Monthly Archives: January 2008

Phill Ryu comes across a little rough

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Joe

Mike Lee, the bad dude that he is – with his cuddly lemurs and stuff – wrote an article up about MacHeist - a mac promotion. This is the second year going, and it’s reportedly doing exceptionally well. I’ve enjoyed Mike’s articles every … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office:Mac 2008

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Joe

When I got home from work today, a copy of Office: Mac 2008 was waiting for me. I must admit that part of me has been dreading this update, and other very impatiently and anxiously waiting. I wasn’t really sure … Continue reading →

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Sharpe’s Waterloo

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Joe

Karen got me a great present for Christmas, which I’m getting close to finishing out. Tonight I finished the last of the “original” Sharpe’s Rifle’s series. I’ve seen the whole set previously – maybe 18 months or more ago through netflix. … Continue reading →

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tweaking XCode build configurations (aka Info.plist is missing)

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Joe

When I start a new project in XCode, it always sort of bugs me that so many things are tossed into the main project directory. I suspect I’m not alone there. To resolve that, one of the first things that … Continue reading →

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Amusing quote

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Joe

If only there was a VoodooPad for the web… Heh – and there’s no way I’m going to attribute that one. Although to be fair, I think the person in question was commenting on their general desire to use VoodooPad … Continue reading →

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Rails 2.0.2 is screwing me up

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Joe

I think I picked a poor time to dive into and start learning Ruby on Rails. I’ve been reading and going through exercises from a fresh install and the plethora of great examples aren’t matching the new environment. It’s pretty … Continue reading →

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learning ruby

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Joe

I picked up my copy of the Pickaxe book four years ago – it’s even signed by Dave Thomas. I started to learn and poke at it a couple of times, but didn’t make any serious forays into it. The … Continue reading →

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post christmas

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Joe

While I’m incredibly impressed with the new MacBook Air, it’s not got me slavering. In fact, I can’t even really say that anything had me slavering when it was all said and done. It’s a darned impressive piece of technological … Continue reading →

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The night before Christmas…

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Joe

Okay – so only a Mac geek would describe January 14th as the “night before Christmas”. But that’s sort of how it’s feeling. First I didn’t expect the sleet and snow that is now covering the yard and street. Damn … Continue reading →

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New books

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Joe

Coming out of the holidays, I have three new books to go dig into.  The first is The Emotion Machine by Marvin Minsky. Several years ago, I read his “The Society of Mind” and I’m interested to see where he’s gone with his … Continue reading →

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