Flying sucks! Some times you come across an article in which the author just points something out that you can relate to completely. Such is the case with the article that Otto Stern from The Register wrote about flying and the open source community.It has been written in a humoristic way and at the same time he points out the funny relationship between flying and software (open source to be exact). I am going to quote the funniest part here. (some parts have been edited to shorten them) (…)I’m after progress, while these others are happy to wallow in the […]
A trip down memory lane: “crashed roses”
FedEx down My collegue reminded me last week of an incident that took place back in July 2002 when we worked together the first time at my old job at (then) VGM. For whatever the reason was (I can’t remember: I guess I’m getting Alzheimers), I ordered a dozen red roses online with 1-800-Flowers for my girlfriend Carrie. Since it was an overnight delivery it was going to be handled by FedEx. As usual I got a tracking number so I could see where the package was. I always liked this feature and the way you can see where your […]