• Lisp is Sin

    Posted on January 22, 2006

    While I don’t agree with the overall conclusion, this essay points to a number of great resources and ties together a line of discussion about Lisp and Scheme very well. I agree with trying to make programming accessable to a larger audience (especially after hearing Doug Egelbart speak the other... [Read More]

  • I Still Love Ya Mike

    Posted on January 20, 2006

    I’ve been getting pinged on IM this morning about my reaction to Mike from TechCrunch ripping into Ning today. I’ve spoken to Mike a few times and always got the impression he’s the kind of person who honestly speaks his mind. So sometimes of course we’re going to be on... [Read More]

  • Ubuntu + Firefox + Flash(block)

    Posted on January 16, 2006

    I don’t use Flash normally, but I installed it (with the flashblock plugin for Firefox of course) so that I can fool around with Google Analytics, which renders views in little flash applets. Cool, as much as I don’t like Flash normally it’s a nice path to transition to richer... [Read More]

  • There is No Open Source Community

    Posted on January 13, 2006

    Interesting article over at OnLamp called There Is No Open Source Community. Some excellent points in there, the central being that open source is not driven by ideological crusaders, but by the straightforward economic benefic of participants. I would disagree with the title of the article however. There is an... [Read More]

  • Small Small GPS

    Posted on January 13, 2006

    Aww yea, starting up the talk about implanted electronics is a sure way to get my attention. Although knowing GPS you could probably get the chip implanted subcutaneous but then need a large dish antenna grafted to your forehead in order to use it, and it would still only work... [Read More]

  • Akismet Setup

    Posted on January 11, 2006

    One of the cooler features of Wordpress 2.0 is supposed to be the Akismet plugin for spam filtering. The last couple of days must have put me on all the spam target lists. I just cleared out about 150 spam comments over the last three hours, and don’t really feel... [Read More]

  • Failure!!

    Posted on January 10, 2006

    We failed in the quest for 100 cups of coffee in 48 hours. We both made it up to 75 however, which is a pretty respectable showing. I think 100 is possible, we just need to schedule it out better.  Both of us stopped for a while yesterday, while we... [Read More]

  • The 100 Cup Challenge

    Posted on January 10, 2006

    I had to pause for a while last night so that I could get some work done. I just couldn’t concentrate after 36 cups in 24 hours. I’m back at it for a little while now though. Hopefully I’ll at least make 75 cups. I got no sleep last night,... [Read More]

  • I Don't Like My Coffee Shaking

    Posted on January 9, 2006

    I think “choked down” would be an appropriate description for how I handled the last cup. And it was definitely shaking. I don’t like my coffee shaking. So I just setup cup 20 and then I’m taking a pause for at least a little while. We started at 5:30pm on... [Read More]