Originally posted 2004-10-27 10:00:48 My three-year-old daughter looked me in the eye a few weeks ago and announced, \Dad, I’m switching to Geico.\ Geico, for those who are unfamiliar, is a car insurance company in the US. They run a fairly aggressive …
Read more →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 replaced my aging iBook G4 as my …
Read more →Originally posted 2005-03-16 16:06:45 I listen to the same CD over, and over, and over again. . . . Even better than the real thing . . . It’s U2’s Ach Tung, Baby, and it blends plaintive wails with blistering beats. It rocks. It’s one of my favorite CDs. By …
Read more →Originally posted 2007-09-13 17:48:17 I bought my first Mac in 2004: an iBook G4. Before then, I called Macs
Read more →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 the power cord, which delayed a fruitful …
Read more →Originally posted 2007-08-25 02:59:27 I’m at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Orlando, Florida, at No Fluff Just Stuff. Both an offsite management work meeting all morning and an accident on I-4 delayed my arrival past the registration, opening remarks, and …
Read more →Originally posted 2007-09-11 13:05:45 Day three started with Bruce Tate, Ruby, and Rails. Tate isn’t entertaining nor dynamic (a la Scott Davis), but his presentation skills suffice and his material is excellent. Leading Java developers bemoan his defection to …
Read more →Originally posted 2007-09-02 16:38:03 I spent the morning of Day Two with David Geary, JSF, Seam, Facelets and Ajax4jsf. The session came in two parts, and I could have stayed for a part three and a part four if they’d been offered. The Seam/Facelets/Ajax4jsf …
Read more →Originally posted 2010-04-16 20:57:05 No Fluff Just Stuff began in Tampa today. This is my second NFJS conference – my first was in 2008. Five of us from work drove down from Jacksonville, all expecting great things. So far, the conference hasn’t disappointed. …
Read more →Originally posted 2010-04-19 15:44:08 I started the day plopping down for breakfast at the same table with Nate Schutta and chatting him up about various technology questions and issues. I then went to his talk: jQuery: Ajax Made Easy. I think I would have …
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