Category: NOLA

Blowing Off Oil. *Non-programming*

May 15, 2010 09:42 | NOLA, Uncategorized | 1 comment

My apologies if this is not this blog’s standard fare but I need to vent my frustration.
Today it finally came out in the national news that the Macondo Oil Gusher is pouring an order of magnitude more oil per day than the previous estimate and two orders of magnitude more than BP’s initial statement. [...]

NOLA People – Respond to Google’s Fiber RFI

February 10, 2010 13:17 | NOLA | 1 comment

Hey New Orleans people. It seems like Google wants to get into the fiber-optic game. According to their blog (thanks Mike for the tip) Google is looking to invest in a community by laying down some fiber!
So now until March 26th they’re putting out a Request for Information for people to nominate their [...]

Like 300 only geekier

July 20, 2009 04:15 | NOLA, Programming | No comments

I just got back from the New Orleans Barcamp and I’m going to go ahead and join everyone in singing its praises.  Day 1 was great – full of interesting presentations, introductions and exchanging of ideas.  I even got to present twice, once on Test Driven Development and again later in the evening with Stephen [...]