Seemed like a good idea...

More artwork for my apartment. Not sure where to put it,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:34:00 -0400

More artwork for my apartment. Not sure where to put it, yet.

Also, sadface that my neighbourhood isn’t actually on here. Oh well. Neither is Bed-Stuy. Fort Greene is, and it’s just a few blocks away.

There’s more in the shop (GoingUnderground), including for other cities I know some of you are from.

Work is hard. #beer #sandwiches #Carcassonne (at Etsy Inc)

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:05:19 -0400

Work is hard. #beer #sandwiches #Carcassonne (at Etsy Inc)

Photo

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:39:59 -0400

You know what the difference is between a male developer and a female developer?

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:49:00 -0400

nicknameless: I’ve been a female programmer for years. Being a female in this field is a fight....

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:31:44 -0400

nicknameless:

I’ve been a female programmer for years. Being a female in this field is a fight. Being good with tits (more importantly without a dick) isn’t good enough, you have to be fucking great and you have to continue to be the best at all the new technologies. While you’re fighting to stay on top you have to laugh off every single come on and sexist joke in a sea of nerds.

I did all of this, and I was fucking awesome at it. I could roll with the boys like I had dick.

You know what you can’t fucking fight? You know what makes someone with passion about their profession decide they want to walk away? A single man, a man that decides he can separate you from the team and enjoy his bro club. A man who decides to not give you any work for months and then blows you off when you question him about it. It also helps to have a buddy in HR covering that shit up when you complain to them about it - you know, literally not filing anything. When you complain to higher ups they claim it’s your skill set despite you kicking ass at every test they throw at you. To the point they stop ‘grading’ them to keep the cover up and discrimination alive.

Even after HR and the boss man were fired I was still given poor reviews, because a year in the corner not being allowed to be involved in the decisions of new technology brought in puts you a year behind everyone else.

Of course you get chosen for the layoffs. And you don’t care.

You also lose your passion for the code, the standard, and the industry.

Why aren’t more women in tech?

I just gave you one big fucking hint. I’ll go to the admin side, where my tits will be appreciated.

Disappoints, frustrates and angers me every fucking time I hear shit like this. My industry is fucked up. It’s getting better, but too slowly. Too slowly for something that should never have been that way in the first place.

Can you develop? Because the only things “under the hood” that I give a damn about is your algorithm design.

"The point of fruit is a low effort-to-tasty ratio."

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:47:00 -0400

“The point of fruit is a low effort-to-tasty ratio.”

- On the list of things I’ve said in the last 24 hours.

Credit for this one goes to a coworker who took this from the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:43:29 -0400

Credit for this one goes to a coworker who took this from the top of the Freedom Tower.

See the area right near the water between the two bridges in the top part of the photo? That’s where I work.

"The owner still hasn’t found a buyer with pockets deep enough to meet his demands. But word is out..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:22:00 -0400

“The owner still hasn’t found a buyer with pockets deep enough to meet his demands. But word is out around Toronto now that the tape exist, and Ford’s circle knows about it courtesy a CNN reporter. So, with permission, I am laying out everything I know about the Rob Ford Crack Tape in the hopes that a) everyone knows that Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, smokes crack, and b) this knowledge might hasten the arrival of the Rob Ford Crack Tape on the internet or broadcast television, because really, it is something to behold.”

- John Cook in For Sale: A Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack Cocaine (via fuckyeahtoronto)

"Let’s buy a huge bucket of ball bearings and empty it on the office floor and see what..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:02:18 -0400

“Let’s buy a huge bucket of ball bearings and empty it on the office floor and see what happens. Nothing could possibly go wrong.”

- On the list of things I’ve said in the last 24 hours.

Texting someone new.

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:00 -0400

Of course, this is the first picture I send her other than those in my profile.

Seriously, it came up naturally. As naturally as anything I talk about comes up. Which, if you know me….

Ten points for seeing things clearly.

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:32:46 -0400

Aw, fuck.

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:05:00 -0400

BLOW A THREE GOAL LEAD? REALLY? REALLY? REALLY?

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:35:19 -0400

Please feel free to judge me, because I have an unhealthy...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:30:37 -0400

Please feel free to judge me, because I have an unhealthy fondness for Ke$ha’s Take It Off.

emaeye: if people that take mescaline don’t say “i am so mesc’d up” then i don’t know why they’re...

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:54:21 -0400

emaeye:

if people that take mescaline don’t say “i am so mesc’d up” then i don’t know why they’re taking mescaline at all

Kit Harington is a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. If anybody replies...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:56:08 -0400

Kit Harington is a Toronto Maple Leafs fan.

If anybody replies to this post with “you know nothing, Jon Snow” I probably won’t do anything, because I’ll have expected it.

"There are no words for this. Only actions. Actions like spinning around in circles with your arms..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:58:00 -0400

“There are no words for this. Only actions. Actions like spinning around in circles with your arms stretched out like a helicopter. Then getting dizzy and falling over and finding an M&M under your desk. What were we talking about?”

- On the list of things I’ve said in the last 24 hours.

dream-crusher: sammiey: assiest: wtf is an acronym this post pisses me off It’s actually an...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:02:28 -0400

dream-crusher:

sammiey:

assiest:

wtf is an acronym

this post pisses me off

It’s actually an abbreviation.

Actually it’s both. Acronyms are a type of abbreviation.

jusky: You guys, I have to bother you again. Because I really really want you to come to the DC...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:44:15 -0400

jusky:

You guys, I have to bother you again. Because I really really want you to come to the DC thing.

Here’s the stuff you need to rsvp and book all your shit:

SUPER IMPORTANT LINK

Please come. Awesome people will be there. It will be an evening of joy, love, hugs, friendship, sportsmanship, horsemanship, horses, ponies, pony rides, lighthearted pony jousting duels, super aggressive not lighthearted pony jousting duels, everything.

You will regret not coming.

Unless a time machine is invented, if you don’t come, the rest of your life will become an inescapable prison of regret. AN INESCAPABLE PRISON OF REGRET. Plus you’ll miss all the pony stuff. And the hugs.

Anybody need a roomie? No pony rides.

Two people I love deeply. My family has been a mess at times....

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:32:58 -0400

Two people I love deeply.

My family has been a mess at times. These two have always had my back, though. Through anything and everything.

If I am strong in character, I credit them. If I am charming, I credit them.

My sisters are both mothers now. They are also 500 miles away and, when things get difficult, I miss them terribly.