I’ve hardly looked back since I upgraded from a 15″ PowerBook to a 17″ PowerBook, but there are a few times (often when travelling) when smaller would be more convenient. At Mashup Camp, I took an informal survey of the laptops I saw there. PowerBooks (and a few iBooks) were the laptop of choice, followed…
February, 2006
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I’ve posted additional maintenence releases of Tasks Pro™ and Tasks. These release fix reported bugs in the previous .6 releases. Changes in both Tasks Pro™ and Tasks: Annual recurring tasks are created properly. iCalendars properly include completed tasks. The “Server Time Difference” setting is used for the Upcoming screen. When deleting a parent task, apply…
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Over the last few weeks I’ve been thinking about my mobile computing solutions, and thinking about making some changes. First the PDA/cell phone side of things. I’ve used a Treo for the last 4 years, before that I had a separate cell phone and Palm. I’ve been increasingly restless with my Treo lately – I…
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Tasks Pro 1.6.2 and Tasks 2.6.2 have been released. Details are in the development blog.
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Apple.com/security – O’Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog Faster Feeds Using FeedTree Peer-To-Peer [ECHENG.COM] Eric Cheng’s Journal – Back to China! ongoing – On PHP (thanks Matt) SitePoint Blogs – A pro-PHP Rant tow.com – Mashup Camp Day 2 Why Starbucks Annoys Me Apples-to-Apples Comparison of the “Big Four” U.S. Wireless Providers’ Calling Plans – The Wireless…
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Received via e-mail: You have just received the Amish Virus. Since we do not have electricity or computers, you are on the honor system. Please delete all of your files. Thank thee. The viruses affecting Macs are growing quite rapidly – good thing I have backups!
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My Mac friendly tooltips patch was blessed. The next release of WordPress should show proper shortcut keys for Mac browsers. Yay!
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After a year of playing Mario Kart a few minutes a day, a couple days a week I’ve finally gotten pretty decent at it. I think it’s time for me to move on to another game, and I think I’d enjoy a similar racing game. Recommendations?
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If you’ve contacted me regarding design work in the past 6 months, you’ve probably gotten a reply similar to this: I rarely do design jobs these days, unless the client has a clear understanding that it’s very difficult to do accurate estimates for design work. The time spent and resulting cost depends on how much…
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I liked what I read last week in the TextMate blog so much, I decided to use it exclusively for a project. When I tried TextMate back in the 1.0 days, I found I didn’t entirely care for it, for various reasons. On the flight home last night, I used TextMate for some PHP editing…
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Day 2 of Mashup Camp was a little more informal (if that’s possible) than day 1 – it was quite interesting to see everyone’s creations in action and discuss various development challenges with them. Special thanks to: my travel partner Steve, Adam, DeWitt, Anil, Niall, Davey, Tim and everyone else I had the pleasure of…
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Mashup Camp is my first “unconference” experience – it’s been quite interesting. The basic theory is to get a bunch of people together and let them geek out in loose groups on various topics, with little to no structure. It worked surprisingly well – Steve was impressed as well. The sessions I attended today: API…
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I’m back in the Bay Area again for a couple of days to attend Mashup Camp. I’m quite looking forward to it. Note to self: if you played doubles volleyball earlier in the day, remember to ice your knees before getting on a plane. Overheard on the plane, producing some snickering from Steve and myself:…
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What the experts are saying about the Super Bowl officiating Oracle Buys Berkeley DB, Sleepycat Software Adobe Lightroom Beta 2 Ted Leung on the air : Powerbookless – I’ve been increasingly concerned about the possibility of laptop theft and the possible privacy ramifications… TextMate Blog – Future Directions – straight talk from a developer who…
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Wow, check out these stats on Sammy Sosa from the Hardball Times: HOMERUNS HR RCAA 1 Hank Aaron 755 1032 2 Babe Ruth 714 1795 3 Barry Bonds 708 1502 4 Willie Mays 660 1008 5 Sammy Sosa 588 338 6 Frank Robinson 586 852 7 Mark McGwire 583 665 8 Harmon Killebrew 573 516…