Originally posted 2004-08-11 12:49:00 Recently, my company purchased a Sun 420R for testing purposes, so I’ve been installing software on and configuring it. For some reason, it couldn’t get out to the Internet, though it saw the local network fine (aha! a …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-06-17 12:48:19 I just came across Flock – The web browser for you and your friends. It’s a web browser based on Firefox for Mac OS X only, and it’s in beta. It differs from other browsers in intent: it aims to integrate with popular …
Read more →Originally posted 2005-07-13 05:49:40 Last night, I gave a presentation to The Jacksonville Developers User Group titled “Source Control Using CVS, Subversion, and AccuRev.” You can download the Powerpoint file here, or view it online here. We had a good …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-06-14 14:00:56 As someone who manages a growing team of people, I often have positions to fill. To assist with finding excellent, highly-qualified, motivated, high-energy people, I work with several staffing firms. When I have an …
Read more →Originally posted 2010-03-23 16:24:39 An unknown author penned a self-describing limerick (meta-limerick?) that perhaps represents the pinnacle of its genre: The limerick packs laughs anatomical In space that is quite economical, But the good ones I’ve seen So …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-03-11 03:40:47 The day the MDA came out, Feb 21, I went to a T-Mobile store and bought one. The next day, a coworker who has a Windows Phone/PDA from yesteryear, couldn’t stand himself and bought one, too. The day after that, another …
Read more →Originally posted 2010-04-02 16:09:57 I buy books, but I swear I could quit any time. The bookshelves in my home swing low like telephone wires, topped with books perched like crows wing-to-wing and two-deep to maximize the shelf space. I’ve wedged clouds of …
Read more →Originally posted 2008-11-11 12:33:17 My oldest child turned 15 yesterday. We had planned a family party for him–eat barbecue, open presents, eat cake–but we ended up canceling after he cussed me out at church the day before. He doesn’t live at home, and we …
Read more →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 took the brochure, stuffed it into my backpack, and didn’t …
Read more →Originally posted 2010-04-09 16:37:48 On Christmas 1981, our parents gave my brother and me our first computer: an Atari 400. I was in 7th grade and my brother was in 8th. My parents really couldn’t afford to buy this gift, but they consistently made …
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