Confidence == Self.Comfort in {Knowns, Unknowns}

Confidence != Perfection;

Confidence != Arrogance.Hide(Inferiority);

What do we do when a user asks for a facility for a matter of convenience and where the cost of providing such convenience far outweighs the value of the time saved from the convenience?

There's a dictum that states: "Customer is King." If we want to be responsible subjects to our king, it is our duties to say to the King: "Your Majesty, if you wear this 'clothes' you will be naked; is that what you really want?" and instead of: "Yes Your Majesty, we will use the finest invisible silk thread to match the invisible royal garb you ordered."

Joy is...

A smile in spite of what's around.

You know... these days I sensed a lot of unhappiness around me—not from me, mind you—around me. So I took a few minutes out of my day and scoured the Internet to see if I could find some quick, inspirational statements people say about how we can reach happiness since I don't seem to be doing well in inspiring happiness for others.

Here's what I found:

From Dennis Wholey:
Quote #1: Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results.
Quote #2: Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.

Here's another from our favorite genius, Albert Einstein:
Quote #3: If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

From an unknown smartie:
Quote #4: Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.
Quote #5: Some pursue happiness; others create it.

How are these useful for me? Eeh, they aren't new to me, really; they're what I already naturally use for me. And I'm happy in a happy-go-lucky-sort-of-way-kind-of-guy; see if these could be as useful for you as they have been for me.

What a great {insert a nerdy title here} feels:

• I don't need to prove I'm 1337 to know I am one.
• I don't understand the end-user, but I'll always try to.
• My end-user is the reason I have a job.
• Patience really is a virtue.
• Nobody likes complicated stuff.
• It's better to be perceived as inexperienced but a quick study, than experienced but a slow poke.
• Knowing the subject well is better than knowing how to code well.
• If I don't know how to code it well, give it to someone who does, then learn from it.
• $1/day for 365 days is better than $10 for only 30 days. Long term builds trust, character and wealth; short one brings false sense of confidence.
• Each new job feels like my first job; done with great excitement, else it could be my last one.
• Get completely in or get out, capiche?

12032003

There was something fascinating about the number 12032003.

Of course, one could say the same about just any other similarly patterned numbers like 12042002, 12052005, 12062006.

Even more so for 12312003.

But I'm not gonna be around blogging on that day.