Programming is getting paid to do puzzles. Some are harder than others, some are put the cylinder in the round hole level of difficulty, others near MENSA level challenges. Over the past few days I’ve been trying to fix an issue which amounted to numerous hours trying to bang out a solid solution, in the end I went with the less elegant solution.

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No they aren’t a new branch of Google. They’re a new brand of diapers aimed at being, well, good for the environment.

Found via Inhabitat, which in turn linked to their cutely named site, Inhabitot.

Going Green is finally beginning to really gain more traction and this is one area that convenience has caused huge damage to our environment. Disposable diapers take 500 years to decompose, these gDiapers flush down the toilet and are akin to toilet paper in terms of life it seems.

Check it out: gDiapers: the planet’s flushable diaper

I got a good chuckle out of this comment in some code at work:

/** --------------------------------------
/**  Indy!  Bad Dates!
/** --------------------------------------*/

I’m going through a php file that builds a schedule for one of our clients and this comment preceded the handling of bad dates or incorrect dates in the database. It took me a second to get it but I love it. I’ll be using this in any of my future date processing functions.

At first I was shocked I had missed the news that he died given that he’s an idol to me, Don LaFontaine passed away on Sept. 1st which is while I was at Dragon*Con and so the headline slipped by. I still hold secret dreams of doing voice overs, movie trailers and such and for that he’s an icon to me.

Your voice will be missed, the movie trailers will be worse without you sir.

Watch the short video about Don after the jump.

And remember, Heaven’s got a new announcer for St. Peter.
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No I haven’t heard any rumors about it. This is just common sense.

Microsoft has a browser because it’s the door out of their platform and if they didn’t have it, their users were going out the window using the very popular alternative: Netscape. Windows installed the door and made it standard, sure enough people started using it. » Read the rest of the entry..