It’s funny how my computer purchase cycles seem to mirror Microsoft’s OS release cycles. I’ve had an XP machine, a Vista machine, and now—as of last week—I own a Windows 7 machine. I bought the first two within months of the OS release, but managed to hold out on Windows 7 for more than a …

Oh Google, you disappoint me. A few months ago, all of a sudden, I noticed I wasn’t getting my normal 100 hits per Google query anymore. Instead, I always got 10. I’d go into my search settings, change it from 10 to 100, click save, and get that good ol’ fashioned “Your preferences have been …

Good electronica is so hard to find these days. Back in 2000 I was up to my eyeballs in unbelievably awesome, ground breaking electronica. Now it’s like panning for gold; you just want to hug everyone within a five mile radius when you finally find a good nugget. Well, here’s my most recent gold nugget. …

I just lost 60 minutes of my life… and I’m never getting it back. About a year ago my dad asked me to write him an Excel addin that would shuffle some data around, do some minor aggregations, yadda yadda yadda. Nothing major. Being the good son I am, I got started right away. Gosh, …

Interviewing. Bleh. Everyone hates it. Doesn’t matter which side of the table you’re on, it’s not fun. For a while my previous employer—let’s call them SuperMega Financial, Inc*—had me assessing candidates’ VBA/Excel skills. I didn’t choose who would be brought in, but my thumbs down meant No Hire. It was an eye-opening experience. Even though …