"Rockstar" Abuse In Employment Ads

Just saw this beautiful diddy on craigslist:

Looking for WordPress Rockstar! (Anywhere)

Looking for wordpress rockstar to do multiple wordpress setup's for clients. This will be the basic wordpress setup, implementing theme, adding graphics, seo plugins, feedbuner, etc. Looking for someone that is reliable and can work within deadlines.

Must be a rockstar and have the goods to prove it!

Yes! You must be a rockstar to do this wordpress job! I see this kind of posting for computer jobs constantly. What do companies think they are getting when they get somebody that thinks they are a rockstar? Getting somebody that is a rockstar is awesome, getting somebody that is willing to think of themselves as a rockstar? TROUBLE. I've experienced this phenemonom a few times and I don't think the companies that post this type of requirement really think it through.

For some good examples of actual rockstar behavior check out this Cracked article.

Freedom From Religion Sign Vandalized In Olympia, WA

"At this season of
THE WINTER SOLSTICE
may reason prevail.

There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and supersitition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."

There was an article today on CNN about the vandalizing of a sign put up in Olympia, WA. I guess somebody found these simple words pretty threatening, and yet wasn't faithful enough to wait for divine intervention to remove the sign for them. Maybe the vandal didn't pray hard enough.

The sign was sponsored by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Rendezvous With Rama?

New Scientist has an article about a comet that may come from outside of our solar system.

What is Necrobious Waiting For?

Java Decompiling With Jadclipse

I found myself with some free java code that I didn't know if I could trust. It was a free, but not open source plugin that would help with some software that I am writing and I wanted to use it. The plugin mainly consisted of one java class and if only I could peak inside.

It's been a while since I've needed to decompile any java and so I did a quick search for Eclipse plugins that could assist. I found Jadclipse. Installation was easy on my mac and it worked like a charm. Just follow the instructions.

Put that on your altar and smoke it. I love it when stuff just works.