I’m usually dreadfully behind on viral sensations, so this time I’m gonna stay ahead of the curve this time. This aired on American Idol last night:
A “Pants on the Ground” Facebook fan page followed very shortly thereafter. My wife and I saw 40,000+ fans before midnight last night. The morning after, “Pants on the ground” is a trending Twitter topic, and usage of #pantsontheground is spiking. I think I know why this has been picked up en masse, and it’s not just because it’s a catchy tune.
I know it’s last minute, but I’ll be at the PSL Happy Hour event tonight, mostly to plug my Fishbowl event next week. I’d love for you to come on out, grab a beer, and shoot the breeze. 6:30 - 9:30 PM
MidAtlantic Restaurant and Bar
3711 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-386-3711
http://www.midatlanticrestaurant.com
Fwd:Vault is hosting Philly Startup Leader’s next Fishbowl event, and you’re invited to attend for free! So what’s a Fishbowl? An event that lives up to its namesake, really. One business puts itself in the metaphorical fishbowl, presenting itself and a current situation they are facing, and solicit the community for feedback. It’s beneficial for all involved: the hosting company gets valuable insight from knowledgeable sources on a targeted topic, wiser heads pass on their hard-earned knowledge, and everyone has the opportunity to learn and network.
The term “CV” seems to be making the rounds in professional programming circles lately. If you had the same head-tilting “Huh?” reaction that I did, here’s the deal. CV is short for Curriculum Vitae, and is commonly used in academic circles and abroad. It’s essentially a highly-detailed resume, covering all your skills, background, awards, etc. It’s also consequently longer than your average resume, 2 pages at a minimum. There’s a great writeup about CV’s on About.
I visited my town hall this week to renew my annual street parking permit and, since all permits expire at end of the year, naturally there was a line. Amid the usual banter while my paperwork was processed, the woman behind the counter commented that everyone always waits until after the first of the year, despite permit renewals being available in October. “No matter what we do, it just doesn’t seem to work.
Everyone at this point knows the story of Michael Vick (quick summary if you don’t: he beat dogs, then got his high-paying job back after getting out of prison). Now the Philadelphia Eagles have given this guy a damn award. I could sit here and articulate this guy’s rise-fall-rise-again story as a sign of the apocalypse, but I think most people would find it more interesting to hear this one from a veterinarian’s perspective.
My summarizing and opining post discussing MySQL founder Michael Widenius’ protest of the Sun purchase by Oracle prompted a response from none other than Monty himself. Hit the comments to see what he has to say about my response, which was definitely net-negative in the final analysis. I have responded in the comments of that post as well. I must be moving up in the world, or Monty was just really bored over his Christmas vacation.
In case you haven’t heard, Sun is being bought by Oracle. After dancing around the issue in blog posts over the past 8 months, MySQL developer-founder Michael “Monty” Widenius finally comes out and adamantly opposes MySQL’s role in the sale.
In a Dec. 12 blog post, Widenius tries to rally open source MySQL supporters in an effort to seek assurances from Oracle that the project will, in fact, stay open source.
I was just perusing ThinkGeek for Christmas gift ideas when I noticed that the overflow graphics — the stuff that appears to left and right of the main content at larger screen resolutions — was different depending on where you scrolled. At the top it showed robots, and zombies at the bottom. Check it out for yourself, the homepage has it. Cool, right? Here’s how they did it. First, the robot and zombies elements are actually all in one image.
