Conversation at work today:

Me : “So if I check out the repository then try to import it, will I have to recurse through and remove all the .svn directories?”
Co-Worker: “Nahh, i think svn import is smart enough to ignore.”
Me: “LOL.” “CVS Wasn’t.”
Me: “CVS is like the older brother who will always work at burger king. he one you’re embarssed by when you meet him at the mall, and you’re with all your friends, because he’s wearing that ripped loverboy shirt that he got in 1982 but still wears, even though it shows his bellybutton.”
Co-Worker: “…. I see you appear to have been scarred early in life”
Me: “Nah, I just like colourful analogies.”

It’s complex. I’ll simplify:

There’s always ‘more’ work to do (W).

If I finish the tasks I’m currently on, there are more tasks that will be assigned to me.
Therefore, the amount of work I have on my plate approaches infinity:
(W -> ∞).

Since infinity can’t be measured, any amount of reduction still results in an infinite amount of work:
∞ - N ≅ ∞

so regardless of the value of N, every day I have the same amount of work to accomplish:
∞ - (N(W)) ≅ ∞

so theoretically, I have the same amount of work to do today, regardless of whether or not I came in last week

Today marks my one year anniversary at Apple. And to celebrate, some License plates that I have seen around campus:

WWSJD
(heart)TOHACK
ROLL 2D6
LCNS PLT
BIG ANUF (on a chevette)

Here’s an interesting thing:

I joined Netscreen in 2000. they were pre-ipo, per-share price was $5.00.
They were acquired by Juniper, at 1.404 shares per, reducing the ‘per-share’ price to $3.57/share.
When I left, they were at $25.67, an increase of 719%.
A year after I left, the stock was at 16.95, a decrease of 35%.

I joined Packeteer, per-share price of 11.77. I left after a year, when the price was 11.81. Not much change. A year later, however: 9.67, a decrease of 18%.

I then joined Apple, Stock price then: $57.20.

Current Price: 106.93.

I think that it’s pretty clear that I have some kind of amazing company karma. Any company who needs to have my company Karma work for them, feel free to let me know. I figure I’ve increased Apple’s market share by several hundred million dollars, so make sure you factor that into your offer.

I just need to say how much I’m despising Autoboxing in Java 1.5. I first thought that it was a great feature, but the more I have to track down the niggling little bugs that it’s causing in a huge intricate system, the more I hate it. PLEASE, PLEASE give me a way to ‘turn it off’ when I compile.