Category: Ablog

After some discussion with Apress, I’ve decided to move my blog from there to here. Many thanks to Apress for hosting my blog all these years. We must still like each other, too, because...

Originally posted 2005-04-05 02:29:36 In an earlier entry I complained about wrist pain, and described my quest to swap out my mouse and keyboard for more ergonomic offerings. I purchased an Evoluent Vertical Mouse...

Originally posted 2005-08-07 18:06:23 Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Thus penned Dylan Thomas, the great Welsh poet, to his dying father. I felt...

Originally posted 2006-04-17 21:37:35 Java developer resumes all look alike. They’re all too many pages, and list all the buzzwords: Eclipse, EJB, Struts, Hibernate, Spring, WebSphere. I can tell almost nothing from the resumes...

Originally posted 2007-08-21 17:17:22 Last year I built a computer with parts ordered from newegg.com. Over time, and because of its faster processor, larger hard drives, and buckets more memory, my home-built computer has...

Originally posted 2008-04-22 05:57:05 Last week macZOT offered a discount on an application called Peek-a-Boo Process Throb. I’d never heard of the application, and am not yet sure how often I’ll use it, but...

Originally posted 2010-05-23 20:35:21 The folks at Storenvy cooked us breakfast: pancakes, chocolate chip pancakes, and bacon pancakes. Lots of buzz about the bacon pancakes. My love for Bacon, Egg, and Cheese McGriddles drew...

Originally posted 2005-04-29 04:59:07 Unbelievable. Tiger Direct has sued Apple for trademark infringement. The issue? The new version of Mac OS X, dubbed Tiger, has flooded the Internet with techie \”Tiger\” references, bumping Tiger...

Originally posted 2005-08-25 07:09:56 While at JavaOne last June, I wandered past Cenqua’s booth. The brochure for Clover caught my eye, so I spent some time chatting with one Cenqua’s reps about it. I...

Originally posted 2006-04-25 02:27:55 Mac users should get to know MacZOT, a pioneering web site for software marketing. In a nutshell, they work with software developers to sell their applications at a lower price...