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I caught this linked off of Scripting News: Bye Tin Machine. Bye dPod. Bye Sprocket. I’m going to miss you guys. And I’m especially going to miss all my year’s of data; pix of Aimee and good friends and my first Burning Man. Videos of artformula hooping in the barn with such grace. My various outlines, containing . . . → Read More: Backups, backups, backups Here’s a corporate act of desperation: get big, A-list webloggers to pimp your product under the banner of “getting user feedback”. Both BoingBoing and MAKE Blog (perhaps among others) were asked by Sony for feedback on their… not yet shipping?… eBook reader. Perhaps this is because Sony was beaten to market by a higher-resolution (1024×768 vs. 800×600), less . . . → Read More: Desperation This video at YouTube is a really sweet juggling segment by Chris Bliss, recorded at Pickwick and Frolick . . . → Read More: Chris Bliss, Juggling We just arrived at Sunset Beach, NC. A week of relaxation, family, friends, fun, and not much work, really. I’m going to do a jog on the beach, swim for a bit, and then start chillaxing with a vengeance. . . . → Read More: Soft Days I’m not a full-on GTD nut; in fact, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with years with to-do lists, organizers, PDAs, and the like. I love the organization they bring to my life; I hate the fact that I can see… . . . → Read More: Getting Things Done (GTD) I have a small hardware budget. So, I spent some of it. LEGO Mindstorms NXT First, a LEGO Mindstorms NXT has arrived. This small platform provides sensor inputs, actuators, and a Bluetooth radio in a lickable plastic shell. It’s excellent for experimenting with, and will become a new flagship environment for the Transterpreter. Yes, it is a toy. But . . . → Read More: Toys I’m in the USA until the 23rd of August. I’ll have a week or two of genuine vacation where I won’t care about work-type things. However, email is a good way to reach me regardless. If you want to call, you can take one of two approaches. My SkypeIn number will forward to a phone near me, . . . → Read More: Travel, Contact, Changes It should be noted that I finished Katamari. A very fun game: simple, yet novel. Yes, all I did this weekend was eat and play video games. In particular, one video game. It was a serious change of pace. I’ll be back-and-forth to Manchester on Tuesday, flying to Ohio on Wednesday, and driving to New Jersey on Friday. . . . → Read More: And as the weekend ends… Squeaky asked: So, when would “Why, yes, I’m a doctor” actually come up? Scene: A 747, halfway through its journey from the UK to the USA. An airplane person approaches my seat, quietly. [Airplane Person] Excuse me, sir. I don’t want to cause a fuss, but we noted that you are Doctor? [Me] (With a quiet, reserved bravado) Why, yes . . . → Read More: Delivering babies Friday, July 14th, 2006, I defended my thesis “Exploring Novice Compilation Behaviour in BlueJ”. Pending the submission of minor corrections, I will have completed the requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science. In other words, I passed, and can now say “Why, yes, I’m a doctor” when people ask the right question. Today, I . . . → Read More: No more pencils, no more books… |
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