Safe 0.5 Released
Originally posted 2008-04-09 13:16:31 I just released version 0.5 of Safe, the open-source command-line password management program written in Ruby. This version adds diffing and merging Safe password files. I keep my Safe file...
Grailbox Blog
Programmers as typists and a swing at Perl
Originally posted 2008-11-18 13:51:45 I love Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror blog. Today he wrote about how important it is for programmer’s to be able to type. Good post. The line I loved, though, was...
FizzBuzz Improved
Originally posted 2008-11-12 13:18:42 In my post on interviewing Java developers, I explain how and why we make prospective hires write code on a whiteboard. In a similar vein, Imran on Tech posts about...
Why Engineers Need Marketing Folks
Originally posted 2008-02-13 10:57:38 YazSoft has just announced version 5 of Speed Download, its download management product for Mac. They charge $25 for this product. The price may or may not seem reasonable to...
I have too much hard drive space!
Originally posted 2008-01-15 05:16:38 By the time people who knew nothing about soldering guns started buying home computers, memory was measured in kilobytes. My first computer, an Atari 400, had 16 kilobytes of RAM,...
RubyJax Inaugural Meeting
Originally posted 2007-11-17 02:37:34 Last Thursday I attended the inaugural meeting of RubyJax, the new Ruby users group in Jacksonville, Florida. I drove straight from work and strode into the meeting wearing a golf...
Fine Engineering
Originally posted 2007-10-10 13:54:07 The rain Florida has received over the past few weeks has revealed some roofing shortcomings. We apparently have a roof leak in the building where I work–I walked into work...
MacBook Pro: One Week Report
Originally posted 2007-10-08 14:10:46 After using the MacBook Pro for a little over a week, I must confess: I miss Outlook. Admittedly, Outlook 2007 has three years on Entourage 2004, but I’m using Outlook...
My MacBook Pro Saga Completed
Originally posted 2007-09-28 19:03:53 Apple fixed my MacBook Pro for free. They replaced the surface of the laptop–the part that surrounds the keyboard. No more random reboots. The IT guy from work temporarily misplaced...
My MacBook Pro Saga
Originally posted 2007-09-13 17:48:17 I bought my first Mac in 2004: an iBook G4. Before then, I called Macs