iPhones?
Originally posted 2005-05-12 15:21:00 Bill Gates claims that the iPod will tumble towards irrelevance, displaced by mobile phones with integrated MP3 players. Can you sense the iPod envy? Frustrated at his inability to make...
Category: Ablog
Playing with Core Data
Originally posted 2005-11-24 10:50:32 I continue to delude myself into believing that I’m going to learn Objective-C and Cocoa. My bookshelf droops like a swaybacked cayuse with all the Cocoa and Objective-C books I’ve...
Living with Windows (Lifehacker)
Originally posted 2006-06-02 03:53:07 I came across this that explains how to make Windows a little more Unix-like. The first hint tells you to turn off the desktop icons and turn on the Desktop...
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...
Technical Teens
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...
Music
Originally posted 2005-03-16 16:06:45 I listen to the same CD over, and over, and over again. . . . Even better than the real thing . . . It’s U2’s Ach Tung, Baby, and...
Judging a Book by its Cover
Originally posted 2005-06-14 22:33:56 Grandma Thelma always admonished, \”Don’t judge a book by its cover!\” whether or not any reading material lay nearby. Her waggling finger didn’t refer to Great Expectation’s dust sleeve, but...
Password Policy
Originally posted 2006-02-10 14:25:07 An internal audit at the company where I work determined that we should strengthen our corporate password policy. Consequently, our head of data security drafted a new policy and began...
A Terrifying Experience in the Night
Originally posted 2006-06-08 02:56:35 Just before 5:00 this morning, my daughters’ screams ripped me from sleep. I have two sons and three daughters. The boys fight and the girls scream. That’s just what they...
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...