe for them to describe? Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry. We shoudn’t …
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Man they send me an email for every job in the world. My skills area on my resume mentions that I have novice PHP abilities. So CyberCoders sends me CTO and Director Of Technology jobs. Nice filtering. Their tagline is “Be Selective”. By selective they mean email everyone in their job database I guess. When …
Click Dale Carnegie’s Book to download the PDF eBook. Some people might read this site and think that i’m a negative person, and often when people meet me after only reading this site they’re disappointed that i’m not some acidic ball of hate who complains about the world and everything in it. I’m actually a pretty positive …
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In all likelihood it’s just the connection between the sensor that sits in the middle of the shifter and the automatic transmission. This sensor will cause the Check Engine and Check Gearbox lights to come on simultaneously. Your Saab will also drive really slow and you’ll probably be afraid your transmission went out or is …
by crackpipe This is only a small-scale example, but give me a break, Yahoo. How about one line: “Thanks, we’ll pass it on to quality control.”? Security policies help prevent some threats at the cost of slowing down processes and adding additional, potentially annoying, layers. It’s worth it when it’s necessary. So often lately, and …
I was inspired to write my opinion on why San Francisco sucks by this post, written by a Twitter Programmer named Alex Payne. I don’t like San Francisco, because as a city, it’s dishonest. We’ve heard about the free-thinking liberalism, the summer of love, the open-mindedness, the marvelous gay influence on the city’s culture— and …
Fellow Misanthropes- Your friend is suddenly moving to Shenzhen, China for a career opportunity. I don’t know what this will mean for Misanthropy Today or for my misanthropy in general. I will likely be starting a blog that will cover my experiences in China, with funny photos and videos. If someone wants to help pick …
(If you’re a regular here and don’t know what .htaccess is, lucky you. Move along to another post.) If you’re reading this you’ve broke your wordpress site and you’re pissed. Relax a little bit. Don’t delete anything. Don’t call customer support. I will solve your problem. You may have noticed that a Google search yielded …