Engadget:

About 3 months ago I was transferred to a new group at work, to help them finish up a release, then to start in on some new features. Well, we are about one week from release, and we're in crunch mode. Because of the increased focus, and stress, posting here has almost dried up! Sorry about that.

The iPhone wannabes have already started. This one has "TouchFLO&trademark". smirk

Man, I really wish I could go to d.Construct this year. It looks like it's going to be great.

>But there's more. At work, if you are unlikable, people start thinking you are less competent. So stop thinking you can skate by on your genius IQ because you can't. You need emotional intelligence as well. This situation is so pronounced that there are special-education classrooms rife with kids who could read when they were three. Social skills matter as much as intelligence when it comes to long-term success, even for the geniuses.

I've been a huge fan of Dan Cederholm for a long time. Dan helped started the wine community Cork'd with Dan Benjamin, which has been long supported ad-wise by Gary Vaynerchuk from Wine Library TV.

Oh, man, Chud has the goods: HALO 3 BETA MULTIPLAYER video.

One year ago today, some fun with a new flash header for this site. A fun experiment that managed to creep some people out and offend others. Oh well. :-)

Ok, hoping I can wrap up this little rant over Buildr's RDocs. I just left a comment over on Assaf's post, Patience, Buildr docs coming up, and I liked the way it came out so I wanted to reproduce it here:

Now that's how it's supposed too work.

This is pathetic.

OmniFocus is looking... just plain amazing. I cannot wait to try this out. It looks like it's going to have the polish Omni is known for, and a ton of small touches that add up to a great experience.

>"I love the way that these MPAA fools think they can turn this key back into a secret using lawyers." via DF

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I think Chris Wanstrath...

This is great... apparently that new Travolta/Allen/Macy movie about men in mid-life-crisis trying to become bikers has a scene where programmer William H. Macy shows off his new tattoo: