getluky.netThe personal weblog of Gordon LukSpending Dinner at Work- April 24, 2008 Alley Insider does some back-of-the-napkin math and guesses that Google&8217;s food budget is approximately $7.5k yearly per Googler. This is an interesting calculation to me, even if it&8217;s a wild guess. Google is one of the only places i&8217;ve eaten at where the cafeteria at dinnertime literally feels busy. The difference in atmosphere between there and ...http://getluky.net/2008/04/23/spending-dinner-at-work/ Ethics of Data Transformation and Republishing- April 15, 2008 After the reaction of a few friends to my last post, I wanted to put up a separate post specifically about my current opinions regarding the ethics of taking public data, doing a lot of cleanup, then potentially charging for commercial use or download of the new (transformed) dataset. My planned project working with EPA ...http://getluky.net/2008/04/15/ethics-of-data-transformation-and-republishing/ Server Move Complete- April 11, 2008 It was much easier than I guessed it would be to switch from my own dedicated host to a shared host. It&8217;s really nice to have a competent admin taking care of business, and not having to worry about everything myself. Thanks to Jeremy Muhlich and the fdntech guys for a good machine. I&8217;ll probably keep ...http://getluky.net/2008/04/11/server-move-complete/ Starting to tidy things up- April 3, 2008 I constantly live in fear that somewhere in my email handling code lies a header MIME injection vulnerability. I&8217;ve been caught by them in the past, and each time I get snagged, it&8217;s extremely unpleasant to deal with. Although there are published source solutions, I just never feel completely comfortable with them. I switched my ...http://getluky.net/2008/04/02/starting-to-tidy-things-up/ |