April 2009
38 posts
10 years ago today, the Matrix helped me reduce some complicated life experiences and philosophical perspectives into simple film metaphors
March 2009
42 posts
Got my leg kicked up on a chair at my desk, Kinesis keyboard in lap, and a mouse in reach for specific tasks
thanks for all the well-wishes! I’m at home now with a big boot and crutches for my broken toe. lesson: non-steel-toed boots don’t protect
and my bike’s okay aside from the rear brake lever and some scrapes on the engine guard
Got cut off in traffic. Slow low side spill. At UW with bruised shin waiting on x-rays
semi-seriously looking for an apartment on Capitol Hill again. or something with covered parking or a garage
Pixton™ - Comic Strip Creator - Make Your Own Web... →
Bosch’s encyclopedic Automotive Handbook arrived in the mail. It’s amazing how much technical reference information is packed in here
finally getting a handle on the git version control system. DARCS makes it look like usability nightmare, but doesn’t scale as well, alas.
Slate’s Windows port is stable now. there are probably bugs in socket handling, but that can be worked out later
got a high quality scare at the H.P. Lovecraft film festival showing tonight
only for Slate would I wrestle with Visual Studio. trying to resuscitate the old Windows port
Building successful teams a Catch-22 - Ars... →
Overall, sharing information seems to pay off, as it correlated with the team’s performance, cohesion, and member satisfaction. Groups where at least one member had a requisite answer to the problem…
Understanding Science →
A deeply-structured website created in response to the results from the Understanding Evolution public web poll which revealed that many respondents had flawed understanding of the scientific…
iPhone Developer Program Gotchas (or what I... →
working on Slate for the first time in a bit. making it more robust and cleaning up all the old distribution packaging configs
What is narcissistic personality disorder, and why... →
“If the observers who say that part of our economic troubles result from a mass case of narcissism, from consumers who thought they should have the house of their dreams financed on bad debt to…
new OS 3.0 installed, works as advertised. I don’t miss QuickGold; Spotlight seems to address that very well
undiscussed feature: #iPhone OS 3.0 appears to support Core Data
What Bruce Sterling Actually Said About Web 2.0 at... →
The nifty-keen thing here is that Web 2.0 is a web. It’s a web of bubbles and squares. A glorious thing — but that is not a verbal argument. That’s like a Chinese restaurant menu. You can take one…
Apple seems to be running down everyone’s #iphone wish-fulfillment checklist now, and doing a decent design job thankfully
the #iphone 3.0 demo keeps swinging between demos of massive productivity gains to massive time sinks (Touch Pets, ESPN)
iPhone app store and OS changes looking good so far
#iPhone OS 3.0’s use of push notifications instead of background-apps is not surprising, because Cocoa Touch is fairly heavy.
even though #iphone copy/paste hasn’t been mentioned yet, Push notifications mean that any developer with a server can do it.
#iphone medical software for patient monitoring looks pretty exciting
Sweet - data detectors for email/SMS/IMs on the #iphone
I hope Apple is using an Erlang-based server for push-notifications. it underlies most big scalable messaging systems
Erlounge Seattle | Home of Seattle’s Erlang User... →
Forget watermarks; new technique "fingerprints"... →
Professor Ed Felten and his team of researchers have been working on security and anticounterfeiting measures from a different angle. Instead of incorporating additional watermarks and dyes into the…
MST3K was hilarious last night; I forgot how hard I could laugh. and it was great to see @stumax
looking forward to seeing the MST3K cast live tomorrow night at Cinematic Titanic
ordering new glasses online for $30 including shipping. I ran/measured the numbers a few times to be sure; hopefully these fit.
How to stop the drug wars | The Economist →
“This newspaper first argued for legalisation 20 years ago (see article). Reviewing the evidence again (see article), prohibition seems even more harmful, especially for the poor and weak of the…
Center for Tactical Magic →
“The Center for Tactical Magic engages in extensive research, development, and deployment of the pragmatic system known as Tactical Magic. A fusion force summoned from the ways of the artist, the…
just launched http://www.searchmuffin.com as a #SixHourStartup style interview task
setting up my shiny new iMac
Watermarked Movie Soundtrack Finds the Position of... →
“In recent years, the problem of camcorder piracy in theaters has become more serious due to technical advances in camcorders. In this paper, as a new deterrent to camcorder piracy, we propose a…
USATODAY.com - Psychologists now know what makes... →
“The happiest people surround themselves with family and friends, don’t care about keeping up with the Joneses next door, lose themselves in daily activities and, most important, forgive easily. The…
got $500 for my dual G5 tower from the Mac store, but I’m still waiting on the specific iMac model I want to arrive. data is on time machine
sweet, new apple desktop hardware, so I can finally move from my dual g5 tower to an imac
bought my girlfriend an iPhone 3G for her birthday, managing to lower our phone bills by joining AT&T. lowering my pirate flag now… :)