The Wit and Ramblings of David Giard - Humor http://www.davidgiard.com/ Demanding rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty en-us David Giard Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:58:00 GMT newtelligence dasBlog 2.0.7226.0 davidgiard@davidgiard.com davidgiard@davidgiard.com http://www.davidgiard.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=56eed9f7-b21d-4efe-9b33-892d2848d5c9 http://www.davidgiard.com/pingback.aspx http://www.davidgiard.com/PermaLink,guid,56eed9f7-b21d-4efe-9b33-892d2848d5c9.aspx David Giard http://www.davidgiard.com/CommentView,guid,56eed9f7-b21d-4efe-9b33-892d2848d5c9.aspx http://www.davidgiard.com/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=56eed9f7-b21d-4efe-9b33-892d2848d5c9 2

I woke up this morning and was surprised and deleted to see the following e-mail in my inbox


Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 NVP Award! The NVP Award is our way to say thank you for promoting bad behavior and general revelry in the office. We appreciate your extraordinary efforts at “Video interviewing everyone on the planet” during the past year..

To celebrate this tremendous achievement, please join your other NVPers at the NVP Summit at SRT Solutions Thursday afternoon where we will talk about the future of <__>, drink lots of <__>, play a little <__>, and not do any <__>. As we NVPers like to say – “Anything that happens at NVP Summit, stays at NVP Summit”. NDA restrictions apply. You will also receive a special gift for being a NVP and some useless swag.

--Mike (NVP Regional Director)

I cannot tell you how proud I am to receive this award. I certainly would have dreamed of it all my life had I heard of it before yesterday.

I would be thrilled to share all I learn with you - my readers - were it not for the attached 423-page non-disclosure agreement I was forced to sign. But rest assured that this knowledge and its accompanying free drinks will ultimately help the community and be good for all software developers.

Thank you to the committee, to those who nominated me and seconded my nomination and especially to <__>, without whom I would not have won this award.

Celebrating my NVP-ness http://www.davidgiard.com/PermaLink,guid,56eed9f7-b21d-4efe-9b33-892d2848d5c9.aspx http://www.davidgiard.com/2009/03/04/CelebratingMyNVPness.aspx Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:58:00 GMT <p> I woke up this morning and was surprised and deleted to see the following e-mail in my inbox </p> <div style="WIDTH: 80%; BACKGROUND-COLOR: silver"> <p> <img src="http://www.davidgiard.com/content/binary/NVP_Award.JPG" border=0 style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <br> Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 NVP Award! The NVP Award is our way to say thank you for promoting bad behavior and general revelry in the office. We appreciate your extraordinary efforts at “Video interviewing everyone on the planet” during the past year.. </p> <p> To celebrate this tremendous achievement, please join your other NVPers at the NVP Summit at SRT Solutions Thursday afternoon where we will talk about the future of &lt;__&gt;, drink lots of &lt;__&gt;, play a little &lt;__&gt;, and not do any &lt;__&gt;. As we NVPers like to say – “Anything that happens at NVP Summit, stays at NVP Summit”. NDA restrictions apply. You will also receive a special gift for being a NVP and some useless swag. </p> <p> --Mike (NVP Regional Director) </p> </div> <p> I cannot tell you how proud I am to receive this award. I certainly would have dreamed of it all my life had I heard of it before yesterday. </p> <p> I would be thrilled to share all I learn with you - my readers - were it not for the attached 423-page non-disclosure agreement I was forced to sign. But rest assured that this knowledge and its accompanying free drinks will ultimately help the community and be good for all software developers. </p> <p> Thank you to the committee, to those who nominated me and seconded my nomination and especially to &lt;__&gt;, without whom I would not have won this award. <p> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.davidgiard.com/aggbug.ashx?id=56eed9f7-b21d-4efe-9b33-892d2848d5c9" /> http://www.davidgiard.com/CommentView,guid,56eed9f7-b21d-4efe-9b33-892d2848d5c9.aspx Community Humor http://www.davidgiard.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=537f8f9d-6ba1-42f4-ad1f-bdb1841dab71 http://www.davidgiard.com/pingback.aspx http://www.davidgiard.com/PermaLink,guid,537f8f9d-6ba1-42f4-ad1f-bdb1841dab71.aspx David Giard http://www.davidgiard.com/CommentView,guid,537f8f9d-6ba1-42f4-ad1f-bdb1841dab71.aspx http://www.davidgiard.com/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=537f8f9d-6ba1-42f4-ad1f-bdb1841dab71

Today is the first day of the fourth month, which means you should not believe anything you hear, read or see between now and midnight.

I found a great listing of the greatest April Fools pranks in history, based on cleverness and the number of people duped: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/

Foolery http://www.davidgiard.com/PermaLink,guid,537f8f9d-6ba1-42f4-ad1f-bdb1841dab71.aspx http://www.davidgiard.com/2008/04/01/Foolery.aspx Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:05:14 GMT <p> Today is the first day of the fourth month, which means you should not believe anything you hear, read or see between now and midnight. </p> <p> I found a great listing of the greatest April Fools pranks in history, based on cleverness and the number of people duped: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/">http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/</a> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.davidgiard.com/aggbug.ashx?id=537f8f9d-6ba1-42f4-ad1f-bdb1841dab71" /> http://www.davidgiard.com/CommentView,guid,537f8f9d-6ba1-42f4-ad1f-bdb1841dab71.aspx Humor