I was reminded of an old networker's edict the other day:
Route whenever you can, bridge when you have to.
June 02, 2005
Something about my current home office setup makes me uncomfortable. I can't stand to do any truly serious work there for very long. In fact, I haven't been able to get anything serious done at home since moving out from the Utica Square Apartments (now torn down.....
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June 03, 2005
A great cartoon.
The story of Doug:When Doug was a kid, he drew cartoons all the time. He drew cows and alligators and pigs and superheroes. He drew a platypus named Ed. He drew a dead dog named Dead Dog Bob. He drew everything he saw and everything he wanted to see.Many years passed...
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June 04, 2005
Rumors of Macintosh moving to x86 architecture
I can't help but think that all the rumors are just Steve exacting revenge on the rumor sites. A switch doesn't make sense to me, especially not with IBM's cell-based processors coming up the line...
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June 06, 2005
Apple makes the switch...
So Apple is making the switch to Intel? Why? What do they have to gain? Ask yourself the same question that Steve asked himself a decade or more ago when he moved Apple to rebuild the Macintosh OS: what is the main reason that users don't want to switch to Macintosh? If they switch...
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June 08, 2005
Reason to worry
From Think Secret, Intel-Mac benchmarks.
June 09, 2005
Incorrect focus
Doesn't anybody else think it is a little outrageous that an Internet hacker is being threatened with 70 years in prison for breaking into some computer systems? I'm talking about the US Justice Dept.'s case against Gary McKinnon...
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June 10, 2005
WWDC Keynote
Watching Steve Jobs's WWDC Keynote address today. Steve justifies the switch to Intel by highlighting the performance per Watt. According to Steve's slide, Intel chips have more than 7 times the performance per Watt than the PowerPC. I find this to be an interesting measurement...
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June 11, 2005
Dvorak Fully Comfortable
I'm as comfortable programming on the dvorak keyboard now as I ever was with Qwerty. My error rate is still a little higher, but my average typing speed is actually better than it was when I switched a year ago - and *big smile* my wrists don't hurt after long hours of typing. Man...
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June 14, 2005
A thinking box
Sometimes I get trapped into a particular way of thinking - a box if you will. Everyone has this problem from time to time. The difference between me and most other people is that occasionally I REALIZE I'm in the box. Knowing where your thinking is at allows you to alter its pattern...
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June 15, 2005
The TiBook Lives Again
My old TiBook, which quit running reliably after the upgrade to Mac OS 10.3.8, has new life. When it started dying and wouldn't reboot or turn on properly I thought that the problem was a hardware problem...
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June 21, 2005
A Great Action Flick
If you're into Action Adventure films, I highly recommend Sahara. It has a good plot (relatively speaking) with beautiful cinematography.
June 25, 2005
Google Summer of Code
Finally, after much anticipation, Google sent out emails to the accepted/rejected proposals. I'm disappointed to say that mine was rejected. Oh, well.
June 27, 2005
Printing to a Bonjour Printer from XP
Apple made this one exceptionally easy for us. Download and install the Bonjour for Windows package, there is an option to create an icon on your desktop. Run the Bonjour printer icon. Voila, done. It just works...
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June 28, 2005
iTunes 4.9 Brings Podcasting to the masses
iTunes 4.9 in conjunction with the iTMS allows a iTunes user to subscribe to various podcasts. Very nice guys. Podcasting was a hot topic - now it is likely explode. Take your favorite talk radio on the road with your iPod.
June 29, 2005
Playing Mechanic
At ten in the morning, Maryna calls me, "Austin my car died, can you come give me a jump?" "Sure," I say, fortunately we both happened to be on OSU-Tulsa's campus at the time. Then she says, "Oh, the radio is working...""Well, then it isn't the battery. I'll come look at it...
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June 30, 2005
SPRAC++ Agent Platform
I have a small side project going at the moment that fits nicely into the software agent paradigm, but which HAD to be done in C++ due to the eventually inclusion of a windows DLL. I've never found a decent agent platform for C/C++ though I'm sure they're out there. In any case...
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