“Those with low N-Ach may choose very easy tasks, in order to minimise risk of failure, or highly difficult tasks, such that a failure would not be embarrassing. Those with high N-Ach tend to choose moderately difficult tasks, feeling that they are challenging, but within reach.

“The English word girl (first documented in 1290) originally designated a child of either gender. A female child was called a gay girl, while a male child was called a knave girl.

“Legacy code is simply code without tests.

“What I learned from trying to study philosophy is that the place to look is in other fields.

“When I’m looking for a sport with more integrity I’ll grab the remote and surf for some pro wrestling.

“Most people don’t actually have a 20% project. Most managers won’t remind you to start one.

“You almost never see a new technology that reaches 10 or 20 million users and is still growing fast, that then falls over and dies.

We’ll see three months of experimentation and development of new apps on Facebook, including many false starts and many duds, but also a whole series of innovative new apps that we haven’t even thought of yet. Come September, with the resumption of the school year and a whole crop of new freshpeople, Facebook traffic will once again go vertical, as will adoption of the best of the new apps. You heard it here first.

“Dick Cheney stashes secrets securely by the sea shore. How many secrets does Dick Cheney securely stash?

This administration does not turture logic. It simply flew logic in an unmarked plane to Bulgaria.

“3G is darn near a cable modem experience. When you’re connected via that little “3G” icon in the upper-right hand corner of your mobile phone screen, it’s like a beautiful, golden river of bytes flowing into your cell phone. It makes using the internet on the go an absolute pleasure. EDGE data connections, on the other hand, are none of those things.

The iPhone only supports EDGE data connections— and doesn’t support 3G data connections at all! It’s a cruel oversight for a phone that has such an outstanding web browser. If you think reliance on WiFi is an advantage of the iPhone, check your reality distortion field. I’ve lived the WiFi lifestyle when I’ve travelled, and it’s not pleasant. Free, public WiFi points are a dying breed.