@heckj- heckj: RT @bethrobson: Very proud to be a WA state resident! WA state senate just passed same-sex marriage bill. #LGBT
- heckj: @danimal word
- heckj: @alexvollmer :-(
- heckj: @BrianTRice where are u tonight with the #dartlang stuff?
- heckj: good night tonight - catching up with a bunch of @xcoders friends I haven't seen since before the new year
- pinboard links
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/heckj/status/161881325429727232/photo/1) January 24, 2012
- Largest Solar Radiation Storm in Six Years Headed Toward Earth- Bloomberg January 24, 2012
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/heckj/status/159742603926056960/photo/1) January 18, 2012
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/johnderosa/status/159659196428726272/photo/1) January 18, 2012
- A brief history of personal computing platforms. on Twitpic January 14, 2012
- PyPy Status Blog: Transactional Memory (II) January 14, 2012
- Creation of iPxe Bootable USB | AT@ Blogger January 11, 2012
- The Book Designer — Practical Advice to Help Self-Publishers Build Better Books January 6, 2012
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/heckj/status/152807856356331520/photo/1) December 30, 2011
- Vim Text Objects: The Definitive Guide | The Carbon Emitter December 24, 2011
Monthly Archives: June 2006
Klein bottle of software
That klein bottle of software that I ranted about yesterday? Yes, well I’ve tied the thing up with a gordian knot, dropped it into a little leather bag and filled the rest of the space with lead shot. Now I’m … Continue reading
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vent time…
Vent time! I spent the vast majority of the day surrounding by code printouts, a notebook with scrawls and notes, and a laptop only to find the one true example of a software klien bottle. You know – one of … Continue reading
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stitches are out
Doc Gardner says I’m healing up well and the stitches are out of the finger. It’s amazing how much pain can get packed into such a small area. It’s still pretty sore, so I’m being careful with it. No dandelion … Continue reading
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thePlatform
In other startup news, I spotted an article in the PI about Comcast purchasing thePlatform. The quotes in the article, well, smell fishy to me. Like there’s a backstory that nobody is really saying there. Its sort of interesting that … Continue reading
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DabbleDB
The launch of DabbleDB was yesterday, but hats off none the less to the DabbleDB crew. I saw them last year at MindCamp (with Gus) and really enjoyed poking around the site and tools. Filemaker for the web is sort … Continue reading
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virtualization
I’m becoming quite the little handy man with virtual servers at the moment. Seems every time I’m turning around, there’s a service that is a potentially good fit for one of these. And with the lightweight linux virtual servers taking … Continue reading
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Practical Common Lisp
I’m actually not a big LISP guy – I tend to be one of those people annoyed by the lisp’ers all complaining that they had all the (*^(*^ of whatever current language is popular 20 years ago. But the interview … Continue reading
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customer rating
Nathan, Leah, Karen and I took in a little lunch at Goldberg’s deli over in Factoria today – you know, air conditioning and all that. We had a great time with Jaki, our server, and gave her a really nice … Continue reading
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pulling mutant dandelions and other daily to-do’s
I didn’t cut the grass (which desperately needs it), but i did pull some mutant dandelions (also known as cat’s ear or false dandelions). Those suckers are really invasive, and worse – they crowd out all the surrounding vegetation (aka … Continue reading
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ugh, construction at 8am
the neighbors are demolitioning something in their backyard. Which is something like 15 feet from my (open) bedroom window. They started at 8am. I was up too late last night for this. Blech. I moved to the couch, but the … Continue reading
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