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Daisy

By matt, on August 25th, 2007%

My mother has gone and declared Daisy a progressive.

Sure is a . . . → Read More: Daisy

Carrie found a note about a Roomba. She sent it to me via IM. I sent the seller an email saying I was interested, and included my phone number. He called me within 45 seconds of hitting “send”. I’ll pick it up tomorrow.

Hopefully it was a $50 well spent. My hope is it does OK around . . . → Read More: First Craigslist Purchase!

As recently seen on the Untyped Subversion commit list…

By matt, on August 23rd, 2007%

I personally watch commits go by for several projects, and it is instructive in many ways to read the commit messages and code. It is a way to learn new things about the software process as well as the implementation… . . . → Read More: As recently seen on the Untyped Subversion commit list…

Travel, Searching

By matt, on August 15th, 2007%

Tomorrow, Carrie and I hop the train from Cleveland to Boston. We’ll be looking for apartments starting Friday, and if you know of anything, pass it along. My mobile number can be found under the “Contact” portion of the site.

My ability to respond to email in a timely fashion may be limited over the next few . . . → Read More: Travel, Searching

Google Maps Rox

By matt, on August 12th, 2007%

I’ve never really played around with Google Maps. I mean, I’ve gone searching for driving directions from time-to-time, but as a programmatic interface for mapping, it must be pretty schweet.

Right now, Carrie and I are looking at how I might get from public transport (the T) to Olin College. And most everyone I’ve spoken to has . . . → Read More: Google Maps Rox

Places to live in Boston

By matt, on August 9th, 2007%

So, it’s that time.

Next Thursday, we move to Boston. We have nowhere to live, which is exciting. Exciting in a “may you live in interesting times” kind of exciting. I suppose that’s a vaguely evil, sarcastic kind of exciting.

What I just discovered was that Google Maps has a “Real Estate Search.” I had no idea . . . → Read More: Places to live in Boston

Sorting

By matt, on August 9th, 2007%

Five years ago, we put things in storage.

I’m going to go rummage around in it, inventory things, throw things away, and generally make a mess.

I owe people emails, but I’ll just have to get to those in another day or two. Sorting through five-year-old crap packed in boxes is the kind of busywork I need . . . → Read More: Sorting

USBP and WinXP under VMWare Fusion

By matt, on August 8th, 2007%

I thought it might be worth mentioning (in light of my rants) that it is possible to use the Softbaugh USBP in a Windows XP VM running under VMWare Fusion—that is, on a MacBook.

I was running into problems with VMWare Fusion 1.0beta4. However, I missed the recent upgrade to v1.0 “Gold Master”, or (if [...] . . . → Read More: USBP and WinXP under VMWare Fusion

Secure communications for the people

By matt, on August 7th, 2007%

Via BoingBoing, from Wired:

The bill, known as the Protect America Act, removes the prohibition on warrantless spying on Americans abroad and gives the government wide powers to order communication service providers such as cell phone companies and ISPs to make their networks available to government eavesdroppers. (…)

E-mail is plain-text. Currently, I even outsource my email to . . . → Read More: Secure communications for the people

Embedded programming rant continued

By matt, on August 6th, 2007%

I continue to be frustrated by the state of embedded systems programming.

If I want to program an ARM9, I need a special programmer. If I want to program an MSP430, it will require a special programmer. The list goes on and on, for each new chip that I think I’d like to develop code for; [...] . . . → Read More: Embedded programming rant continued

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Daisy

First Craigslist Purchase!