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Job Postings Not Worth Pursuing
Every so often I go through local classified job postings to see if there are any easy jobs I could do for some extra cash, but sometimes you can tell just by the description the project is going to be more hassle than it’s worth. Look:
Like Twitter, Digg, and Facebook? Want to create something similar but unique and profitable? I’m an experienced web designer embarking on a new social media/publishing project that will likely need a custom build. I’m good with CSS, HTML, and Graphic Design, but I need a creative, enthusiastic database programmer to work with ASP.NET, JQuery, or equivalent tools to build out this site (If you’re into Ruby on Rails, we can talk, but you’ll need to be convincing). This is a side-project for me and the site is being built completely from scratch, so payment up front is negotiable but not likely. Ad revenue and profit sharing will definitely be a part of our relationship as we work on this exciting project. It will look great in a portfolio! To learn more about the project, please contact me at
Notice the requirements for the position? “a creative, enthusiastic database programmer to work with ASP.NET, JQuery, or equivalent tools to build out this site (If you’re into Ruby on Rails, we can talk, but you’ll need to be convincing).” First, none of those languages have anything to do with databases. Second, ASP.NET and RoR are server-side languages and JQuery is a Javascript library that’s client-side. I don’t think he has any idea what he needs.
Ad revenue and profit sharing? Sounds like 4 weeks of work for $4. Not interested!
Done with Digital Art
Yesterday, I finished the joke of a class they call “Digital Art”. It attempted to cover Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash in 16 weeks and failed miserably. We were required to produce 3 images, 1…
Genius Playlist for Writing My Capstone Papers
- Videotape by Radiohead
- Little Motel by Modest Mouse
- I Stand Corrected by Vampire Weekend
- Swimmers by Broken Social Scene
- I’ve Seen Enough by Cold War Kids
- Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf by The Killers
- Gobbledigook by Sigur Ros
- 42 by Coldplay
- Bixby Canyon Bridge by Death Cab For Cutie
- 2+2=5 by Radiohead
- 23 by Blonde Redhead
- Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) by Beirut
- Campus by Vampire Weekend
- Lover’s Spit by Broken Social Scene
- Starstruck by Santogold
- Parting Of The Sensory by Modest Mouse
- Olympic Airways by Foals
- Sweet Talk by The Killers
- Three Seed by Silversun Pickups
- Faust Arp by Radiohead
- Death And All His Friends by Coldplay
- Sleeping Lessons by The Shins
- The Ice Is Getting Thinner by Death Cab For Cutie
- You Don’t Understand Me by The Raconteurs
- Love’s Lost Guarantee by Rogue Wave
- Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur by Sigur Ros
- Idioteque by Radiohead
- Black Mirror by Arcade Fire
- By Your Side by Cocorosie
- In A Cave by Tokyo Police Club
- Bryn by Vampire Weekend
- Elephant Woman by Blonde Redhead
- Exit Music (For a Film) by Radiohead
- we own the sky by m83
- Your New Twin Sized Bed by Death Cab For Cutie
- Province by TV On The Radio
- New York by Cat Power
- 7/4 (Shoreline) by Broken Social Scene
- Where The White Boys Dance by The Killers
- While We Wait by Jack Johnson
- Modern Guilt by Beck
- Jigsaw Falling Into Place by Radiohead
- Walcott by Vampire Weekend
- Passenger Seat by Death Cab for Cutie
- Lust by The Raveonettes
- I’m Slowly Turning Into You by The White Stripes
- Ageless Beauty by Stars
- Spring And By Summer Fall by Blonde Redhead
- Everything In Its Right Place by Radiohead
- You Can Do Better Than Me by Death Cab For Cutie
- Satan Said Dance by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Adrift by Jack Johnson
- Red Rabbits by The Shins
- Chemtrails by Beck
- Harmonium by Rogue Wave
- The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance by Vampire Weekend
- Paranoid Android by Radiohead
- Strawberry Swing by Coldplay
- Scenic World by Beirut
- I Know You Are But What Am I? by Mogwai
- Modern Leper by Frightened Rabbit
- Move Away by The Killers
- Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell by The Flaming Lips
- Different Names for the Same Thing by Death Cab For Cutie
- My Favourite Book by Stars
- Dead Sound by The Raveonettes
- All I Need by Radiohead
- One (Blake’s Got A New Face) by Vampire Weekend
- Orphans by Beck
- 3rd Planet [BBC Radio 1 Session Version] by Modest Mouse
- Postcards From Italy by Beirut
- Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn by The White Stripes
- They Do, They Don’t by Jack Johnson
- Optimistic by Radiohead
- That¹s the Way (my Love is) by Smashing Pumpkins
- Past In Present by Feist
- Present Of Future End by The Most Serene Republic
- Talking Bird by Death Cab For Cutie
- Take Me to the Riot by Stars
- We Looked Like Giants by Death Cab for Cutie
- Sea Legs by The Shins
- Reckoner by Radiohead
- Daddy’s Eyes by The Killers
- Volcano by Beck
- We Never Change by Coldplay
- Loro by Pinback
- Spitting Venom by Modest Mouse
- Elephant Gun by Beirut
- Thursday by Asobi Seksu
- Little Cream Soda by The White Stripes
- Noah’s Ark by Cocorosie
- Bodysnatchers by Radiohead
- Enemy by Jack Johnson
- How My Heart Behaves by Feist
- Grapevine Fires by Death Cab For Cutie
- Carolina Drama by The Raconteurs
- Black Wave by The Shins
- Sun It Rises by Fleet Foxes
- Youthless by Beck
- How to Disappear Completely by Radiohead
Euchre, meet Javascript
Last summer my family got together for a nice weekend at the lake and planned on having a Euchre tournament since we are big on the game. I volunteered to throw together a nice little GUI to keep track of it all. I had it all planned out in my head and continually put it off until it was about an hour before we were going to start. After struggling with some initial associative arrays, I quickly ran to a pad and paper to get things organized. I vowed last July to put together something spectacular for the year to come and here it is next July and I am finally <a title=”Round Robin Euchre Tournament Scorebord” href=”https://maxbeatty.com/projects/RRETS.html” target=”_blank”>finished</a>!
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