Category Archives: General

Yep, just like 1 million other people I got an iphone the monday after they came out. I was 100% sure about getting one by mid July. There is already a lot of commentary, I’ll give you my 2 week … Continue reading →

Wow – after my prior post about the 25th Anniversary, I read THIS at the Big Picture! Wow! Might have to make it down to San Diego for the ComicCon on the 27th. Also, the other night I spent about … Continue reading →

I am commuting a lot to the city, but I was driving a not so efficient Pilot. The wife was driving the Odyssey. After a service on the Odyssey around January of this year, we discovered that it needed a … Continue reading →

When I started doing Ruby on Rails work, I was using a Mac at home. When I left Plaxo, and started consulting, I needed a cheap laptop. I got an inexpensive Dell / Windows laptop. I have a lot of … Continue reading →

I found this post on a talk about scalability at YouTube. I knew that they were using Python, basic tools like ssh/rsync, mysql, and leased servers. What I didn’t get was some of the detail that the speaker revealed in … Continue reading →

After reading this thought provoking post on Common Lisp, it really does drive home that I should learn Common Lisp when I have some copious spare time :-b. Unfortunately, it seems that the quickest way to learn is to watch … Continue reading →

About 1 year ago, Tod had an idea, and it became … 3 months after that, we rebranded and we became … It’s been 1 year and a a worthwhile endeavor. The whole team has learned so much about online … Continue reading →

Here is a neat library that I wish was around 5 years ago: templatemaker Here is the blog announcement for the project. Go check it out. It’s only for python, but I suspect you’ll see something similar to this show … Continue reading →