Although it makes me feel old to think back over the various application architectures I’ve learned in the past 25 years, there’s some consolation in the perspective I’ve gained. While I don’t get the same electric buzz from being introduced to a new one, it can still be exciting in a quieter way. And given [...]
It seems like no one talks much about what to do with old mail. I asked a few uber tech friends and the answers weren’t convincing. If anything, it made me reconsider whether saving mail really made sense. When was the last time you looked for something more than a few months old? But it [...]
I’ve been using the latest Google Desktop Search beta, and generally liking it. While there are some things I’d like to see done differently, it’s immediately useful in a way that changes your expectations for how to use your computer — and that’s significant. I thought I’d share some experiences and compare it to other [...]
I rejuvenated an old desktop, and found it was still a fine machine but way too noisy. I’d replaced the motherboard awhile back, with a stock Celeron for CPU…and Intel’s heat sink/fan was like a small jet plane. So I sprung for the latest lovely Copper device from Zalman (CNPS7000B-Cu), folks who make really smart [...]
As a leading-edge, early-adopter techno-Earth-muffin type, patience hasn’t been my cultivated strength. But I’m starting to wonder if it wouldn’t make a good decade-long project, to see if just waiting for things to get built by other people isn’t a better approach. I could spend my newfound time whipping up a tasty snack, reading some [...]
So I spent a little time today looking into Ruby on Rails at last. I got it set up, did a tutorial, tweaked some code, broke and fixed it. Fascinating.