Now It Can Be Told

I’m very happy to announce I’ve taken a position at Comcast as a software engineer. This could have been told a couple weeks ago, but I’m always respectful about sharing work matters and will continue to be so.

I can say, at least, that I’ve learned more in the past two weeks then I have in the past year and a half at Philly.com. Which is a shame really. I’m going to miss everyone, and will continue to be rooting for the journalists who, in the end, make everything happen there.

The Stupidist List Of All Time

Head on over to Shannon’s to discuss the stupidity of RollingStone’s piss-poor list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

No Ace? Van Halen way down at 70? Kirk Hammet (who wouldn’t EXIST without Eddie) at 11? Kurt Cobain at 12?!?!? How can he even be on the list?!?! Friggin’ stupid.

Go to Shannon’s to vent.

The VMAs sucked!

Why? Why? WHY?!?!? Why did I let myself think it would be any different then the last few years?

There needs to be a MTV2 Awards show. No – better yet – a real competitor to MTV needs to stand up. There is great music out there – and I’m sure great videos – they deserve to be seen and heard.

Johnny Cash don’t need MTV and it’s a shame that MTV missed a chance to be something more then just advertisement.

Man did it suck. It was like a car wreck. Never – never – never again!

Johnny Cash and the MTV Music Awards

Yahoo!: Johnny Cash May Steal Show at MTV Awards. via saint some days. No video since Metallica’s “One” has been so powerful.

blo.gs or blogrolling.com?

Anyone care to tell me who is better and why? I can see a distinct difference in who is using which. But why?

MuralArts

Philadelphia has more murals then any other city. Nice to find a site to share some of them with you. Pictures do not do them justice. via Metafilter.

It’s 2003! Ever hear of redundancy and failover?

Saying my prayers for those affected by power outage. We have not been hit here in Philly. To have a single point of failure effect so many people is unacceptable and frightening.

Comfortable with Authority

ajc.com: Don O’Briant: Millennials: The Next Generation. Flies in the face of what many think.

Introduction to OOP in Flash and ActionScript

O’Reilly Introduction to OOP in Flash and ActionScript Part 1. Timely.

Flash MX makes it as easy as VB to build GUIs – except they are cross platform – and fast.

via the new dangerousmeta!. Now looking good sporting MovableType. Man oh man I wish I could bring my links back down to one page like that!

Kerry in Cheesesteak Flap

Swiss Cheese? Kerry continues to unimpress.

And hey – Whiz is overrated! If you come to Philly and that is too much, try Provolone or American ok? No one will look at you cross-eyed. Promise.

Good News! Looks like Retired Gen. Wesley Clark is preparing to run!