http://brainsnorkel.com Manifesto-driven development. Eclectic thoughts. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:20:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oh strange new Internet that has such people in't. The few very hasty blog posts in the last year is a clear indication to y'all that Brainsnorkel is barely registering in my consciousness. I don’t blog about work, and work is hard at the moment. Actually, home is hard too.  To make ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2009/10/30/dear-reader/ There is so much to love about this music video. http://brainsnorkel.com/2009/07/23/yet-another-royksopp-video/ I can't review my new iPhone 3GS. Frankly, I haven't used it enough. I'm still waiting for my old carrier to port my number so I can use it as something more than a very expensive iPod Touch. One of the first things I did after getting it was to ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2009/07/03/iphone-3gs/ This (and the clip that follows) has to be the best Colbert segment for some time. The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cDoom Bunker - Glenn Beck's "War Room"comedycentral.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorNASA Name Contest http://brainsnorkel.com/2009/04/03/doom-bunker/ When I recall very good TV series like Six Feet Under and The Wire I feel could go back and watch the final episode any time for a reminder of the quality of the series and the characters in it. Battlestar Galactica is an excellent TV series, but I ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2009/03/24/battlestar-galactica-a-great-tv-series-ends/ I'm in leadership training.  It's pretty good so far. Notable occurrences: Though the Chris of 2000 was an INFJ, the Chris of 2009 is an ESTP. Abracadabra! The 2x2 leadership analysis grid keeps reminding me of this... http://brainsnorkel.com/2009/02/04/jung-talent-time/ Christmas can be a long day. Hopefully these two YouTube gems will help pass the time. How to fold a T-shirt in 5 seconds: Orange teeth: http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/12/20/two-christmas-gathering-ideas/ It crashes a lot. I've been using Soundbooth to clean up speech from about 10 people recorded in a conference room, on a tiny digital recorder, while it sat next to a projector's fan, under an air-conditioning outlet, in a slightly echoey conference room, open to a common area where people ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/12/13/a-short-review-of-adobe-soundbooth-cs4/ Tomorrow, December 5th 2008, marks the 20th anniversary of my starting work in "the industry." This calls for five minutes of reminiscing. I turned up for my first day of work as a trainee systems programmer at a big Australian bank's EDP department. I recall being more than a ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/12/04/levelling-up/ Regrettably, I don't have an iPhone. I do, however, have iPhone envy. I can tell, because I have dreams about accelerometers and iPhone apps I'd like. Also, I have nightmares about dropping my imaginary iPhone. Given I don't have the necessary equipment to develop an iPhone application, I hereby give ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/11/22/iphone-application-idea/ From the virtual Cecil B. DeMille's of Bennelong. Yes, we're early. But we did let a month go by after Myer put out their decorations. http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/11/16/merry-xmas-2008/ To make sure we catch the thrilling finale to The West Wing, J and I are taking Wednesday (US Tuesday afternoon & night) off from work.  Tragic, we know, but we'd be useless at work and drinking games are frowned upon the day after the Melbourne Cup. I'm sure it won't ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/11/03/democracy/