Reviews, speculation, and other idle thoughts on hardware, software, firmware…
For some reason the past two weekends have put the “grown-up” pinch on. Last weekend was meeting with the contractor to all-but-finalize on payment for the bathroom remodelling project (then painting that bad mama-jama) and then yesterday was 2 hours shovelling snow out of the driveway. Sometimes I feel too young for this stuff and […]
WARNING! Stream of consciousness post to follow below: Snow days aren’t just for grade school kids anymore. Or maybe they never were in Vermont. They’re definitely better prepared to deal with inclement weather around here but Ma Nature scoffs at even the most robust efforts. Even a plow through my neighborhood every hour was no […]
My youngest brother called me tonight for a recommendation about whether to save up his cash for an iPod, …mini, or …shuffle. Pursuing consumer reports and reliable anecdotal evidence is such a refreshing trait in such a young lad. Not that 15 is really all that young. Lord knows though that I didn’t do that […]
Winding down here. Week was a series of implode/explode moments. Ended on a good note that allowed me to transition into the weekend heaving a big sigh. In to the final chapter of the bathroom renovation project. Cut the check today after the contractor dropped by to go through the leak with me. A few […]
x180 article on setting up Subversion via DarwinPorts. Notes to self: (1) re-re-check out Subversion as a CVS alternative; (2) WebDAV!; (3) DarwinPorts as a Fink alternative?
Via tuaw: re: EFF’s lawsuits against Apple against blogger-spoilers… /sigh The thing that strikes me as holier-than-thou and self-righteous is how the EFF goes straight for the throat and likens the situation to Deep Throat. A more suitable comparison could have been found, I’m sure. Nothing springs instantly to mind but let’s be honest here, […]
Perhaps the dirtiest-sounding Perl error message of all time: Bad index while coercing array into hash
My favorite XML/XSL editor, <oXygen/>, went to version 5.1 today. It’s a nice update but disappointing b/c of one seemingly minor thing. I was all excited that they added line folding. Its absence was one of the big reasons I hesitated in dropping $ on it in the first place but given how much better […]
Another solid Gruber read: “Small, Cheap, and Without a Display” hammers the point(s) home re: iPod Shuffle and Mac mini. And a gracious admission of defeat on one point in particular. Gruber’s of the mind that the mini will be a moderate success but won’t succeed at it’s mission: While offering adequate performance for its […]
That’s what the rumors say, anyway: Aqua OpenOffice.org v2.0 has been cancelled. “…due to various licensing, political, and fundamental engineering difficulties…” 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁