Episode 35: Fun at work

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This week on Herding Code, K. Scott kicks off an amusing conversation about office pranks and general fun in the workplace:

Jon explains why you might send goat pictures to your coworkers.
Kevin comments about the hazards of new carpet installation.
K. Scott talks about making an HP Printer come to life.
And learn why you must always, always keep one eye on Jon when he's working...

Show Links:

Fun With C# and HP Laserjets - http://www.odetocode.com/humor/68.aspx
Goating - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000997.html
Favorite Harmless Computer Practical Joke - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/65116/whats-your-favorite-harmless-computer-practical-joke
Google April Fools - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google's_hoaxes, http://www.pcworld.com/article/142620/googles_top_17_easter_eggs_gags_and_hoaxes.html
Kindle 2 - http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Generation/dp/B00154JDAI/ref=sr_tr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1234330860&sr=1-1
Apple Asks Google to Not Use Multi-Touch - http://www.pcworld.com/article/159260/google_backs_off_multitouch_to_please_apple_report_claims.html
Microsoft Announcement of Windows 7 Versions - http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1890
Android Multi-touch Capable, Just Disabled - http://www.trustedreviews.com/mobile-devices/news/2008/11/18/Android-Multi-touch-Capable--Just-Disabled/p1
Cooked Windows Mobile ROMS http://xda-developers.com

Download / Listen: Episode 35: Fun at work [audio: http://herdingcode.com/wp-content/uploads/HerdingCode-0035-Fun-at-work.mp3]

Feb 14

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4 Comments Episode 35: Fun at work

Jarrett

February 24th, 2009 at 9:19 am

Couldn’t listen to this great show due to horrible sound quality (thousands of little pops). The audio needs a high pass filter.
Jarrett

February 24th, 2009 at 9:21 am

Turns out, you can only hear these through the flash player. It sounds fine in WMP. They must be filtered out in WMP.
Jon Galloway

February 24th, 2009 at 9:32 am

I’ve seen issues with the Flash player, especially on different browsers. For instance, the audio would play back at half speed in earlier releases of Google Chrome. I’ve checked the audio on several different audio players and am not seeing that issue at all. I usually do 2-4 hours of editing on each episode, so if the audio is really unlistenable I do what I can to fix it before it’s published (filtering, compressing, leveling, etc.).
MikeB

March 5th, 2009 at 6:54 am

I found you guys from a StackOver flow post. You do a nice job of having an entertaining conversation with some information.

Last night I implemented Scott’s HP Printer Hack and had a wonderful time. I’ve left it running in the cubie farm so that it switches the display every 30 minutes. Since we have a HP Laser Jet 4100 I have 32 characters to work with! It was such a nice break to have some fun that I feel re-energized to get back on the LoB app that was getting a bit stodgy for me.