Monthly Archives: March 2007

more Django tech at TrenchMice

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Joe

TrenchMice has a couple new articles posted on using Django – their deployment setup entitled Deploying TrenchMice and an article about implemented OpenID entitled Enabling OpenID. Deploying TrenchMice has a really nice bit of detail on how they’ve set up … Continue reading →

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One o’ those days

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Joe

Aside from being rainy, it was just “one of those days” today. Seemed like a whole collection of things just didn’t gel from the start. A whole miscellaneous category of things that would normally roll off my back just seemed … Continue reading →

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Hey, cool!

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Joe

Looks like I got a short mention on a podcast interview with Brent Simmons at Hivelogic. It’s way near the end, where Brent said – “Nah, I heard about OpenID from Joe Heck…” (yeah, I’m paraphrasing) “… when he asked … Continue reading →

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NNW – Combined View Goodness

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Joe

I’m a real stick in the mud for some things – one of those terrible software conservatives that doesn’t want software to change cause I’m really comfortable with it. No matter that my knees are hanging out in the proverbial … Continue reading →

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Done with Jury Duty!

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Joe

My first “jury duty” experience is over. I sat on the jury for a criminal trial in the Municipal Court of Seattle. It was an interesting experience, and I think I have more “why” questions now about the legal system … Continue reading →

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PI

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Joe

Happy PI day

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WebServices Core

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Joe

A few days back I spotted a new article at Apple’s Developer Connection entitled Using the Web Services Core Framework and CFNetwork to Access Remote SOAP Services. Does this mean that Apple will finally fix the numerous and horrific flaws … Continue reading →

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300

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Joe

has anyone gotten out to see 300 yet? For the story line alone, I’m pretty interested. The studio web site for the movie is making some pretty hoss claims as to it’s filmmaking though, which is sort of turning me … Continue reading →

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Jury Duty!

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Joe

Last week included a trip to Orlando (for work) and this week I’m learning about Jury Duty! I’m not sure if it’s a blessing or a curse, but my first half day of jury duty has been quietly waiting. The … Continue reading →

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Commodity VPS

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Joe

Looks like the price point for commodity VPS is continuing to come south. Today Joyent released that you can get one of their “accelerators” starting at $45/mo. Rackforce has their entry level at $49/mo, and 1and1 slides in their entry … Continue reading →

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