Originally posted 2010-04-18 06:41:23 As Moore’s Law gets repealed and multicore processors demand that we actually learn to write good, safe, non-buggy multi-threaded code (Note: if the business people where you work understand the term \race condition,\ …
Read more →Originally posted 2004-08-23 10:34:33 Here in the US, OnStar is running a radio ad trumpeting the power of their flagship service. This system allows motorists to press a button inside their vehicles while they drive down the road, which contacts an …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-02-10 14:25:07 An internal audit at the company where I work determined that we should strengthen our corporate password policy. Consequently, our head of data security drafted a new policy and began to solicit comments. At a …
Read more →Originally posted 2005-11-24 10:50:32 I continue to delude myself into believing that I’m going to learn Objective-C and Cocoa. My bookshelf droops like a swaybacked cayuse with all the Cocoa and Objective-C books I’ve purchased (side note: they all seem more …
Read more →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 this: \Don’t just type random gibberish as fast as you can on …
Read more →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 I found the concept interesting, the execution well …
Read more →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 shirt, crisp khakis, and tan Cole Haans, …
Read more →Originally posted 2005-03-31 20:30:10 I’ve had my iBook, which introduced me to both Macs and Mac OS X, for almost a year now. When I first got it, I struggled to find software for it–what tools should I use? Which work well? Which don’t? Over time, I’ve …
Read more →Originally posted 2007-08-21 18:05:02 I just released version 0.2 of Safe, the command-line password management program I’ve been using. This is the first public release, and it’s still alpha, but I’d love feedback. I’m using it on Linux, Mac OS X, and …
Read more →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 on a USB thumb drive, but I also …
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