In the same week that Yahoo offers copy-free music (albeit a Jessica Simpson track), Slim Devices announce their audiophile digital audio player, the Transporter. The later looks like a very slick device, if a little on the expensive side. But I still don’t think it’ll make Ms. Simpson sound any better …
For many years I resisted the lure of Amazon as I really didn’t see the point in buying books or music online when I could go to the local book shop, browse and pick up what I needed. The experience was more comforting and the instant gratification beat waiting a week for it to ship. The cost saving for buying online just wasn’t enough, and was often offset by the shipping costs. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been playing around with HiveMind, which seems like a very powerful framework for building applications. Unfortunately there seems to be little documentation on how to use it, and the learning curve is steep to say the least. So in an attempt to demystify it, here’s my take on “Hello World” in HiveMind. Read the rest of this entry »
A couple of weeks ago, inspired by a number of my colleagues, I migrated my personal web hosting to Dreamhost. The price was right, as were the many features and benefits. With new hosting, normally comes yet another new blog … but this time I decided to try to import all my old posts. Read the rest of this entry »
News I missed from last week about a tornado that swept through Westchester County in New Yor last week. More specifically, it hit the office park that I used to work in when I lived down there!
Oh, and for those pundits who say it wasn’t a real tornado, well even the New York Times made it official:
The storm - not officially designated as a tornado until Thursday - touched down in central Westchester about 4 p.m. Wednesday with winds that at times exceeded 150 miles per hour, making it stronger than many of the tornadoes that sweep through the Midwest.
Marathon Sports 5 Miler (Weston, MA)
July 13, 2006 at 7:00pm
Place/Tot Div/Tot Div Guntime Nettime Pace Ag Race# --------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ---- -- ----- 109/735 29/91 M3039 0:33:32 -:--:-- 6:42 35 746
Not as hot as last year — but didn’t learn and went out too quick (first mile 6:17, second 13:52, …
Some colleagues of mine have begun to publish a series of articles, the first of which is Using open source software to design, develop, and deploy a collaborative Web site. They make very good reading for anyone into the whole content management or design field.