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Goonies vs. Pirates!

YouTube video mashup via Neatorama, via i am bored

The one and only post of significance (i.e., ignoring the WordPress default “Hello world!” post) on a new blog called Just Say “No” To Google claims to be a mass-distributed email from the Microsoft email network comparing and contrasting their company to Google.

Life at Google - The Microsoftie Perspective

The following has been making the rounds on just about every internal email list I belong to in Microsoft. Here it is to share a little insight with the rest of the world. Microsoft is an amazingly transparent company. Google is not. Any peek is a good peek.

Many of you were asking for the feedback I received from my interview with the former Google employee I hired into ABC Development as a Sr.SDE. [...] Here is his take on Google’s environment as well as areas Microsoft should consider improving in order to be more competitive.

For instance?

3. What are the office arrangements like? Do you have an office or cube space?

Google believes that developers are, with few exceptions, interchangeable parts. This philosophy shows through in their office arrangements which in Mountain View are all over the map.

[...]

Google doesn’t seem to think that private offices are valuable for technical staff. They’re wrong.

After reading through the post, I’m amazed at how many of the comments wish all sorts of harm on the poster for daring to share such information with the outside world.

No Name Says:
June 26th, 2007 at 10:30 pm

What is wrong with you? Why would you publish this? This is internal only.

Thanks for ruining it for the rest of us.

[...]

Pissed off Says:
June 27th, 2007 at 2:30 am

Idiot, idiot, you should quit. You should be ashamed. Hopefully HR will figure out who the hell you are and can your ***.

A good move for the guy’s long-term career? Probably not.

…but it is a fascinating look under the hood at Google and into the zeitgeist of Microsoft.

[via Ethan Kaplan/blackrimglasses]

Noelle posted a link to this story over at The Consumerist:

New Cancer Worries For Diet Soda Drinkers

A new study on the effects of low daily doses of the artificial sweetener aspartame shows a statistically significant increase in leukemia, lymphoma and breast cancer in rats.

You know who I blame?

“KHAAAAAAAAN!”

Two weeks from today I start a brand new job with Military Advantage, a division of Monster.com and the organization that runs Military.com.

Taste the free association goodness.

1. Compulsion :: obsession
2. Spiritual :: calling
3. Spray :: paint
4. Compatibility :: partner
5. Pursuit :: happiness
6. Fake :: credentials
7. Mobile :: phone
8. Ceremony :: cake
9. Ribbons :: banners
10. Mozart :: Beethoven

When something is billed as “the best 5 second clip on the Internet,” you have to check it out.

YouTube vid: Super Mario Brothers Theme played on a Solid State Musical Tesla Coil

YouTube vid: “Swear Jar”

I graduated high school 15 years ago today.

Hmm.