New Subtext Release and Notes On Subtext 2.0
Steve Harman just announced the release of Subtext version 1.9.4 Windward Edition. This one comes with a lot of bug fixes, so be sure to upgrade.
Read MoreXFN Link Tool For Windows Live Writer
UPDATE: How could I have overlooked the Plugin Keyvan Nayyeri wrote two months ago. Sorry buddy!
Read MoreSorry For The Apparent Reposts
My feed looks like several items were reposted. This is due to a bug in Subtext when editing an existing post using Windows Live Writer. In any case, we’ll have a fix available in the next release of Subtext soon.
Read MoreApparently I Can't Confirm My Own Employment
Our CEO Discovers Second Life
Micah
Dylan,
co-founder and CEO of VelocIT (you
know, the place I work for my day job), has recently discovered Second
Crack
Life.
He’s been hanging out with some big
wig at
IBM in charge of open source and open standards. And you know how I
loves me that open
source.
Night At The Roxbury With Mr. Subsonic
On
Tuesday night I met Rob
Conery, aka Mr.
Subsonic,
aka Mr. Commerce Starter
Kit. The man
is shifty and goes by many aliases. He was in town visiting family and
was able to pull away for a night to kick it.
Better Programming By Programming Better
Jeff Atwood writes a great post on how to become a better programmer by not programming. For the most part, I totally agree with his premise that to become a better programmer, you need to…
Read MoreRoute Around The Default Gateway On The Remote Network
Steve Harman digs in and solves a longtime mystery for me regarding VPN connections and default gateways on remote networks.
Read MoreOn Hiring Bloggers and Open Source Developers
If
you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you know I tend to go on and
on about the virtues of blogging and participating in Open Source
projects.
Banned From Slashdot
This is amusing. I tried to view a post on Slashdot and got the following error page.
Read MoreAnother Day, Another Trip Around The Sun
Identicons as Graphical Digital Fingerprints
**
How do you uniquely identify a person, without divulging the identity of that person? **For example, given a set of personal artifacts, how would I arrange the set of artifacts grouped by the person to which they belonged?
Easy To Deploy Identicon Handler
Yesterday I mentioned that Jeff Atwood and Jon Galloway wrote an Identicon implementation for .NET. It works beautifully, but they distributed the code as a Web Site Project, which I cannot deploy to my blog as is.
Read MoreWindows Developer Tools Day
In order to promote the book Windows Developer Power Tools:
Turbocharge Windows Development with More Than 140 Free and Open Source
Tools,
O’Reilly is declaring January 19^th^ (aka today) to be “Windows
Developer Tools Day”.
6 Software Tips For Hardware Makers
We
often hear that the current state of software development is still
dysfunctional. Scott Rosenberg recently wrote a book to that effect
called Dreaming In
Code. He
takes takes a look at the question Why is software so hard? According
to Scott, Software developement’s history is marred by poor quality,
missed deadlines, and cost overruns, primarily due to a persistent
dysfunctional culture.
This Just In - Beckham To Play For Los Angeles
Looks
like Beckham is moving to La La
Land.
Sure, he is no longer on the English national team, nor does he start
for Real Madrid, but I bet he’s still got some good playing days in
those legs, and will definitely be a huge lift for the level of play in
the MLS, or at least for the struggling Galaxy.
HTTP Debugging Using Reverse Proxies And Port Forwarders
I’m
currently working on an interesting project to develop a series of HTTP
services used by games running on the RIM Blackberry. These services
will enable players to compete against one another (though not in real
time) in various games and see high scores, challenge friends, etc….
It brings a social aspect to gaming on your blackberry device.
Writing Maintainable Code
Subtext Notes Around The Web
While I really enjoyed the holidays, one part was really difficult for me. There was some great discussions happening about Subtext in the mailing list and in various blog posts, but I was too busy to really get involved.
Read MoreYear of the Golden Pig
Not too long ago I announced that my wife and I are expecting a baby this year as part of our world domination plans. Adding fuel to our plans is the discovery that this year is a special year according to the Chinese Zodiac.
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