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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” - Dr. Seuss
December 13th 2009
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Life on Porpoise

I can't help but feel a rumbling sense of something. A sense of urgency, willingness, passion, curiosity... purpose. This feeling tends to present itself as raw and uncoordinated enthusiasm. Lately my interest has been peaked by *so* many things. All of which is slowly being satiated. But I can't help ...

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August 13th 2010
Tags: All That Jazz, Technology One Comment

I came, I saw, I spoke at Agile 2010

This was my second time attending the Agile conference, and it was a blast. But this year had a twist; I was one of the presenters. Here is the description for my talk (titled: Mountains to Molehills: A Story of QA): Dave Haeffner had just changed jobs within his company. Completely ...
July 25th 2010
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So little to do and so much time, no wait.

TURNING MOUNTAINS INTO MOLEHILLS: A STORY OF QA Dave Haeffner had just changed jobs within his company. Completely shifting his career paradigm from Systems Administration to Quality Assurance. If only he knew the challenges that faced him in the year ahead. He might get excited, or maybe, he would have thought ...
February 7th 2010
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Fugitive phone

I had some time today (thanks to Snowpocalypse DC) and decided to give Jailbreaking my iPhone 3GS a try. It was super easy and took about 5 minutes (maybe 10 after reading up on the process). I was initially drawn in by the promise of being able to hide applications that ...
December 31st 2009
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Behold, the FUTURE!

Digital cooking, virtual water coolers, and computerized hovering heads. Oh my! Another decade down, and one step closer to the future. Sadly there are no flying cars (yet...). But what we lack in commoditized levitation has been made up for by a mix of commoditized & free technology. And of course, ...
December 13th 2009
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Life on Porpoise

I can't help but feel a rumbling sense of something. A sense of urgency, willingness, passion, curiosity... purpose. This feeling tends to present itself as raw and uncoordinated enthusiasm. Lately my interest has been peaked by *so* many things. All of which is slowly being satiated. But I can't help ...

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