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Code Retreat

Adam — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:36:46 +0000

Here are just a couple of my thoughts about today’s code retreat.

Firstly, I’m a little tired of pair programming. I spent most of Thursday and Friday doing it. And then today I had to do more. I wish I had some time to work on TDD alone.

The meals today were pretty good. I would’ve done it for a pizza lunch, but I got breakfast, lunch and a fancy dinner!

It was nice to meet some of the contractors my company uses. Too bad I don’t work with any of ‘em.

The “Game of Life” problem was fun to work on. And I didn’t mind not finishing it each iteration. I get it that it wasn’t about solving the problem. I was hoping for some more “thinking outside the box”, from myself or from others.

I would’ve like to have 2 keyboards and mice at each PC so we could more easily pair program, but I was told that was a no-no. (Damn unions.)

I felt there was a lot of camaraderie among us there today. Again, it is nice, but too bad none of my teammates were there. (Well, I guess Tim was, but I didn’t interact with him at all.)

Shaking Presents

Adam — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:37:40 +0000

Alyssa [to Christi]: I know what I’m getting at Grandma and Grandad’s house!
Christi: What?
Alyssa: A movie.
Christi: How do you know that?
Alyssa: Because daddy shook it.

Sign of the Times

Adam — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:42:08 +0000

It is a sign of the times when you find out through Facebook your high school best friend got engaged.

Weekend

Adam — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:40:49 +0000

Kids = (Adam + Christi).copy();
Parents = Adam.getParents();
Duration = create(Saturday.night, Sunday.morning);
Parents.watch(Kids).for(Duration);
if (Behavior.good(Kids))
Adam.addResponsibility(get(Kids));
else
Parents.shorten(Duration);
Parents.addResponsibility(remove(Kids)).wait(0);

Compression by extension

Adam — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:12:28 +0000

I've heard JPGs are smaller than BMPs, so I'll just change the extension!

“I’ve heard JPGs are smaller than BMPs, so I’ll just change the extension!”

IT is Second Class

Adam — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:10:43 +0000

I’ve heard that IT at my company and in the industry is seen as a second-class department, that we don’t really contribute to our industry. I didn’t really believe it until I saw this form to sign up for a railroading newsletter. IT isn’t on the list of departments.

Form to Request Railroading Newsletter

Weather Station

Adam — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:03:29 +0000

There’s a weather station in the neighborhood next to mine. It is kind of neat to see it updating every couple of seconds.

Countdown

Adam — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:31:16 +0000

That wasn’t so hard

Adam — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:51:24 +0000

Christi: I’ve got [Facebook] friends in 6 countries. I bet you can’t say that.
Me: “I’ve got friends in 6 countries.” Gee, that wasn’t so hard.