Gordaen’s Blog

I don’t know what it is, but this Skullcrusher Mountain Flash Video is hilarious. The song is by Jonathan Coulton, telling the tale of an evil mastermind and his strange ideas about love. Check it out.

Yes, it looks like the graphics tablet will get a workout in 2008. Despite that vector art is a much better medium for comics, I decided to make this one in GIMP. Sure, the artwork is pretty much terrible and the humor is ill, but it’s mine and I had fun making it!

When introduced to a potential coworker -
“Which of the Internets do you make?”
When asked what his/her preferred language is -
“Um, English, otherwise I would have to use an online translator.”
When told about the software used at the company -
“Linux? Is that some kind of duck?”
When asked whether a scripting or compiled language is best […]

Every job affects the way you communicate. After a while, you don’t really realize your special lingo or the alternate meanings that words and sayings acquire. Here’s a list of ten phrases/words that web developers interpret differently from other occupations.
“Checkout the trunk”
Web Developer: “Using svn, right?”
Zoologist: “Yeah, that’s an amazing elephant!”
“That back end […]

Fosters, Australian for Budweiser
The more students in the class, the less you have to go
High school friends really were just high school friends
There really isn’t a “popular group” after all and you can typically be yourself*
The lower the degree someone has, the more s/he will help you
You can fit eight people into a small sedan […]