señor taco’s travels

title='DrunkenBlog'>DrunkenBlog has an href="http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000581.html">interview
with href="http://www.wilshipley.com/blog/" title=" Call Me Fishmeal.">Wil
Shipley of Delicious
Monster. Delicious Monster makes Delicious Library, a media
library for OS X that has features and a user interface to die for.

There are a lot of good things in the interview, but the big one that
hit me is when Wil says:

Heuristics (the way I’m using them) are basically algorithms that are
not guaranteed to get the right answer all the time. Sometimes
you can have a heuristic that gets you something close to the answer,
and you (as the programmer) say, “This is close enough for
government work.”

He gets it and it’s obvious he enjoys his job. I’m still getting
there sometimes it seems. Occasionally I’ve been known to pull out
some fast and “good enough” work, but lately I don’t feel that way at
all. I’m getting work done, I just don’t feel super inspired I guess.

Recently my friend Yun Shin
asked me if I’d be an extra in an independent movie he’s directing (he may
have written it too, I’m not sure). So, I showed up and was Speed Dating
Extra #1 for the day. Little did I know Yun would stick me in a prominent
place right in front of the lens. There were about eight to ten shots where
I’m right in the frame, more than half of them I’m behind women that are
talking to the main character and facing the lens.

It was an interesting process to watch and be a part of. I’d do it again,
but I really enjoy being behind the scenes in my work much more. The high-lite
of the day was sitting through many shots with another extra named Kate.
Not only was she beautiful, but she’s smart and witty. I tell you, if I
didn’t think it was inappropriate to ask her out on the set I would
have. Now we’ll have to see if I can work up the chutzpah to do it
after the fact.

I’ll be sure to post if the movie ever comes out.