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You know, SFO is not really as cool of an airport as one might think, being all close to a tech capitol and all that. Here are the sins:- entirely too big- airtrain kinda sucks.- entirely too small-...
View ArticleSFO Follow up
So Alaska was 2 hours late all told. Apparently we were lucky since the president was in Seattle from 1-5pm, screwing up rush hour. Am I the only one who think it's unacceptable to screw up major...
View ArticleA year later Lego still sucks
What a difference a year doesn't make. I complained last year that Lego Mindstorms software didn't work properly on Intel Macs. Specifically bluetooth doesn't work, due to the non-universal binary....
View ArticleLunch 2.0 At Adobe
Later this month on Friday September the 21st, Adobe is hosting Seattle Lunch 2.0. You may RSVP online.I'll see you there!
View ArticleCocoa, Custom View scrolling
I spent a few hours banging against custom views and scrolling thereof, and learned a number of useful things.The scenario is a custom view wrapped in a scroll view. Instead of doing the drawing in...
View ArticleUnlocking the iPhone
Due to a ... ahem... billing disagreement with AT&T, I have need to unlock my iPhone.Simply put, I was charged for data roaming to the tune of $800. AT&T was unwilling to help me out here, I...
View ArticleLeopard
Yep, I upgraded. It's a nice visual upgrade, and has a bunch of new features to boot.I was unable to at first get to my Linux-based afpd server. It turns out that by default Ubuntu doesn't ship...
View ArticlePhotography
I have been steadily taking photos at a slow trickle. A few gigs every month really adds up over time. Right now I easily have 90+ GB of RAW files. However, using Aperture to manage this on my...
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Vancouver at Dusk
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }Vancouver at Dusk, originally...
View ArticleJava Programmers
I recently discovered what I called "Java Programmer Syndrome" (JPS) - those developers who did extensive Java programming and are unable to separate the interface and implementation of a data...
View ArticleFive minute thoughts
Thanks to the internet and TV I have a 5 minute attention span, just like everyone else it seems. Combined with blog post formats and Youtube 3 minute videos, we have a contemporary pop culture that...
View Article5MT: Why US Debit Cards are Bunk
I was reminded yesterday about how bad debit cards are here in the US. Let me count the ways thee make me mad. Firstly is thine insistence on being a "visa" card. This is particularly bad because...
View ArticlejPod
I've been watching the jPod TV adaptation. And while it deviates from the book in many important ways, it does maintain the same sense of insanity as the book.Also an awesome Google sneak was in...
View Article5MT: Java hating
This is not really a 5 minute thought, but more like a brief Java rant from someone else:"I hate Java. As a programmer, I hate Java, the language, for what it has done to the field of programming. As a...
View ArticleJava Programmers
I haven't met a "java programmer" who only knows Java that is awesome. They are the new VB programmers - hooking up up Java components in to amalgams of crap.- Me, in chat to a fellow developer.
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Email organization in GMail (Aka the Zen of Gmail)
I keep on getting friends who complain about GMail and pine for the "good old days" of Outlook.I've received hundreds of emails a day for over 7 years. Now that I am able to use Gmail as my primary...
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Google I/O
At Google I/O in San Francisco this week. A two day developer conference covering Google's public tools and APIs.
View ArticleGoogle I/O: OpenSocial
Here are my "raw" notes from the OpenSocial intro session at 11:15am:Open Social.Introduction. How to build OpenSocial Apps. OS Containers. (more)Patrick: Intro.Make the web better: by making it...
View ArticleGoogle I/O recap and summary
Well Google I/O is over. Hopefully there will be another one next year - the conference was great value, and had scores of smart people talking about interesting web things. I attended in part to learn...
View ArticleOn GWT - Welcome Visitors
Hi visitors from onGWT.com! I see my lowly blog has about 30x the traffic it normally does. I guess I struck a nerve a bit.Currently I'm still investigating GWT. I haven't started production coding,...
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