http://www.bitdrift.org/blog A blog by Ryan Probasco Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:51:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not much of a poet, but I have enjoyed writing some haiku during programming breaks at EnticeLabs lately. These three were inspired by the following page: http://www.laputan.org/mud/ Enjoy! rolling, snowballing inescapable praxis big bad ball o' mud === sunlight and raindrops mending holes in the rooftop my shantytown home === tragically tangled illogical labyrinth scripted spaghetti http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=31 You might think that this is some sort of fantasy creature from Dungeons & Dragons--but it's not! It's a drawing of a giant lemur, an animal native to Madagascar that became extinct around 1000 years ago. I found this in an a book called The Beasts That Hide from Man ... http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=29 My old manager at Novell contacted me the other day about moving some web applications to Flex.  He remembered that I became an RIA advocate after I developed a prototype of the GroupWise Instant Messenger using Flex.  The following is taken from an email I wrote to him yesterday explaining ... http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=27 My first niece, Cora, was born on Sunday.  Finally my girls will have a cousin that they can play with when they're older. Megan (Cora's mother), went into the delivery expecting to receive an epidural but was denied because of a low platelet count (which apparently can lead to things like ... http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=26 I looked up this article about Qantas Flight 30 this morning after hearing on the radio that some passengers vomited after exiting the plane.  I should have left it alone at that point, but instead I decided to lookup this arcticle about Alhoa Airlines Flight 243 and saw this scary ... http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=25 As I was reading about the retirement of Bill Gates after a 30-something year career at Microsoft, I also found myself installing Windows on my home desktop for the first time in nearly 8 years.  While most of my friends would probably be shocked to hear this (I've been a ... http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=24 I hate blogging.  It just takes too much time.  But, occasionally, I do get the urge to expose my thoughts to the universe against my better judgment.  So, here it is, once again--my stupid blog. I finally made the decision to leave my comfy job at Novell for the white-knuckle thrill ... http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=19 If you weren't convinced that he was an idiot before make sure you don't miss this article about Kanye West. From the article: In a tirade riddled with expletives, Kanye said he should have won the prize for his video "Touch The Sky," because it "cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was ... http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=11 I finally broke down and bought a nice digital camera (the new Digital Rebel XTi) but I'm quickly discovering that having good equipment only goes so far. On a backpacking trip a few weekends ago I took almost 500 photos and about 50 of them were decent. Of ... http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=10 Good choice, Chris. I've been a big WordPress fan for quite some time now. I think you'll really like it too. ;-) http://www.bitdrift.org/blog/?p=5