Monthly Archives: June 2007

Local boys interview on Ars Technica

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Joe

Looks like Ars Technica has some interviews with a couple of local boys – Gus and Brent. Heh – who knows, maybe Gus’ll be like “local boy? who?”. And Brent – you didn’t mention the awesome new combined view!?! In … Continue reading →

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Very cool

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Joe

In a completely un-computer related geek story worthy of notice, the testing of the VASIMR rocket broke some endurance records. If you’re not familiar with VASIMR rocketry, I’d recommend a quick read at it’s Wikipedia article.

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Sometimes the bear wins…

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Joe

It’s been one of those mornings. Went outside to find out that someone had backed into the side of my car. Front door doesn’t open properly now (I can get in, but just). Our insurance company is PEMCO, and they … Continue reading →

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Tag

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Joe

Michael nails it – the completely stupid spin on not having an iPhone SDK.

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iPhone SDK

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Joe

I had to chuckle at Quentin and his iPhone SDK annoyance. Of course, I beg to differ – but while the “SDK” announced for the iPhone isn’t what I’d secretly hoped for, it’s certainly what I expected. Nope, it’s not … Continue reading →

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WWDC day

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Joe

The WWDC Keynote is done, the blog posts sputtered about, and the general pontification fairly quiet. For my part, I am hugely relieved that we’re saying goodbye to brushed metal (as I stare it right now…) and an updated finder … Continue reading →

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I’m not sure I’m going to sleep well tonight…

Posted on June 10, 2007 by Joe

WWDC starts tomorrow. A bunch of friends are out drinkin’ and carousing down in San Francisco tonight, which I’m bummed that I’m missing, but the real news starts coming tomorrow at 10am. It’ll be interesting to see what comes out … Continue reading →

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Why I would never rent from Apple Property Management

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Joe

They’re a bunch of tossers. Note the lovely picture of 302 W Garfield on their site. They didn’t even take a picture of the right house. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a rental property management company as completely fucking … Continue reading →

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4th Annual WWDC Party

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Joe

Buzz has up details and a link to the 4th Annual WWDC party. Unfortunately, I’m not going to be anywhere near this year – although I love going to WWDC, it’s just too spendy to do more than every other … Continue reading →

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Babel-17 and Concurrency

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Joe

Nat Torkington on O’Reilly Radar writes a bit about concurrency and how it’s rather buggered. I was sort of siddling up to this topic myself when writing about Dreaming in Code and my thoughts stemming from that. Everything we’re doing … Continue reading →

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