Author: Zvi
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Orbiting Around Facebook
Standing on one leg, Facebook made a couple changes to its API, which is the way other developers (like me) can write programs that Facebook users can use. That’s it. A couple API changes. Removing a couple minor features which were annoying end-users, discussing some future changes. Putting my foot down, I’m left with nothing…
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Retirement? But I just started working….
Just set up a Roth IRA (in addition to my employer’s 401(k), my savings account, and my investment brokerage account).My friends are starting to get married.I have a full time job.And loans. What happened to the old me?
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Becoming the Teacher
JD: “And four years of pre-med, four years of med school, and tons of unpaid loans have made me realize one thing… I don’t know jack.”-Scrubs That line above pretty much perfectly sums up how I felt on my first day of actual work. Years of education had taught me how to be a good…
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The Sad Thing Is… No One Is Surprised.
The Great Iraq Swindle: : Rolling Stone To travel to Iraq, would-be contractors needed permission from the Bush administration, which was far from blind in its appraisal of applicants. In a much-ballyhooed example of favoritism, the White House originally installed a clown named Jim O’Beirne at the relevant evaluation desk in the Department of Defense.…
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One Blackberry for Mondays, One for Tuesdays, One for…
In a city that already is a little bit too addicted to being connected, it’s nice to know our Mayor is ahead of the curve.
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Why am I drinking TAB?
Why, of all the energy drinks (aside from the usual green tea that I drink), did I pick up TAB? Why am I downing them? Who knows..
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Metro Times
I’ve made significant progress, to the point I can say that I have a working alpha of Metro Times. To Check DC Metro Times on Your Cell Phone Send a text message to metro [AT] skeevisarts [DOT] com (replace AT and DOT with the appropriate symbols). In the message, include the first few characters of…