Category Archives: Life

Comment spam is too much

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

First, I want to apologize to all those who have put good comments up on this blog and I haven’t approved them for days or weeks. I just don’t have the time to be checking all the comments I get. … Continue reading →

Posted in Engineering, Google, Life, Tech | 2 Comments

Ego interviewing

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

I received a reply to my Google post today. Since I get a lot of spam, I filter everything on this blog. Usually any comment that comes in I just make sure it isn’t porn or spam and approve it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Distributed Computing, Google, Java, Life, Tech | 4 Comments

Your framework sucks and I almost lost my job

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

Just read Bob’s post from a bit back about XML and annotations and it occurred to me that Bob’s like the rest of us. We LOVE pointing out flaws in things that annoy us! My string of “Why Hibernate Sucks” … Continue reading →

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Google is an easy target

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

I just got done reading the latest Cringley which of course revolves around my favorite bunch, Google. (For those who don’t know me and didn’t hear my quite amusing story, I interviewed at Google and after the phone screen, 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Tech | 5 Comments

Harry potter madness!

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

I got the official email from Borders today about pre-ordering my copy of the next Harry Potter book. Unfortunately their online ordering system for the book has been down all day. They obviously weren’t expecting such a huge response and … Continue reading →

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