August 2008
74 posts
Microsoft's plans for post-Windows OS revealed -... →
Midori, a speculative incubated software project, tries to expand on their Singularity OS project for more network-connected and potentially commercial prospects. Asynchronous promise-based (and…
July 2008
46 posts
I’m at 22 Doors (405 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112, USA) - http://bkite.com/015zV
if you just received a Bebo invite from me: yes, I did hit THAT button and I just deleted my account with them in protest
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littleb.org - home of the little b modular... →
The little b project is an effort to provide an open source language which allows scientists to build mathematical models of complex systems. The initial focus is systems biology. The goal is to…
met the engineer behind http://www.trafficwaves.org last night. had an interesting conversation about traffic theory and practice
ok, so WA’s health insurance situation for lone contracters doesn’t work for me. anyone know a group / professional association I can join?
working with a health insurance agent… yay, this makes research a lot simpler
had to dump my user data to keep my iPhone’s SpringBoard from crashing repeatedly. thankfully that only really lost call/SMS history
checking out pwnage2.0 over my lunch break. my, this has become a well-packaged hack
sounds like a lot of my twitter friends are at Randal Schwartz OSCON lecture, and I’m chatting with him on IRC :)
a full day of hiking, then a full day of sailing, now I’m back to work and pleasantly exhausted
Systems Software Research is Irrelevant - Robert... →
This talk is a polemic that distills the pessimistic side of my feelings about systems research these days. I won’t talk much about the optimistic side, since lots of others can do that for me;…
Home - Pencil Project →
The Pencil Project’s unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.
Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Stories /... →
A story from the Laundry series, posted online for free as part of Tor’s online efforts.
getting ready for a #saturdayhouse hike
happy for my girlfriend getting a costume design job
not maintaining high standards (i.e. Smalltalk) for an XSLT/XPath development environment costs me time and money
working in Greenlake today while my motorcycle gets some repairs done
preparing for another project-level teleconference… whee!
I’m at Zig Zag Cafe (1501 Western Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA) - http://bkite.com/00WnC
How We Built an iPhone App for $4873.92 | None |... →
Timeframe →
Allows selecting a time range easily in AJAX/DHTML applications.
I’m at Shultzy’s Sausage (4114 University Way Ne, Seattle, WA 98105, USA) - http://bkite.com/00VUF
jumping through Apple’s iPhone SDK hoops…
LispForum • Index page →
A discussion board for Lisp - seems like a throwback, but if people use it, it deserves attention.
Étoilé - Pragmatic Smalltalk 0.5 announcement →
A Smalltalk compiler to Objective-C which extends the runtime to support Smalltalk idioms. LLVM potential optimizations are also discussed.
Just finished building my first RC aircraft in 15 years… Very satisfying to work with hardware :)
Running new apps on an iPod touch
packing for a full day of sailing, bringing a friend’s boat down from Anacortes
taking the girlfriend out to dinner and Eddie Izzard show
finally got my iPhone developer’s key. I’ll bet everyone else on the list did, too, at this point
theoghts: doctor-pusher-flyer man →
Which means that basically we’re turning America into one giant hospital. And the illness is life. Our cultural doctors don’t really know how to make life better, so they’ve prescribed a heavy dose…
Why are public schools so bad at hiring good... →
While it’s not fair to park the problem of global inequities at the doorstep of teachers unions, the continued floundering of public education in America is at least partly to blame: Education is an…
Browse Sidney D. Gamble Photographs →
From 1908 to 1932, Sidney Gamble (1890-1968) visited China four times, traveling throughout the country to collect data for social-economic surveys and to photograph urban and rural life, public…
The miseries of losing the sense of smell. - By... →
When we see actors in a love scene, we accept that we can’t smell the sweat; when they take a sip of wine, we don’t expect to taste the grapes. That’s how I felt, like an observer watching the…
nothing like a night of drinking and philosophizing with new friends to distract from health insurance worries
Accelerating Software Development | Assembla →
Use Assembla spaces for rapid software development, and agile team collaboration. Get free workspaces with unlimited team size and integrated tools like wiki, discussion, alerts, chat, ticketing,…
Analysis: IT consumerization and the future of... →
Traditional IT departments and practicesâcorporate desktops, networked shares, strict IT policies, etc.âwill persist in companies and sectors where they make sense, but more startups will embrace…
“One nation, under oligopolies, without customer choice, with high rates and bad service for all.”
MACHINECOLLECTIVE.ORG →
Machinecollective is specialized in design and production of custom control surfaces and kits for physical computing.
I’m at 1009 E Union St, Seattle, WA 98122, USA - http://bkite.com/00QeZ
more Gemstone/S self-study. this is really interesting material!
Dimensions →
How the Republicans claimed the "patriotism"... →
Start Screens - a set on Flickr →
As we’re all spending a lot of time thinking about “the perfect start screen” for Web apps, I’ve started a collection of existing Web app start screens culled from around the Web and put them on…