Monthly Archive: August 2010

Originally posted 2010-03-31 10:37:09 My workplace uses the Outlook/Exchange juggernaut to manage email and calendars. This post doesn’t argue for or against that solution — it’s in place, it works, and it allows me...

Originally posted 2010-03-23 16:24:39 An unknown author penned a self-describing limerick (meta-limerick?) that perhaps represents the pinnacle of its genre: The limerick packs laughs anatomical In space that is quite economical, But the good...

Originally posted 2009-08-30 13:37:19 Salespeople may live from a suitcase, but I’ve lived from a PDA for over a decade. I’ve bounced from Palm to Windows Mobile to BlackBerry before landing on my iPhone...

Originally posted 2009-04-18 03:11:31 As a management team, we recently crafted and presented a list of development principles for our developers to follow. The goal was to provide vision and direction, not to dictate...

Originally posted 2008-12-12 07:27:04 In recent months, two computers in my home reached the ends of their useful lives. The first was the HP desktop that my children use. They’ve loaded so many game...

Originally posted 2008-11-11 12:33:17 My oldest child turned 15 yesterday. We had planned a family party for him–eat barbecue, open presents, eat cake–but we ended up canceling after he cussed me out at church...

Originally posted 2008-05-07 11:56:22 I walked past our office plotter the other day and noticed this message on the console: This picture is blurry but says, \”Cartridges will expire in days: 8.\” Are you...

Originally posted 2008-04-28 01:28:26 People are always careful when typing emails. People are now always careful when typing emails. People are not always careful when typing emails. Emailers often both read and write the...

Originally posted 2008-04-22 05:57:05 Last week macZOT offered a discount on an application called Peek-a-Boo Process Throb. I’d never heard of the application, and am not yet sure how often I’ll use it, but...

Originally posted 2008-04-09 13:16:31 I just released version 0.5 of Safe, the open-source command-line password management program written in Ruby. This version adds diffing and merging Safe password files. I keep my Safe file...