@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: December 2007
Made it to CoMo
Made it Columbia, MO just before it started sleeting. It was an odd trip weather wise. I took off from Seattle and landed in Denver for a short layover – the temperature was quite cool and there was a lovely … Continue reading
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power efficiencies in computing
It used to be just the data center folks that really dug into power consumption and trying to optimize power efficiencies. But the newer machines are eating enough power that even smaller development labs should start taking a serious look … Continue reading
Upgraded
It’s been forever… well – forever computer time anyway… since I upgraded this blog. It was high time to get things in place, so I grabbed the latest goodies and upgraded the whole kit. Don’t really notice a difference? Good. … Continue reading
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more concurrent python goodies
Michael Sparks has been a busy guy – obviously continuing to think and fiddle in the concurrent python space quite a bit. He posted a bit of thought and some initial API concepts for software transactional memory on this blog … Continue reading
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enterprise software developers should take a huge freakin’ clue from Atlassian
I don’t normally post much about work or the work I do (at least anymore… heh). But after today’s “off-hours” upgrade, I’m reminded that Atlassian is a hell of a dev crew, and deserves some serious kudos. In the process, … Continue reading
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Rogue Sheep Holiday Party
Rogue Sheep hosted a great holiday party tonight, and Mike Lee definitely kicked our butts for best dressed: Okay, yeah – it’s a crappy iPhone photo – but you get the drift.
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Good Services Plumbing did just that…
Rob at Good Services Plumbing has resolved Lake Garfield into a few puddles – thank god. Longer term, I think we’re looking at a sump near the back door where most of the inflow comes from. There’s also the option … Continue reading
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Lake Garfield
Three storms converging on Seattle in one weekend – yeah, the expected happened. I just didn’t expect so much of the expected. Our basement’s flooded, and another round of lift, move, drape to get boxes rearranged on things relatively impervious … Continue reading
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trying to grok greenlets – more experiments in concurrent programming
I poked around in Eventlet this morning – between shopping runs and helping Karen move things around in the basement. I’d hoped to knock out a quick hackysack experiment with that stuff – since it sounded about the same – … Continue reading
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