Michael Economy

Offended

2009-06-01T11:29:00.000-07:00

Dear [NAME REMOVED],Are you making a pun about my last name? Thats pretty offensive.Please don't contact me again.-Michael EconomySenior Software EngineerGoodreads Inc.On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:07 AM, [NAME REMOVED] wrote:> Hi Michael,>> Although the economy is by no means in recovery, there are some encouraging> signs to indicate that improvements are ahead. In addition, technology> stocks seem

maybe it wasn't the nicest reply

2009-05-15T13:10:00.000-07:00

Subject: IT Help Desk Technician needed - $17.00 per hourBody: Hi Michael ,Our company is currently hiring a motivated IT Help Desk Technician to join our staff, and, after reviewing your resume I would like to speak with you about this opportunity. Based on your qualifications I feel that you would be a fantastic applicant for this opening.This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is

My boardgames

2009-02-21T13:32:00.001-08:00

title num_playerslost cities 2gloom 2-4dominion 2-4taluva 2-4settlers of catan (travel version) 3-4zooloretto 2-5carcassonne + expansions: 2-5-river-thief and king-master builder + lakes-the countrace for the galaxy + expansion 1-5puerto rico 3-5cambria 3-5age of steam 2-6condottiere (3rd edition) 2-6power grid 2-6mag blast (3rd edition) 2-8

Zarbee's Children Cough Syrup / buzz.io - spammers (Danny Villarreal)

2009-02-17T16:41:00.000-08:00

At goodreads about an hour ago it seems a email marketer (see: spammer) from the company Buzz.io Tried to send some 300000 goodreads invite emails to an account (now deleted).Looks like the name of the guy is Danny Villarreal, who uses the emails cari@buzz.io, zarbees@gmail.com, and buzz@zarbees.com. Unfortuntunately some of those emails did successfully go through our system, and Goodreads is

Its just one of those days.

2009-01-22T16:12:00.001-08:00

irb(main):017:0> 100 == 100 * 1.0000000000000001=> trueirb(main):018:0> 100 == 100 * 1.000000000000001=> false

Charles Schwab Emails

2009-01-20T15:00:00.000-08:00

Dear Charles Schwab,Can you please quit sending me a billion emails. I have opted out numerous times.-Michael

acts_as_solr, solr_destory doesn't work as a callback

2009-01-09T13:45:00.001-08:00

So we had a bug where acts_as_solr will screw up our data integrity when the server is down. The solr_destoy method will not catch the exception it throws when its down, so it doesn't work properly as a call back. I've decided to monkey patch it like so:module ActsAsSolr::InstanceMethods def solr_destroy_with_error_handling begin solr_destroy_without_error_handling rescue => e

evite, really?

2008-12-31T17:22:00.001-08:00

planned outage on new years eve? that makes sense.....

How to monkey hack backgroundrb's persitant queue to not suck

2008-12-22T16:15:00.000-08:00

BackgrounDRB has the problem that if you use the persistant queue stuff (example: "worker.enq_some_task()"), then it only unloads that queue one item per delay rate. (the default delay is 5 seconds, that means if you're doing more than 1 item per 5 seconds, the queue is never going to shrink. Thats not right! What I want it to do is unload the queue every 5 seconds, no matter how long it

Scary

2008-11-29T01:39:00.000-08:00

You tube apparently records how many videos i've watched:michaeleconomyVideos Watched: 913DEAR LORD!http://www.youtube.com/user/michaeleconomy

Another round of amazing feedback on half.com purchases

2008-11-02T19:08:00.000-08:00

I'm really good at giving positive feedback on half.com purchases:http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=michaeleconomy&ftab=FeedbackLeftForOthers

Cool photo set

2008-10-07T14:30:00.000-07:00

More at:http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/earth_from_above_comes_to_nyc.htmlthanks to sonya for the link

how to set ttl for rails fragments when using memcache

2008-10-02T15:25:00.000-07:00

since I couldn't find this documented anywhere heres how you do it:<% cache(key, :expires_in => 10.minutes) do %> this gets cached! then expires after 10 minutes!<%end%>assumptions: you're running rails 2.1 (i can't vouch for rail 2.2 or 2.0 or anything else)you're using memcache to keep your fragmentsActionController::Base.cache_store = :mem_cache_storemaybe this will come up for someone else

portland bike parking

2008-09-30T10:51:00.000-07:00

more hate

2008-09-21T02:49:00.000-07:00

i'm seriously on a hate spree right now:from Michael Economy Michael.michaeleconomy.comto iTunes Store support@apple.com (i just guessed at this email address)please stop sending me these retarded (sorry no offense intended) $0 receipts. Like seriously, who programmed that crap, don't waste my time and yours.Thanks much,=MichaelOn Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:20 PM, iTunes Store wrote:>>>>> Billed

DJ enhancr

2008-09-21T02:37:00.000-07:00

dear dj enchancr,i;m sorry but you are pretty much the worst dj ever. I really love afterhoursdjs.org, until you come one, its pretty awful. You have some sort of uncanny ability not only at choosing the worst tracks ever that i hate, but also at talking waaaaaaaaaay to much over the already awful tracks. I really hate to post this as I'm sure you try really hard, and i can tell from your

Neal Stephenson on 'The internet'

2008-09-19T09:52:00.000-07:00

I'm a fan of Neal Stephenson and was totally psyched when I got to cram my question for him into the goodreads interview and his answer is pretty horribly true:"GR: Snow Crash is lauded for its anticipation of (or influence over) later creations in software and gaming, such as Second Life. Where do you see the Internet going in five to ten years? Any predictions or trends you have observed?NS: I

404s

2008-08-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

I though i had something crazy with the toptentopten 404 pagebut i've clearly been out done by mr onisko:http://www.myrockstar.com/404

did you upgrade that?

2008-08-14T17:47:00.000-07:00

Otis Chandler5:44any idea why nitro5 in on rails 2.1 but everything else is rails 2.0?Michael Economy5:44i really don't think i did it......5:46how'd you notice?Otis Chandler5:46oauth is broken for hotmail on all servers save nitro5

Yet another video with personified websites

2008-08-13T23:09:00.000-07:00

Autogenerated responses

2008-08-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

Why do companies still send auto generated responses when ever you email their support group. Every time i email a corporation of like > 250 people, I alllllllways get the same email back within 5 minutes, and it usually looks something like this:Hi Michael,This is not our actaully reply, for that you're going to have to wait just like you expected, but we just wanted to reiterate that we will

data migration

2008-08-03T00:54:00.000-07:00

i did manage to move all my data off of my old phone and on to the new one in a couple clicks, but it took a real long time to get to those clicks.... ok, i'm waking up in 4 hours to go camping..... time to get serious... seriously asleep

crappy bike pedal strapless clips

2008-07-28T13:28:00.000-07:00

my review of Inline Strapless Mini Toe ClipsI bought these for my bianchi pista commuter bike. I don't like wearing bike shoes in the office (or leaving my non-bike shoes at work....). That said, I really prefer clipless, they just don't work for the situation, and I'll continue using my plain old flat pedals for now. I don't like these clips at all, they don't really add any power at all and if

netflix class action?

2008-07-27T23:38:00.000-07:00

"Dear Michael,As a member of the Chavez vs. Netflix settlement class, you will receive a free upgrade to the next plan level for one month. Assuming your membership remains active for the remedy period, this benefit will automatically start with your next billing period and will appear in your Membership Terms and Details page. "So.... WTF i already blow away like 18 dollars a month on this crap

2008-07-25T13:24:00.001-07:00

Micro blogging on crack? ping.fm