Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Damien writes about the need for a Geek Dinner in Limerick after Paul Walsh opens an invite to anyone Thursday night in Dublin.
Where are the geek dinners in Belfast?
We've had coffee meetings - under the auspices of CocoaHeads for a few months - but there needed to be more ...
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
I don't know what is going on with BT these days but it's certainly not progress. Who would have thought that getting in an extra phone line could be such a hassle.
The guy on the line to us LIED to us about the pricing, lied to us about the servicing ...
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Friday, January 26th, 2007
The eirepreneur delivereth:
"For too long I have behaved as if I could postpone going indefinitely, and thus have so many things that I must do first." - A 93 year old on dying.
Sobering thoughts.
Should you have worked harder, loved more, trusted further, played with more joy in ...
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Joe writes about his cycle lane to work with a little humour.
Have a look at the picture in that blog post and read the description:
Yes, if you manage to negotiate the telegraph pole, that is a waste bin behind it.
I've been accused of this before (turning pong into a philosophy) ...
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Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Mark Pilgrim sounds off about full screen "writing-focussed" text editors:
Reading the change logs of these programs is like traveling back in time. Way back. Latest changes in JDarkRoom 8: Undo / Redo. Seriously. Version 8, and they now support undo. No offense, but what the fuck?
He makes a good point. ...
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Sunday, January 21st, 2007
I've been using Dashcode beta recently for mocking up some interfaces for Desktop apps. Does this make me a bad person?
I thought it might but as time has gone on I've become more and more convinced that it might be the best way to go. I find the basic UI ...
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Saturday, January 20th, 2007
This recent post on Violent Acres reminds me of conversations over the last two years with a good friend, ex-co-worker and Mac convert. At the time we were both single and discussing men and women and the whole problem with "nice guys" and how it affected us.
Being a nice guy ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
The Lone Sysadmin rounds on Vista and everything he doesn't like about it.
There is a resounding cry from a lot of educated IT folk about the "increased security" in Vista.
This was an opportunity for Microsoft to do the right thing and they missed it with their “all or nothing” attitude.
Sounds ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
"By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no ...
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Rich Segal posts:
A Microsoft guy walks into a booth and says "So, what do you do?" The friendly people in the booth explain the technology, customer base, happy people, cool stuff, etc. All normal, all happy happy.
Microsoft Guy: "Oh. Well, I've been in our research department and they ...
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