These are a few of my favorite things.
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This will be my 3rd BarCampOrlando. The first year we went, Adam actually got up and held an impromptu discussion about making technology more accessible to non-tech people. I’ve yet to do a presentation, but I’m hoping to have some awesome idea come to me in the next few weeks.
FlashDevelopForum!Marcela Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:36 pm
I signed up for the FlashDevelop forums 2 years ago and haven’t had the need to post anything until today.
When I submitted my post, it prompted me on whether or not I would like to include my signature. By default, this option was checked and I left it checked because I don’t usually fill in the signature portion of my forum profiles.
I guess that day in January I wasn’t my normal self and that’s what I filled in.
No regrets, I think the advice still holds up.
Fun exercise for the coders that read this blog. Roll call?
Super Mario Bros. Wii should come with a list of divorce lawyers in your area.
True story: I once threw Adam into a spiked rod and he threatened divorce. OK, by “divorce” I mean “never to play with me again.”
Two days ago, I signed myself and a co-worker up for team AS3. With only ten hours to go, I’m currently the only chick on the list.
It doesn’t matter that I’ve been programming since the ninth grade, or the fact that I’ve been a gainfully-employed programmer for about eight years. I still have major insecurities about being a female coder. It doesn’t help that the two languages I mostly deal with (ColdFusion and ActionScript) are laughed at by the rest of the programming world.
When I told my co-worker that we’d be going up against people using Ruby and C#, he laughed dismissively and said “Don’t worry, we’ll show them AS3 is a real language.” I admire his cockiness, but I wonder how much of it is based in naiveté.
Wish us luck!
Ok computer, you win. I’ll archive my old files.
I have no idea where they go though…
Judge B, responding to a pop-up on his computer (via overheardincourt)
I know I “do computers” for a living, but I still have no idea where my archived emails go; nor do I care.
“That’s right,” Kristof wrote. “He put a very limited list of invalid extensions in a string, and then made sure that the extension of the uploaded file was not in that list.”
He added, “when I asked my colleague what would happen if someone uploaded a .doc file or a .pdf file, he replied ‘Oh yeah, you’re right… I should add those to the list as well!’ I was stupefied.”
I’m stupefied as to how people like that ever become programmers. One of the most basic necessities of the occupation is the ability to think logically. Where is the logic in this? I need to understand how this guy thought he was performing the task correctly.
This will drive me crazy for the next week or so.
Remember that scene in Grey’s Anatomy a few weeks back? The one where Dr. Shepherd scrubbed in for spinal surgery and then just stared at the dude’s exposed spine for 10 hours.
Yeah, I just had that happen on a much smaller scale… and with code.
I think Tomorrow!Marcela will be better equipped to handle the task.
(via avocadosalad)
Hello, my name is Marcela; I’m 27, and I’m wearing Velcro shoes while I laugh at this graph.
Adam, giving feedback on the project I did for him.
We were both wary of working together on this project. And actually, I’d turned it down, but he couldn’t find anyone else to do it so the guilt kicked in and here we are.
This makes everything—the fights, the late nights, the stress—completely worth it. It reminds me that while I sometimes dream of leaving this field and becoming a teacher, I’m right where I’m supposed to be.
