6.15.2005Conversion Factors for your DigestionThis is what happens when engineers have too much free time. ;) 1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi 2. 2000 pounds of Chinese Soup = Won ton 3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope 4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond 5. Weight an evangelist carries with G~d = 1 billigram 6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong 7. 365.25 days of drinking low calorie beer = 1 Lite year 8. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling 9. Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon 10. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz 11. Basic unit of laryngitis - 1 hoarsepower 12. Shortest distance between two jokes - a straight line 13. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 14. 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone 15. 1 million bicycles = 1 megacycle 16. 365 days = 1 unicycle 17. 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds 18. 10 cards = 1 decacard 19. 52 cards = 1 deckacard 20. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton 21. 1000 grams of wet socks = 1 literhosen 22. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche 23. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin 24. 10 rations = 1 decaration 25. 100 rations = 1 C-Ration 26. 2 monograms = 1 diagram 27. 8 nickels = 2 paradigms 28. 5 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 I.V. League If I'd been asked to interview naked, I would have scared the h*** outta him!An interesting articleNetworking Web Sites for Women
Colorado Women in Technology (CWIT) Meeting Web Site: Promoting the success of women in technology through networking and education. **To join the announcement list, send a blank email to CWIT-announce@coloradowit.org Fw: Invitation to apply online with Attitude Technical Resources*Comments in red are mine. Dear First name Last name, *gee, I feel *special* I am emailing you to invite you to apply to my organizations available positions. You have received this email because my crawler has identified key words in your resume that I am looking for. I apologize ahead of time for those of you that do not wish to receive emails from recruiters. *nice punctuation. and i love being told that a crawler found me too. guess that's props to the fairy format resume! Here is one of the Positions I am currently looking for: *why the strange use of capitalization? Position Title: Java Developer Travel: None *but where the hell is it? it wasn't in the subject line and it's not in the body of the email. i need to know where this is. chances are it's in michigan, where the recruiting company is... like i have any plans to go there...? Estimated Start Date: 7/01/05 Overview: Candidate will be working with an existing team that will be doing a redesign of an existing application. Applications is currently a C++ app running on Windows client. The project goal is to move 100% of app to Java. *why? sounds like a .NET migration would make a lot more sense Years of Experience guideline: Java Development 7 years Required Skills: Java Developer, experience with large Web applications using Java *again, there's that weird capitalization thing going on! Plus Skills: Automotive Experience, C++, CGI, DBA experience *ok, that's definitely michigan, and at one of the automotive companies. hmmm, is this for the one that's laying off 25,000 employees soon? i wonder... Soft Skills: Excellent team working skills, *and, what else, great punctuation, did they miss something, Educational Requirements: Minimum BA/BS degree *oh, i'm seeing a lot of b.s., that's for sure Archives05.29.2005 06.05.2005 06.12.2005 06.19.2005 06.26.2005 07.03.2005 07.10.2005 07.17.2005 07.24.2005 08.07.2005 08.21.2005 08.28.2005 09.11.2005 10.02.2005 10.23.2005 11.06.2005 11.13.2005 12.18.2005 01.15.2006 02.05.2006 07.09.2006 07.16.2006 07.30.2006 08.06.2006 11.26.2006 12.03.2006 03.25.2007
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