We’ve been having some issues lately with the heat (or lack there of) in our office. With WI temps dipping down low it was time to get a space heater in there to supplement. Unfortunately, the fan on the stupid thing didn’t work causing it not only to not spit out the heat like it [...]
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November 24, 2008
Speaker Phone
We recently went out and got a shiny new $160 speaker phone at work. Long story short – it just didn’t work that well. The sound quality wasn’t that great when we were varying distances from the thing and it just didn’t cut it… it got returned. Today, I mentioned to Justin (one of the [...]
November 13, 2008
And here I am *thinking* (like a sucker)
You may not know it by looking at me but I actually do a lot of thinking. You know… about stuff. Those days may be coming to a close though as Jim F (or “Thunderbird”, as the kids are calling him) has pointed me back to stackoverflow.com. I had visited the site after the initial [...]
November 8, 2008
Session Expiration
Session expiration is simple, right? If someone returns to their browser after a long idle period and clicks a link – you make em reauthenticate and then send them on their way. In fact, it should be even easier than normal because the app I’m working on doesn’t involve users writing a books worth of [...]
October 23, 2008
Writing to NTFS
Who has two thumbs and is writing to NTFS from OSX? Well… me. but who’s making it possible (and easy)? This guy.
October 18, 2008
Royal Crown Cola
Ohhhh, the “RC” stands for “Release Candidate”. Who k Looking forward to this book too.
September 19, 2008
Yarrrrgggh!
Happy “International Talk Like A Pirate Day“. If yer pirateese be a little rusty. Thar’s naught wrong wit’ askin’ for a little help (ye needs t’ be usin’ a Mac):
September 14, 2008
Apple Love
A week of so ago, I started having some serious issues with my Macbook Pro. I’d be cruising along normally when suddenly things would konk-out on me. Keystrokes were basically being “ignored”. Meaning, that when things became responsive again – it wouldn’t “catch up” with the queue of letters, it would just start paying attention [...]
August 27, 2008
A (tiny) realization about my personal information
Getting junk mail used to be such a pain. Another “Shopper Stopper”, pizza ad, “coupon book”, or amazing credit card offer. Yesterday when I received an email (seemingly from a friend) asking for my physical address, I thought: “Hmmm, that’s weird. Why would this guy be asking for my physical address, I smell a hoax.” [...]
