Author: Rob Warner

Baby Names

Originally posted 2005-06-16 04:49:45 Naming babies has always caused my wife and me angst, and we had to do it five times. I wish we’d found The Baby Name Wizard’s NameVoyager to help guide...

Fine Engineering

Originally posted 2007-10-10 13:54:07 The rain Florida has received over the past few weeks has revealed some roofing shortcomings. We apparently have a roof leak in the building where I work–I walked into work...

MacBook Pro: One Week Report

Originally posted 2007-10-08 14:10:46 After using the MacBook Pro for a little over a week, I must confess: I miss Outlook. Admittedly, Outlook 2007 has three years on Entourage 2004, but I’m using Outlook...

No Fluff Just Stuff 2007 Orlando, Day Three

Originally posted 2007-09-11 13:05:45 Day three started with Bruce Tate, Ruby, and Rails. Tate isn’t entertaining nor dynamic (a la Scott Davis), but his presentation skills suffice and his material is excellent. Leading Java...

No Fluff Just Stuff 2007 Orlando, Day Two

Originally posted 2007-09-02 16:38:03 I spent the morning of Day Two with David Geary, JSF, Seam, Facelets and Ajax4jsf. The session came in two parts, and I could have stayed for a part three...

No Fluff Just Stuff 2007 Orlando, Day One

Originally posted 2007-08-25 02:59:27 I’m at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Orlando, Florida, at No Fluff Just Stuff. Both an offsite management work meeting all morning and an accident on I-4 delayed my...

External Recycle Bin

Originally posted 2007-08-25 02:23:12 From the what-will-they-think-of-next department, here’s an external hard drive designed to house your deleted files. It’s shaped like a trash can and sports the recycling logo, so it attempts to...

Safe 0.2 Released

Originally posted 2007-08-21 18:05:02 I just released version 0.2 of Safe, the command-line password management program I’ve been using. This is the first public release, and it’s still alpha, but I’d love feedback. I’m...

More Proof that Apple Will Win

Originally posted 2007-08-21 17:17:22 Last year I built a computer with parts ordered from newegg.com. Over time, and because of its faster processor, larger hard drives, and buckets more memory, my home-built computer has...

Import Email Addresses in Apple Address Book

Originally posted 2007-08-06 17:40:17 My parents spent the past three years Down Under doing missionary work. They lived in Melbourne, halfway around the world from us in Florida, USA. Email shortened the distance and...