Monthly Archives: June 2008

Pictures of the flood – Burlington, IA

My family is from Burlington, IA. I grew up in St. Louis, but there were a lot of summers and weekends up in Burlington, which is basically farm country next to the Mississippi. Every year, the Mississippi would flood to … Continue reading

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LaunchPad

I signed up with Launchpad today – don’t know why I hadn’t really done it earlier, other than I just didn’t think to or have any projects that drove me there. The project du jour that lured me in was … Continue reading

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Yep – them levee’s on the Mississippi were a good idea

They work, oh yeah… well, sometimes. View Larger Map I suppose that I should say that my bias is reflected from spending a lot of time growing up near the Mississippi, and doubting that we could really effectively control the … Continue reading

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1st generation MacBook Pro

I bought a first generation MacBook Pro a few years ago. I’ve been very happy with it, but there’s a little quirk of that system that’s really starting to bug me. That quirk is the almost anything ported with the … Continue reading

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Velocity 2008

I got back from Velocity 2008 last night – an “first stab” conference focusing on Performance and Scaling for web applications and operations. For a first stab at the conference, it went really well. They reported that more than 600 … Continue reading

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Ned Batchelder: Spore creature creator and steganography

Ned Batchelder noted something I found really interesting – that Spore Creature Creator uses Steganography. The super-succinct summary is that with this nifty trick, when you export a PNG of one of your creatures and give that to someone else, … Continue reading

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my wireless is dying…

I’ve still got an original Apple Airport Graphite in the basement, serving up 802.11b goodness for house. Only it’s starting to not serve up so much goodness. I’ve carefully checked against the neighbor’s wifi – and we’re on different channels, … Continue reading

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switching from high octane to diesel mechanics

I can’t help but think that this next week is going to be like switching from high octane to diesel mechanics – technically speaking. Or maybe it’s a more appropriate metaphor to say I’m moving from the edge to the … Continue reading

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End of the week: WWDC

It’s the end of the week and I’m bushed. I suspect there’s a few folks even more “bushed” than me – it’s been an intense week of talking, learning, and “socializing”. I ran across a bunch of folks I’ve seen … Continue reading

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WWDC keynote … coming on iTunes

Apple’s definitely getting prepped up this year. The WWDC keynote link on iTunes is available (found at iLounge). I expect that sometime around Monday Noon, that subscription list will include the WWDC keynote and whatever details they’re announcing. In this … Continue reading

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