Below are the 8 most recent journal entries recorded in creativesam's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
12:27 pm	Lame interview techniques part two Part of an on going series of documenting job search follies: Lame interview techniques part two: Use unsuspecting job seekers as a free labor pool (use their talents to solve and provide part or all a solution to an problem.) Welcome to the generation of FREE (MP3s, Open Source Software, Grad Students, outsourcing, etc.) You don't really even need to hire anyone, if you can keep getting people to respond to your requests! ---------------------------------------- > > Must be well-versed in: > > > > HTML > > MySQL > > PHP > > > > This is a great opportunity to work for an exciting department and > > gain additional real-world web project experience. > > > > Wages are $9-$10/hr dependent on experience. > > > > All those interested please send a resume and links to previous work > > to <> as well as providing a sample of your > > code to the following essay question. > > > > Essay: > > You are tasked to write part of a web application that will display a > > list of files for download. To view this list a user will have to > > have to enter a username and a password. Each user needs the ability > > to change their own password. The system also needs to be able to > > deal with lost passwords. > > > > A subset of users will need the ability to add new users, edit the > > details (real name, phone number and email address) of existing users, > > and delete users that no longer use the system. This set of users > > must be able to add more files to the list using the system. > > > > An access log needs to be kept. It will keep track of who logs in and > > which files they have downloaded. In addition every time a user is > > added, edited or deleted an entry into the log needs to be made. > > > > > > Tasks: > > Your code needs to be compatible with php 4.3 and mysql 4. > > > > 1. Create a database schema for this application. > > 2. Write functions that will take care of logins and handle lost > > passwords. > > 3. Write the functions needed to display the file list. While your at it, could you get me a cup of coffee, please. (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 6th, 2004
7:21 pm	Unusual meditation information... I was in a semi-sleep state when the words 'Neon Panda' intruded on my thoughts. Being a somewhat unusual word combination, I wrote it down on a note card. Later, I did a web search, and found out that it was the name of band, located in the Seattle area, I think. An image on deviantArt was also named 'Neon Panda'. Don't know what the significance is, if any, but it was a bit odd. I know during meditation one is supposed to ignore these thoughts and return to the exercise, but this time I thought that I write the words down. Current Mood: anxious (Comment on this)
Friday, October 15th, 2004
5:17 pm	Talking to myself again... I like talking to myself. As I have no one else to talk to. I see all these people with cell phones constantly talking to someone. Maybe they need to look busy, or just must relay some important thought to someone else. I can't afford a cell phone. My wired phone is costly enough. Oh well. Current Mood: confused (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 3rd, 2004
1:00 pm	Lame Interview Techniques: Part One Lame Interview Techniques: The Hand Crush Test (oops the Handshake Test) After the verbal portion of the employment interview is over, the person conducting the interview offers his/her hand for a handshake. Well, this is another part of the interview (ie a test), how well one offers a handshake is determining factor in the outcome of the interview. This is supposed to reflect how much 'energy' or 'drive' one has. If you have a wimpy handshake, hasta la visa, baby, your out of luck. It is always difficult to judge how much pressure one should exert when giving a handshake. I have never liked people who give 'bone crushing' handshakes. I would like to have my hand back in one piece after this so called friendly social gesture, thank you very much! Many people (mostly males) seem to want display some sign of physical strength (and intelligence inversely proportional to that measurement.) If I wanted to experience physical pain, a shop vice would do the job just as well and I don't have to smell your bad breath in the process. I prefer a firm handshake, (what is the definition of firm handshake [what range of PSI should be considered 'firm'?) and not really bothered by a wimpy handshake. People seem to read way to much in these simple gestures. I guess I am in the minority here yet again, oh well... Maybe there is some sort of 'mystical energy which binds the galaxies together' which some people can sense when one shake another's hand. I have not felt this energy, but it must be real, if people are selecting employees using this technique. Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 29th, 2004
11:46 am	Adobe adds yet another image file format to the mix (DNG) Adobe adds yet another 'standard' image file format to the mix (DNG). This in an effort to avoid the number of incompatible RAW formats. So we get another de-facto standard to be added to the already plentiful image file forms already in existence BMP, JPG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, IFF, etc, etc, etc. Unless the file format provides really good compression or some other technical innovation, why bother. (Comment on this)
Friday, September 17th, 2004
7:42 am	Very Punny I saw a phrase on a website: "You will pay the price for your lack of vision" Yea, what happens when loose your vision correction and need to pay to replace it. (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 16th, 2004
12:23 pm	Talking to myself In this fast paced world, it is hard to form friendships. It seems hard to make a living these days too. There are so many talented people out there and seemingly few jobs to match the talents of those people. So the competition is savage, but that is the way of life. Oh well. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 15th, 2004
11:25 am	First entry Hello World. Ok, so I am a programmer, big deal. I don't have much to say right now. I am a bit lazy, I should give my website a guest-book that I programmed, rather than use an outside service, oh well. (1 Comment |Comment on this)