I note that once again (for the fourth year in a row) the UPS delivery tracking web site melts down from overload the week before Christmas. These folks are allegedly technically savvy. Wouldn’t you think they’d get a clue? I know where you can find a programmer with experience in dealing with massive, high-volume, high-reliability databases….
Monthly Archives: December 2003
What you can’t do in Texas
Yet another reason to avoid Texas: housewife busted for hawking erotic toys. (Possibly NSFW, if your work geeks monitor words and don’t just look at the pictures.)
Volvo for women
What a peculiar idea. Volvo wants to design a car specifically for women. The strange thing is, I’m a guy, but I definitely would like to have all but one of these nifty features. (And yes, the one I don’t care about is the split headrest to accomodate a ponytail, but of all the women I know, none of them wear a ponytail. Perhaps it’s a Swedish thing.)