If you somehow manage to get your hands on a time machine and subsequently find yourself trapped in the past, the Time Travel Cheat Sheet, should come in handy. It lists some important discoveries, inventions and advances that we enjoy today; all you have to do is “invent” them and you’ll be running the show in no time:
You can buy the Time Travel Cheat Sheet as a poster or t-shirt from TopatoCo. Maybe I’ll buy the poster for the Hacklab.
Artwork courtesy of "Spoon".
Just a quick reminder that I’m holding a Coffee and Code today at The Roastery at 401 Richmond. I’ll be there between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.. If you’ve got questions, comments or suggestions about Microsoft, Windows 7, Visual Studio, the Mesh Conference, the industry or anything else, drop by!
This article originally appeared in Global Nerdy.
It looks as thought the Twitter user going by the handle of betbot is going to spend the next little while absorbing a very important lesson about managing one’s online persona after making this tweet at the Mesh Conference:
betbot’s profile vaingloriously proclaims that he has three Master’s degrees:
Self-proclaimed marketing guru trying to put my 3 hard-earned Masters to work
If you;ve spent any time on a university campus, you know that having that many Master’s degrees is not a boasting point; it’s a cry for help – it means you’re a shiftless pedant majoring in life-avoidance studies. As for putting “marketing guru” in your Twitter profile; it’s a cliche on par with “I like long walks on the beach” in the personal ads.
Kal Penn, whom many of you know and love as “Kutner” from the TV series House and from movies like The Namesake and the awesome Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, is joining the Obama administration. He’ll be a liaison between the administration and arts and entertainment groups as well as with my own demographic, the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities.
The comments on the CNN News page reporting the story have been filled with howls of derision from the usual right-wing teabagger – er, I mean “tea party” types – but he’s quite qualified (espeically since he was an adjunct professor teaching courses on Asian images in popular media), and a damned sight more articulate and on-the-ball than Chuck Norris, who served as Mike Huckabee’s sock puppet during his campaign.
From one stereotype-busting Asian/Pacific Islander to another, I salute you, Kal Penn, with a filet mignon on a flaming sword!
There are a number of Coffee and Code events taking place this week:
I’ve only recently come across the blog 1001 Rules for My Unborn Son, whose advice I think any modern-day gentleman will find useful. The author of this blog posts a new rule regularly; he’s currently up to number 368.
Some of my favourites appear below:
16. You are what you do, not what you say.
20. Learn an instrument, preferably one that can be played at home in the company of friends.
58. Use the broiler. It’s an indoor grill. (I refer to the broiler as “The Inverted Grill”.)
80. Wear a sportcoat when traveling by plane. It has easily accessible pockets.
82. The most expensive restaurant is NEVER the best. (I learned this at Winston’s, which no longer exists.)
115. Short pants are for little boys. Decide for yourself when you are a man.
125. A t-shirt is neither a philosophy nor an advertisement. It’s a shirt. Wear it plain.
153. Traveling to a foreign city is an excuse to dress up, not down.
168. Be cool to the younger kids. Reputations are built over a lifetime.
169. Be nice to your sister. You are her confidante, cheerleader, and bodyguard.
186. Have a favorite song. It doesn’t have to be hip. (The best ones never are.)
198. Don’t trust the calendar. If it’s cold, wear a coat.
201. Order the local specialty.
206. Never turn down a girl’s invitation to dance.
222. Don’t boast about projects in progress. Celebrate their completion.
239. Never post a picture online you wouldn’t feel comfortable showing your mother, your boss, and the dean of admissions. (Alternately, you can work on your shamelessness.)
240. You will have a love life one day. Be discreet.
270. Stand up to bullies. You’ll only have to do it once.
276. Surround yourself with smart people.
296. Never turn down an invitation to speak in public.
301. Dress for the job you want, not for the one you have.
305. Don’t be so eager to leave the kids table.
311. Don’t date your bartender. (Or your barista or cafe waitress.)
325. When excusing yourself from the table, you need not give a reason.
330. Give credit. Take the blame.
349. It’s not enough to be proud of your ancestry. Live up to it.
358. If you have to make more than one substitution, order something else.
