November, 2004
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Long Term Contracts Sizing up PalmOne’s next moves (thanks Geof) Managerial hiring Vizquel to the Giants — The Hardball Times – The Mariners gave away a pick to get Raul Ibanez last year which really irked me. Switch-Case: Hostrocket Sucks, Part II MagpieRSS vs LastRSS : comparison of PHP RSS parsers – planetOzh Kirkville –…
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The new My Yahoo! is pretty slick, check it out. UPDATE: The new little JavaScript disclosure triangles work fine (client-side) in Firefox and Safari, but in Camino the click goes to a server side URL. C’mon Yahoo, give Camino a little love.
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I got this e-mail last night: Hi Alex, I’m interested in getting a blog started but I don’t know much about them, their capabilities, etc. Is there a primer you could recommend? What are the benefits of a blog over an official site? I plan on including drawings eventually…political caricatures, etc. Will a blog be…
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When I was working for a BigCo in a former life, I generally abhorred writing functional specs. Now as a consultant, I’ve chosen to write one and I’m quite enjoying it. Perhaps it is because I have more freedom and responsibility in this role – or perhaps I accidentally gained an appreciation for the usefulness…
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I played co-ed sand 4’s volleyball in a league tonight from 9:30 to 11:00, then another 3 games of doubles until around midnight. I really enjoyed playing with the folks I played with, but I’m gonna be hurtin’ when I wake up this morning. 🙂
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When I made the jump from Tasks to Tasks Pro™ I added about 9000 lines of code. Version 1.5 of Tasks Pro™ represents the largest increase since that time, with the code growing to over 22,000 lines. That includes quite a few changes I made to make certain pieces of code more modular and reusable…
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After I discovered the joy of Bluetooth last week, I started looking for ways that I could take advantage of it’s capabilities. My ideal scenario would be to have Bluetooth in my Treo and be able to sync over Bluetooth with my PowerBook and also use the Treo as a modem for those times when…
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I’ve released Tasks Pro™ 1.5 beta 4. This is mainly clean-up and a few bug fixes that I discovered while combing through the code to create the next Tasks release. The iCalendar and RSS links are now in a ‘Data for external apps’ area Added the billable icon to edit form Fixed a ‘Warning, div…
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I have a few different jackets and vests with zippered pockets. Some of them zip closed from bottom to top while others zip closed from top to bottom. Minutia? quite possibly, but I started wondering which design was better and I haven’t come to a decision yet. The case for zipping up A half-open zipper…
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Doonesbury 2004-11-07 – we discussed doing this when I worked at a BigCo. Unfortunately, our experience w/ outsourcing wasn’t very good. Technical Jiggery Pokery: about:Aquafication WeetHet – TiVo – Hack DirecTV Series 2 – I may try this. Write Great Code. Get an iPod. – Scott on Feedster DirecTiVo does not need a phone line…
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Went to the Sniagrab today before it closes tomorrow. I wish I’d gone earlier when there was better selection, but I did get a pair of snowboard boots for about 50% off. Then I headed over to REI to spend my dividend on some new bindings. Looking forward to trying them out on the slopes.…
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I started working on the new version of Tasks and I’ve made some good progress so far. I decided to take the Tasks Pro™ 1.5 code and convert it to Tasks rather than trying to identify and apply the changes individually. This has been a harder route than I expected, but I did a fair…