Blog of Wade Making Connexions

Posts from March 2006

Posted
28 March 2006 @ 9pm

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Other

Basic Coffeegeek?

As you’d know, I drink a lot of coffee. I enjoy the substance (or maybe that’s just addiction?), as well as the sub-culture that goes along with it.
I’m far from an expert, but over the last year (where I’ve avereaged over 3 cups a day) with the help of the baristas at the [...]


Posted
18 March 2006 @ 5pm

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Other

VW GTI Unique Advertising

When I went shopping for a car, a GTI was the car I was after. I didn’t end up getting a GTI due to the 8 month waiting period (I did end up with a Golf, however).
Since getting my Golf I’ve been seeing videos of VW advertising the MkV GTI.
There’s 2 advertising campaigns, the [...]


Posted
12 March 2006 @ 7pm

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IT

0 - 1 = ?

Validation of error conditions and fence posting of algorithms are what make and break software developers. It’s also what hackers live to find.

From a presentation by a security contractor on campus:
1 bottle of beer on the wall, 1 bottle of beer, you take 1 down, pass it around, 0 bottles [...]


Posted
5 March 2006 @ 7pm

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Design

Money Clip’ed

So for my 5 year farewell @ Xpedite, I got to go shopping for something from the company. Part of what I go was a money clip. A money clip is something I’d always liked the look of but never had a desire or need to purchase. Now it’s not like I [...]