Archives for January 2009
The Inaugural Address
Come on. Who is not stirred by the sight of a young, eloquent, charming, first-non-white U.S. President giving his inaugural address.
Leaders around the world generally have speechwriters inscribe for them. But in this case I would like to believe he wrote it himself. After all, he is the author of a best-selling book.
Reading the text, […]
Contrast
It’s amazing how two brothers, born not two years apart, can be so different.
One is round and one is slim
One is mocha and one is vanilla
One is rambunctious and one is contemplative
One is impulsive and one is methodical
One is tempestuous and one is serene
One is vociferous and one is mellow
One is impervious and one is […]
In the old days
I’m sure every one of us has heard a version of “in the old days”. In the old days, according to my father, roofs were made of nipah, so when it rained, buckets and pails had to be placed all around the house to catch the leaks. In the old days, according to my grandfather, […]
Silvia Upgraded Update
I forgot to mention – putting a Skyline R33 engine (the RB25DET) into a Silvia S14 is straightforward, but not that straightforward. The RB25DET radiator wouldn’t fit into the S14 engine bay. So what Munz did was to put in a radiator from an Evo and a radiator fan from a Mercedes. You know how […]
Centralized Decision List
During the implementation stage of software development there are always edge cases not covered in the functional specifications. What if the data imported from the other system is incomplete? Which user input fields should be made mandatory in the case of unforeseen dependencies? If there is no value for a field, should an empty string […]
