SHODAN
So, Saturday morning I woke up and realized I didn’t have anything to do so I decided to go to Stonestown and play the part of a cow, standing in line to purchase a new iPhone 3G S. Why? I shall...
View ArticleOn Wikis and Living Documents
This morning a friend made a comment about how frustrated he was with the way his company handles design documents and changes. He said he started the day being told “we forgot to include this feature....
View ArticleSeraphim and Artificial Intelligence in Music
Many, many moons (circa 2001) ago I wrote a program called Seraphim. Seraphim was, for lack of better terms, a “user-programmable internet radio station.” It was a bit more than that – quite a bit more...
View ArticleDear Lazyweb, A Question about Scrobbling
I am a fan of last.fm, and I encourage all of you to create an account and start “scrobbling” your listening habits. It’s a really good tool for finding new music and analyzing your own listening...
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Why I’m Done With Twitter For Good
First off, Fuck You for making me a beta tester without me opting in. This is like, the fifth time that’s happened. Second, what the fuck is this happy horseshit? (I know this person is a friend of...
View ArticleOn Home Networks
This post is about recent changes to network technology in my household and discusses problems and how I solved them. Unless you are interested in my experiences with home networking and the like, this...
View ArticleDear Lazyweb RE: iPhone and Google Calendar
So, is there any way to sync appointments I make *ON* the phone up to Google Calendar? There doesn’t seem to be an easy^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hany way to do this, which I consider to be a bit of a failing. I...
View ArticleMore on Google Calendar/iPhone Connections
This is an addendum to my previous post about syncing Google Calendar with the iPhone, in which I discuss what I have learned. First, there is no way to sync events from the iPhone calendar that you...
View ArticleTaking Out Sun Microsystems. By Accident.
Here is a little story about how I accidentally took down Sun Microsystem’s marketing department. Once upon a time, back in 1997, I worked for a small company known as Sun Microsystems. They were hot...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Use Adblockers
I’ve had some whiskey, and I’ve been thinkin’. So let’s talk about something dear to me. A couple years back, I wrote a “browser-based multiplayer roleplaying game” called Nexus War. Don’t go looking...
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NEVER Get Out of the Boat
I am reminded today of a saying my friend Maynard originated regarding project management: “Projects should be more like Star Wars and less like Apocalypse Now.” Several of us agree that its the...
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