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I third Stratoscope's and jacquesm's request for that story.

Also interesting to note: that picture you found is from his first month on the job, yes? The "Welcome" section at the bottom of the PDF claims he just joined in July in "Engineering--Commercial," and the text above the picture says that the three instructors pictured (Hazlett, Behr, Kaye) will transfer to Royal-McBee payroll "as announced in the July Librazette." The July edition claims Hazlett, Behr, and Fred Flannel are the engineers to be transferred.

I'm going to feel pretty dumb if this: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/news08.html turns out to be a joke that I didn't grok. According to the link, he stopped writing checks in 2008. I remember feeling very disappointed when I read that.

The "Continue Reading..." link on your "OK, THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS." post sets off malware detection in Firefox & Chrome. I don't know much about WordPress, but judging from their main page, 2.2.1 seems a bit out-of-date.

Desks with adjustable height are great. Being able to change positions throughout the day is well worth the cost. Long work sessions are far more comfortable since I began using one.

I've got the 72" version of this: http://anthro.com/cpage.aspx?ssid=12

Their stuff is very, very solid.

I just glanced at the rules. I didn't see anything about disclosing outside of Netflix, but you do have to license winning algorithms to them. The license appears to grant them the right to make & sell products based on the algorithm.

Netflix challenge? No recurring revenue, but, hey, a million dollars. You'll have to disclose the algorithm to accept the prize.