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Federated tweets…

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:47:37 -0700

Facebook pretends to be twitter, and now so does Google Mail via Buzz. If these microblogs, public status notifications, or whatever you want to call it is something people really use, then it…

Awesome Oracle… awesome

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:13:52 -0700

Awesome Oracle… awesome

Code Head…

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:51:05 -0700

Code Head…:

While I watch my kitchen being remodels (which is a nice way to say, destroyed and rebuild) I decided on two projects that I want to work on in the new year, completely unrelated to my kitchen….

End of the year…

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:55:13 -0700

End of the year…:

Ah yes… its the end of the year… you know what that means? Useless predictions and meaningless attempts at changing ones lifestyle. Here are my predictions…

The government of Iran will continue…

Gizmodo recommends not to buy the Apple Mac Mini… says its...

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:14:35 -0700

Gizmodo recommends not to buy the Apple Mac Mini… says its not a good deal price-wise. Quote from article: “DON’T BUY unless you insist on Apple, even when it flies in the face of all logic”

Ubuntu upgrade notification back (by force)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:06:45 -0700

Ubuntu upgrade notification back (by force):

I’m not found of the notification ‘pop-up’ in Ubuntu. Rather, I miss the old icon in the notification area. Executing the following line in a terminal can fix this back to the way it was,…

A great potatoes and spinach recipe

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:03:41 -0700

A great potatoes and spinach recipe:

I made some potatoes and spinach recipe for the family using a great recipe from Vegan Dad. Jacob liked it a lot, even if he’s not into spicy food. It’s not that spicy of a recipe, but I have a…

Palm Pre homebrew apps

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:52:32 -0700

Palm Pre homebrew apps:

So I ended up adding in some homebrew apps. Some of them are pretty good. Some, not so much. And yes, they have the light-saber app. And no, its not worth it.

August 21 is Vegetarian Day!

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:28:58 -0700

August 21 is Vegetarian Day!:

August 21 is Vegetarian Day! That’s right, you heard right… So this Friday, eat no meat and have some drinks. Martini’s for all!

Where is Why?

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:22:34 -0700

Why is missing. Twitter search #whereiswhy has turned up nothing but commentary and the misery of his fans.

If Why is really gone, then I am really sad.

Ah xkcd… you give me hope…

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:54:19 -0700

Ah xkcd… you give me hope…

"The combination of SpringSource and VMware capitalizes on this shift and places us right at the..."

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:44:34 -0700

““The combination of SpringSource and VMware capitalizes on this shift and places us right at the intersection of the most important forces in the software market today — virtualization, modern application frameworks and cloud computing.””

- Odd business combo… seen in a PR Release about VMWare buying SpringSource. The makers of Spring Framework. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Vmware-Inc-NYSE-VMW-1028298.html

Rethinking the kindle

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:07:49 -0700

Rethinking the kindle:

According to NY Times, Amazon is remotely deleting purchased books by Orwell. Apparently the publisher no longer wants electronic copies on the kindle, so Amazon is deleting already purchased…

First app on my palm pre…

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:59:24 -0700

First app on my palm pre…:

Finally got the Palm Pre SDK today. Palm released it like 10 months sooner then Apple did for their smartphone, and 15 months later then Google did for their smartphone. VirtualBox is used for…

Ruby, ActiveMessaging and ActiveMQ

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:41:30 -0700

Ruby, ActiveMessaging and ActiveMQ:

Just wanted to have a quick post on how we switched to ActiveMQ for our ruby app. We ran into problems that were easy to fix though hard to see where the error was. The first was a problem with…

The face of our financial markets never looked more clear…

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:28:28 -0700

The face of our financial markets never looked more clear…

Goldman Sachs has record profit this year?

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:08:49 -0700

Goldman Sachs has record profit this year?:

If the news is to be believed, Goldman Sachs had a record profit this ‘year’ and will be paying out the largest bonuses ever. To quote the original article:

“…it seemed inconceivable that a…

Palm Pre ‘hard close shutoff’ fix…

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:06:33 -0700

Palm Pre ‘hard close shutoff’ fix…:

One hardware issue seen with the new pre is that if you close the keyboard ‘firmly’ it seems to jiggle the battery enough that the disruption in power causes the pre to shutdown completely. One…

I have this idea…

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:35:45 -0700

I have this idea…:

I have this idea on what application I want to write for the Palm Pre. It’d be fine for the other smartphones too, but I have a pre, so that’s what I want to write for. But the damn Mojo (Palm…

Palm Pre calendar

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:10:18 -0700

Palm Pre calendar:

For the last weekend, I couldn’t see my calendar on my pre, even though it was alerting me to my events. Finally figured out that the problem was I had too many calendars. My work Google calendar…