August 2008
17 posts
I’m digging the updated Tumblr interface. It’s not a radical change, but still an improvement. And I liked the original UI.
New Metallica music
Just wanted to share my thoughts on the three new Metallica tracks to hit the earwaves lately. Of the three (Cyanid, My Apocolypse, and The Day That Never Comes), I have to say I’m completely sold. James’ voice isn’t the same as it used to be (what with “blowing it out” not too long ago), but he still has that unique Metallica vocalism style that’s worked so...
is wondering why I can’t spell…
Juggernaut: Server-side push for Rails →
Juggernaut is a combination of a small Ruby server, a Flash bridge, and a plugin that makes it easy to do server-side push systems in Rails. I played with this idea with Rich Killmer a few years…
had a nice birthday party with the family.
Web Worker 101: Working with Subcontractors →
If you’ve reached the point of having more work than you can handle, there are several ways to handle the overflow. One of the easiest, in some ways, is to hire subcontractors to do…
Olympic gold medalist credits Wii with helping him... →
Filed under: Gaming
Look folks, we won’t deny that hardcore usage of the Wii could result in weight loss, but we have all ideas Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima relied a lot more on swimming…
3-Alarm fire burns at Apple's Cupertino campus →
Uh oh. At about 10pm pacific time, a 3-alarm fire (about 66 firefighters responding) was reported at Apple’s Valley Green Six building on Apple’s Cupertino campus. The site which is just…
Review: Invotrak, Web-Based Invoicing →
My thoughts on why streaming Internet radio could be the next killer app for iPhone: http://tinyurl.com/5agzot
Internet radio as the killer iPhone app →
Since Apple launched the App Store for iPhone OS 2.0, I’ve been keeping my eyes out for what might be the next killer app for the iPhone. I’ve often thought the iPhone would be a game-changer in…
Internet radio as the killer iPhone app →
“Lionel Hutz: This is the greatest case of False Advertising I’ve seen...”
How to get paid on time →
A post on the invotrak blog about how freelancers can improve their chances at getting paid on time.
Open Flash Chart Plugin for Ruby on Rails →
A rails plugin for displaying graphs using Flash.
“A tiny company called Nullriver today released what is arguably one of the most...”
– Ten step guide to sharing your iPhone’s connection with NetShare
Discovering how great Pandora really is. Too bad the MacOS Dashboard widget isn’t particularly well done.