An average day
The hard drive died in the MythTV at my parents’ house today. Bad. The 4GB memory upgrade from Crucial for my MacBook arrived today. Good. These two things average out. Meh.
Category Archives: General Interest
Quote of the Week: John Adams
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It … Continue reading
Joint Economic Hearing from this morning
Nomadic programming (part 1)
I’m a freelance software developer which means I generally work from home unless a client needs me to be on-site. I don’t mind being alone to a certain extent, but after a few straight weeks it can get pretty lonely. Recently, I’ve started doing what I’ve termed “nomadic programming.” Namely, … Continue reading
When hot corners stops working…
OS X seems to get confused when I disconnect my MacBook from an external monitor. This confusion sometimes leads to the hot corners feature not working. This is definitely a bug in Leopard that needs fixing. Until that happens, restarting the Dock is a quick solution to the problem. This … Continue reading
Why geeks need public speaking
If you know anything at all about public speaking, your perception of it is probably that it’s a playground for salespeople, marketers, and trainers; an outlet for extroverted businesspeople to practice their presentations to upper management. This is certainly true, but there is another group that can gain enormous benefit … Continue reading
Career 2.0 at TriJUG tonight
Has your career been a random product of your manager’s whims or company’s needs? Never rely on your company to keep your skills current and marketable. Take control of your own career with a proven strategy. Jared Richardson presents a talk titled “Career 2.0: Take Control of Your Life” at … Continue reading
Motivation and goals
Motivation is generally the natural result of what we’re doing. We’re motivated to get a license so we can drive to the store. We’re motivated to learn a new programming language because our current job is boring. We’re motivated to lose weight because we want to look like the people … Continue reading
Expelled
Why does tabbing skip certain form fields in OS X?
Isn’t it incredibly annoying how both Firefox and Safari skip select fields and check boxes while keyboard tabbing through a form? Fortunately, there is an incredibly simple solution. (The fact that this isn’t a default setting in OS X makes me wonder if the Apple people wrote that particular preference … Continue reading