Monthly Archives: January 2007

Django syntax highlighting

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Joe

I spotted this on the http://groups.google.com/group/django-usersDjango-users mailing list. Dave Hodder has made available update syntax highlighting files for VIM. – available at http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1487 I’ve no idea if any yet exist for emacs, but there’s defiinitely a nice set available for … Continue reading →

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Excellent description

Posted on January 21, 2007 by Joe

Jens nails it: Regarding attempting to write desktop apps with Java: compared to any decent Mac app, the results look like a Soviet tractor built on a Monday.

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Java, Mac, iPhone and the marketplace

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Joe

JDD writes some more about Java and the Mac (I missed his post from yesterday until after I’d written my own), and I really like his commentary about market places and “what’s valuable”. I watched an interview with Steve Ballmer … Continue reading →

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Buggy Saint’s Row Musical

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Joe

Cabel has seriously outdone himself with this one. He posts about a few bugs in Saints Row, but it really doesn’t hit home until you watch the Musical (!!!) that he put together lamenting the bugs in the game. Completely … Continue reading →

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Being interested

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Joe

Two nights ago, I crashed into bed with my mind racing. It was 12:30am, my eyes weren’t focusing anymore, but the “voice” in my head was trying out all sorts of things that I wanted to get up and write … Continue reading →

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iPhone, Java, and Flash

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Joe

Daniel Steinberg’s article entitled Java to the iPhone: Can you hear me now? is getting some link love tonight, me included. I don’t think there’s any real epiphany here, more like a “yeah, that’s right” sort of forgone conclusion in … Continue reading →

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Meetup

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Joe

I went to the Seattle Weblogger Meetup this evening – first time in ages. It was a small crown – Jack and Anita, Jules, Clark, a young lady named Monica who’s starting a blog with the PI, and a fellow … Continue reading →

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they were sledding down the counterbalance again

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Joe

No pictures – by the time Karen got me out of bed, dressed, coffee’d up at El Diablo, and over to the counter balance, they’ve all gone. A few cars were trying to go up (and down) the counter balance, … Continue reading →

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Geek day at the house…

Posted on January 13, 2007 by Joe

We geeked out something serious this weekend. It’s the culmination of waiting and planning for (me at least) over a year. We have a new TV, and Karen has her first laptop. The TV first (since I’m writing). We got … Continue reading →

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Django at Wired

Posted on January 13, 2007 by Joe

Hey, that’s cool – Django has a review and mention of the DjangoBook in Wired’s Monkey Bites column.

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