June 29, 2004
Javablogs and WWDC Through the Bottom of a Glass
But for now, it's time to try to elbow my way into the Steve Jobs keynote. I described this to someone the other day as being "kinda like visiting Mecca", and got a very strange look.read... (141 words. Posted to nerd at 12:27 AM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 2)
June 28, 2004
Help! My T610 is Being Evil!
Is there some key-combination that I can hold down to boot in diagnostic mode, or trigger a master reset without going through the menu, or generally just cause my phone to wipe its memory and restore itself to factory settings?read... (211 words. Posted to nerd at 08:27 AM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 13)
June 24, 2004
Gmail Invitations - A Smart Idea
Over the next month Gmail is down more often than it is up, none of the programmers are getting any sleep because they're too busy putting out fires, and some sub-editor at the New York Times decides "Gfail?" would make a good headline for the post-mortem, which really isn't good publicity for a company looking towards its IPO.read... (362 words. Posted to nerd at 02:58 PM. Trackbacks: 3 Comments: 74)
June 23, 2004
They're Multiplying...
Caption competition...read... (120 words. Posted to nerd at 04:43 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 11)
June 21, 2004
Highlighting Search Terms with Javascript (Why you shouldn't)
The practical result, however, is different. It's very rare that I ask Google to give me a page that occasionally mentions the terms I am searching for. What I usually want is a page that is largely about the terms I am searching for.read... (280 words. Posted to nerd at 08:52 AM. Trackbacks: 4 Comments: 8)
June 17, 2004
I Love Postgres
What is the difference between a number in single-quotes, and one outside? Well, sometimes it's a few orders of magnitude of performance.read... (218 words. Posted to nerd at 03:34 PM. Trackbacks: 2 Comments: 9)
They're Made out of Meat
If they could grow human meat in a vat...read... (45 words. Posted to personal at 08:22 AM. Trackbacks: 1 Comments: 15)
June 16, 2004
Help: IDEA + OS X + CVS + SSH?
Wherein Charles finds the one thing that's getting in the way from him ditching Linux-on-the-desktop entirely.read... (312 words. Posted to apple, java, nerd at 02:47 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 13)
Today's Horoscope
Saggitarius: Your hard disk light will not go out today. Plan for occasional bursts of activity. Your lucky number is 2.6.5-gentoo-r1.read... (21 words. Posted to personal at 10:28 AM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 3)
June 11, 2004
Disclaimers on the Packaging of My New G4 Powerbook
The things you own end up owning you.read... (109 words. Posted to nerd at 08:29 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 3)
Mini-Pattern: The File / Stream Duality
If you are writing an API that takes a filename, you _must_ also provide an API that does precisely the same thing to an arbitrary stream of bytes.read... (156 words. Posted to java, nerd at 02:40 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 4)
June 08, 2004
The Need to Scribble
No, I don't. Pretty much everything I do is electronic, all of my records are electronic, why do I need to print anything out?read... (214 words. Posted to nerd at 09:15 AM. Trackbacks: 1 Comments: 7)
June 06, 2004
Playing the Man, Not the Ball
What do you do? If you leave the comment un-challenged, you look like you're providing a supportive environment for random flamers. If you try to interject, you're getting into an argument that's really between the commenter and Bob, that you really have no personal interest in being a part of.read... (269 words. Posted to personal at 06:57 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 6)
June 05, 2004
Why No Mac Malware?
What I'd like to add, though, is that there is still no room for complacency, because none of this keeps you safe from specific threats. Specific threats make no use of the network effect: if I want to get into your computer, I no longer care about the market-share of your operating system.read... (670 words. Posted to apple, nerd at 10:02 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 17)
June 03, 2004
Rat, Food-Pellet.
Tonight, the only thing on TV is Starship Troopers. So guess what I'm doing?read... (147 words. Posted to personal at 08:59 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 10)
June 01, 2004
Three Pictures of Stuff
Random stuff that was hanging around taking up room on my phone.read... (189 words. Posted to personal, pictures, rambling aimlessly at 09:30 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 3)