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Tag Archives: Rants
Uh, how?
Sure, I know how to do this, but would my Mom?
When Lawyers Attack
In an earlier draft I was going to put some witty joke in here about lawyers being out of control. I finally came to my senses — obvious jokes aren’t jokes at all, they’re just annoying. Now, if only I … Continue reading
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Same shit, different language?
I like PHP. I also like Ruby on Rails. So, it naturally follows that I would also like Rails ported to PHP, right? Well, maybe — but I’m not sure I’ve seen a good example of this.1 Here’s a totally … Continue reading
Mac Indie Software Pet Peeves
This applies to software distributed on compressed disk images, which includes most indie software. It excludes software distributed on disk images that are then compressed, only because this annoying behavior is thankfully uncommon. I’m talking here about things that I … Continue reading
Crash Course
It snowed here Sunday evening, and since we spend Christmas morning with L’s parents and the evening with mine, we had to drive through it. It wasn’t a note-worthy drive because it was the first snow — that happened weeks ago. … Continue reading
When you're in a hole…
It’s a simple rule, really — when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. It isn’t even a new one really (except to Sony apparently). It’s one thing (albeit an incredibly stupid one) to use a buggy rootkit in … Continue reading
Simple Pleasures
There’s sort of a weekend tradition in L’s family; doing a crossword puzzle. They never did anything for me growing up, but now staring blankly at the WSJ crossword puzzle is something I could get used to. The thing is, … Continue reading
PowerBook-ing
I use my PowerBook everywhere — including at work, where I am provided a perfectly functional Windows box to work on. One of the ongoing concerns of anyone who works similarly is security; how do you minimize the damage if … Continue reading