Archives for May 2008
Spot the Programmer
Ras, Zeff and I were at the Sports Arena during lunchtime. (It’s called Sports Arena but people go there for lunch). To liven things up, I said to Zeff, “Let’s play a guessing game - spot the programmer.”
Then I saw a nerdy-looking guy at the drinks counter. “OK, what do you think,” I asked Zeff, […]
ClearType and Programming Fonts
I’d been hearing all sorts of hype about ClearType, but each time I turn it on, I feel like there’s something wrong with my eyes. Everything looks blurry.
Turns out that ClearType needs tuning. This article in PC World showed me how to tune ClearType using Microsoft’s ClearType Tuner.
Now the fonts on my screen look soft […]
FAD
Here’s an acronym that’s music to a developer’s ears: FAD (functioning as designed).
It usually arises due to something that QA thinks is a defect, but actually isn’t. So if it’s FAD then nothing is broken; nothing needs to be fixed.
Or, to put it another way: “it’s not a bug, it’s a feature!”
I Hate Monopolies
I really hate monopolies.
On Saturday night I couldn’t access the Internet because Streamyx in my area was down.
This morning on the Playhouse Disney Channel, Bob the Builder was in Mandarin. When I called Astro, after asking me to check my decoder’s settings, they put me on hold and finally told me that they had a […]
