November 2009
Help Me Interview Alex King - WordPress Tavern... →
Played with the Droid (thanks @jbregar). It’s good, but can’t touch the BlackBerry keyboard. Might get one to really try out for a week.
HTTPS, SSL attack vector discovered; fix is on the... →
Eek!
The Droid Has Landed…Unboxed! Plus a Few Facts →
The screen sounds pretty awesome.
My BlackBerry Tour takes more than 6 minutes to reboot. Absurd! I think my Bold was more like 2 minutes. The Tour is way underpowered.
Not currently planning to buy a Droid this weekend, but willing to be talked into it. Looking forward to playing with one today.
If you choose to use Open Source solutions because they are free, you are doing it wrong.
The Mistake Lottery | U.S.S. Mariner →
this is good stuff.
Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 9.3 Release Notes →
This is a ton of new features for a point release.
Which Jean Companies make 33 inseam jeans? -... →
Serious pet peeve here. My 32” inseams have shrunk too far, as usual.
Pro tip: remember to set your database table id column to auto-increment (if that’s what you expect it to do).
Bare Bones Software | Bare Bones Software Releases... →
a developer’s editor is a personal choice. I’ve trusted BBEdit for about a decade now.
Waiting for the shift from “site” apps back to web apps. Maintaining apps for every site/service (and device) you use is too much overhead.
Read/Unread on Twitter →
I’ve fought it, but I knew it would happen: I now have Twitter content I somewhat care about that has a “read/unread” state; the obligation I’ve been dreading.
At the moment, this is primarily…
Blackberry Tour contact sync problems with Mac OS... →
I wonder if I’m having this problem too (though I haven’t seen errors) - many of my custom images are imported from Gravatars on the Mac (Address Book) side.
HTC HD2 officially coming to US, out in Europe and... →
Decent looking hardware.
New blog post: Read/Unread on Twitter http://bit.ly/300dmj
The SPAM that is MacHeist = the tipping point to get me using Tweetie’s command line filters.
So, just how good was Damon’s steal? →
good thing the mainstream press don’t let the facts get in the way of a story they want to write.
tecosystems - Amazon, RDS and the Future of MySQL →
I’m planning to check this out for a couple of things.
A lot more false-positive email SPAMs since moving to Google Apps (fewer actual SPAM getting through). Not sure I like the trade-off.
tecosystems - You’re Going to Do What With My... →
Sad, Yet Exactly as I Predicted →
I take no pride in the “I told you so” for this and this. In fact, I’d dearly like to be wrong… maybe it can be fixed with a software/firmware upgrade.
Guess I won’t be giving up my MX…
20 Corporate Brand Logo Evolution | Showcases |... →
I’ve had this open in a NetNewsWire tab for months before getting to it this week. Worth taking a look at.
Should RIM Be Worried About Android? Investors... →
In a word: yes. Android will be the real competitor to the iPhone, given a few things falling right.
Around the web →
Should The Twins Trade Nathan? AaronGleeman.com – tough one here, some good points.
Better Elevation – Forbes on the Magic Mouse – one of the things I like about my Logitech MX Revolution is…
KevinDonahue.com →
What Everybody Knows - Laughing Meme →
I’ve had similar experiences. it’s pretty cool to have been able to to watch things unfold.
Why I am switching to Lightroom from Aperture 2 |... →
Looking forward to a follow-up Lightroom review in a few weeks.
Organize Series 2.1.5 has galloped in… « Unfolding... →
Downloading my first TV show torrent (didn’t record properly last week due to snow on our dish). I can see the appeal of doing it this way.
October 2009
New project ideas (and ideas for significant project rewrites) are outpacing project completions at an alarming rate.
inessential.com: Vaccines →
whoa.
PING G15 Driver Review | The Sand Trap →
I’m liking mine quite a bit.
My take on Apple’s Magic Mouse - Greg Reinacker’s... →
I like my MX Revolution, but of course want to try this out.
When Tweetie (or other clients) support for filtering by list, I’ll be able to follow a lot more folks and reduce noise. #noididntmeanyou
Recent Sphinx Updates (by Jeremy Zawodny) →
this has been on my “to check out” list for a while.
Canon S90 Review: It'll Never Leave My Pocket... →
I love my G10, but had this been around at the time I might have gone this direction. I had the old S30 back in the day.
SanDisk VISA rebate card rips you off | Eric... →
laughing because I’ve been there.
Introducing www.fossfaq.com: A Q&A On Our New FOSS... →
hoping I can contribute a little here.
Disabling ShareThis widget popup on hover →
opening on hover may increase sharing activity, but it drives me nuts. It’s a Snap.com situation.
The sense of entitlement expressed by many users of Open Source products is as frustrating as it is consistent.
Pro tip: make sure you have your wallet *before* taking the team out to lunch. #freelunch
Redesign of our site | Likemind Web Services →
What Startups Are Really Like →
Nice to see this collection of common sense documented in one place.
Wordpress Affiliate Program →
Storm2 Review (kinda) and thoughts | The Cool... →
Not tempted yet, I’ll play with Corey’s.
FOSS FAQ →
this is going to be a great resource.
BogoJoker - Improving the Web Inspector →
This thing looks almost useable now.
WordPress - Plugin Compatibility Beta →
This is really great stuff, a beautiful way of leveraging community knowledge.