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Care and maintenance of Hamsters. Progress in getting Sean to stop wearing that Mankini on visits. Answers to CCC's about a week in advance. Winning lottery numbers for next weekend. That sort of thing...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
OriginalGriff wrote:
Progress in getting Sean to stop wearing that Mankini on visits.
I found my mankini whilst tidying up my bedroom on Saturday. Getting both testicles in one at the same time is no mean feat I can assure you.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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You're asking for the impossible. Sean is a man not easily swayed.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Sean is a man not easily swayed.
Last time, he was swayed out of his head[^] [43% SFW / not for feint hearts or delicate stomachs]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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...but not bugs... new features... and I think the bug list disappeared too, don't know where it's at now... :doh:
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Care and maintenance of Hamsters. Progress in getting Sean to stop wearing that Mankini on visits. Answers to CCC's about a week in advance. Winning lottery numbers for next weekend. That sort of thing...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Waitaminute... he asked for the list of future features, not the current ones! :laugh:
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OriginalGriff wrote:
getting Sean to stop wearing that Mankini
Did I miss some thread of some sort ?
It is a long established tradition that, should you be elivated to MVP, Sean visits lubed up in his mankini[^]. No one knows why, it's not as if he's paid to do it. :~
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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It is a long established tradition that, should you be elivated to MVP, Sean visits lubed up in his mankini[^]. No one knows why, it's not as if he's paid to do it. :~
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
So it's kinda a hazing ritual to make sure you're really committed?
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So it's kinda a hazing ritual to make sure you're really committed?
Hazy. Definitely hazy. Pete woke up in Brighton wearing a Sunderland shirt and a smile after his visit. :-D
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Hazy. Definitely hazy. Pete woke up in Brighton wearing a Sunderland shirt and a smile after his visit. :-D
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
But the important question, how'd JSOP take it?
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I don't blog that much because I've been doing this so long that it seems obvious to me (and by extension, the rest of the Universe) what we do here and what's happening. However, on reflection, it seems this may be over-estimating the mind reading abilities of everyone and under-estimating the obviousness of it all. If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I'd like to see you blog about:
- Major changes (e.g., new hires, moving to new hardware).
- Upgrade post-mortems (e.g., upgrading to SQL Server 2008, what problems you had, how you'll avoid them next time or a philosophy of why they were tolerable).
- History behind decisions (e.g., using a textarea rather than a richtext editor for forum messages, to bring about the Lounge and related areas of the site).
- Infamous days (e.g., the day you decided to implement the konami code on the reputation page).
- How you solved longstanding problems (e.g., the reputation graph periodically going missing).
- Why you are different (e.g., than Stack Overflow).
- What motivates you (e.g., to interact with members every day).
- The philosophy of your processes (e.g., how you prioritize).
- Future plans (e.g., restructuring site).
- Journeys (e.g., the evolution of Bob, Code Project over time, members who have come and stayed or gone, types of members over time).
Somebody in an online forum wrote:
INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
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I don't blog that much because I've been doing this so long that it seems obvious to me (and by extension, the rest of the Universe) what we do here and what's happening. However, on reflection, it seems this may be over-estimating the mind reading abilities of everyone and under-estimating the obviousness of it all. If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
Your bike rides and tips.
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I don't blog that much because I've been doing this so long that it seems obvious to me (and by extension, the rest of the Universe) what we do here and what's happening. However, on reflection, it seems this may be over-estimating the mind reading abilities of everyone and under-estimating the obviousness of it all. If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
There are a bazillion (wait... let me count... yup, a bazillion) blogs out there that pontificate about software development and web site management. Rather than dry tutorials or Why I Design Web Sites This Way And You Should Too, I would be more interested in specific anecdotes about issues here at CP, and how you addressed them. There's an interesting meta-quality to CP, since it's a web site that, among other things, helps guide others in building web sites. I'd also be interested in accounts of how you deal with the social issues of a global site. It seems you've spent a lot of effort in making the site as self-governing as possible. That's affected site design and its evolution. Finally, I'd really like to see a rationale for abandoning the HP iPaq server farm. I always thought that was a cool idea.
Software Zen:
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Chris Maunder wrote:
If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
Your bike rides and tips.
I've a mind to delete my post in favor of yours. I don't know if my ego could take it though, given the reports I have seen of Mr. Maunder's rides.
Software Zen:
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I don't blog that much because I've been doing this so long that it seems obvious to me (and by extension, the rest of the Universe) what we do here and what's happening. However, on reflection, it seems this may be over-estimating the mind reading abilities of everyone and under-estimating the obviousness of it all. If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
About everything that makes CP what it is today! Hamsters, BACON, CListCtrl, Salma Hayek... Perhaps you could reflect on some of the issues that are playing on CP that day/week. Like in the CP newsletter where there are two links to CP posts, except that has no comments or opinions on the matter. Maybe something that happened at CP HQ that is rather funny (like databases crashing, ReferenceNullExceptions... The stuff you will laugh about in a year or... 10) ;) I would not make it a technical blog. There are enough of those already.
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{}
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But the important question, how'd JSOP take it?
Bert Mitton wrote:
But the important question, how'd JSOP take it?
With extreme prejudice.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I don't blog that much because I've been doing this so long that it seems obvious to me (and by extension, the rest of the Universe) what we do here and what's happening. However, on reflection, it seems this may be over-estimating the mind reading abilities of everyone and under-estimating the obviousness of it all. If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Looks like a good idea! to me Like others have pointed out, I like to read about following stuff.
What is in the development at CP ?
What challanges you have faced, and how do you resolved them ?
What technology choice you have made and why ?
Major decisions on software and hardware.
Major bug fixes, and how you fixed them (if solution is trickey).
What's going on, social stuff with few pictures. (like those atricle about your Microsoft visit, not you working nude on your Mac)
Thoughts on new technology.
Tools / Web applications you like.
Weekly statistics post, everyweek's top contributors, top atricle, message counts, etc...
Twits about the new posts in the blog, so that we have something to follow on twitter.
Interviews with tech celebrities/members.I like Codeing Horror and Scott Hanselman style blog.
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I don't blog that much because I've been doing this so long that it seems obvious to me (and by extension, the rest of the Universe) what we do here and what's happening. However, on reflection, it seems this may be over-estimating the mind reading abilities of everyone and under-estimating the obviousness of it all. If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
Rugby bryce
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I don't blog that much because I've been doing this so long that it seems obvious to me (and by extension, the rest of the Universe) what we do here and what's happening. However, on reflection, it seems this may be over-estimating the mind reading abilities of everyone and under-estimating the obviousness of it all. If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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There's way too much competition on the cat blogging scene. I'd be intimidated.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I don't blog that much because I've been doing this so long that it seems obvious to me (and by extension, the rest of the Universe) what we do here and what's happening. However, on reflection, it seems this may be over-estimating the mind reading abilities of everyone and under-estimating the obviousness of it all. If I were to blog on a regular basis about what's going on, what things would you be most interested in reading about?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Hi Chris, I would like to know the meaning of 'bacon' and 'hamsters,' and how they evolved in CP ... parlance ... uhhh ... argot ? cant ? pidgen ? lingo ? best, Bill
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