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A change in format

Posted by David – June 9, 2010

So yeah, I've not posted much here of late, and I think I'm going to try experimenting a little bit with the format. I've got an account over on tumblr and I like the concept of it, but it has a serious problem with the whole "saving new posts" thing that makes me somewhat reluctant to use it.

Consequently, I'm going to keep blogging here, but I'm going to try a bit more of a linkblog/tumblelog format, sharing things that I find interesting, rather than just the Twitter summaries and occasional infrequent posts. We'll see how it works out... I may or may not disable Twitter Tools from posting about everything I post here.

Aside from that, not much new in my life of late. Been spending lots of time with my girlfriend, still trying to find time to pick up some non-Microsoft programming technologies, cooking more, that sort of thing.

Quote: Tobias Lütke

Posted by David – June 9, 2010

I downloaded it, fell in love with it, and decided it wasn’t programming that I was burned out on; it was programming in uninspired programming languages.

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Twitter Digest for 2010-01-28

Posted by David – January 28, 2010

  • I don't know if I like this app-centric approach Apple is pushing. I think in terms of file hierarchies and data, not apps. #
  • Where's the multitasking? #ipad #
  • Seriously underwhelmed by the #ipad so far. No flash, no multitasking? Super fail. #
  • Ok, the #ipad e-reader stuff looks ok, but not compelling at the likely price tag. #
  • @pdxwy If Amazon releases Kindle for Android, I'd seriously consider a Nexus One as soon as it hits Verizon in reply to pdxwy #
  • Surprised they went to $499 on the #ipad. Still not particularly interested, $499 gets you a Lenovo S10-3T that runs a full OS. #
  • The price of the #ipad is surprisingly low, but I'm not interested in paying $500+ for an oversized iPhone. #
  • @theWynk That's because it *is* a giant iPod Touch ;) in reply to theWynk #
  • iPad is a fusion of tech and liberal arts? True - it's an expensive gadget that has no job. #
  • @XaiaX Sadly, I can't claim credit for that, friend of mine came across it somewhere and repeated it to me... amusing though :) in reply to XaiaX #
  • @quezed Switching from the iPhone? What are you getting? in reply to quezed #
  • @quezed Nice, the Nexus One looks like a nice phone and I may be looking at it when it hits VZW... T-mo coverage in my area sucks in reply to quezed #
  • @quezed No, I have an iPhone 3G - tried the Droid but had some bad experiences, turned out to be bad hardware but had already returned it in reply to quezed #
  • RT @damonism: Does anyone other than Apple have a press-only event where the audience is constantly cheering? #
  • RT @shanselman: LOL - "...the 'iPad' could have been a game changer, not an iPod Touch for the elderly." /via @darrendoyle #
  • @pdxwy in reply to pdxwy #
  • @pdxwy @markhughes3000 I agree with pretty much all the negative points in that editorial. (also, I hate this keyboard) #
  • @pdxwy If you think about it, the e-book reader is fairly diabolical. Can you get your purchased books off it? Guessing no... in reply to pdxwy #
  • @pdxwy ... which means that once you start building an e-book library, you'd better plan on owning an Apple device forever, I think. in reply to pdxwy #
  • @bogo_lode Dunno about Sony store. Kindle is multi-platform at least, though I don't buy many e-books for precisely this reason. in reply to bogo_lode #
  • @bogo_lode I didn't say they're evil per se, but it's clever lock-in considering Kindle gives you a bit more flexibility on devices. in reply to bogo_lode #
  • @bogo_lode Though I can see how you might imply that from "diabolical" :) in reply to bogo_lode #
  • @bogo_lode True, tho I wonder if we'll see an Android app. At any rate, not a huge issue for me but something to think about w/ any platform in reply to bogo_lode #
  • @AirborneGeek Heh, and I heard things got interesting in EVE this week... in reply to AirborneGeek #
  • @pdxwy Yeah, most of my e-books are actually from Baen :) in reply to pdxwy #
  • RT @antiheroine: Win: http://unhappyhipsters.tumblr.com/ #
  • Today is the 24th anniversary of the #Challenger disaster. I was in 2nd grade, remember teacher telling us, then seeing it on TV later. #
  • @clint I agree with you. Plus, no multitasking means the iPad completely fails for my typical usage as I require certain background tasks. in reply to clint #

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Twitter Digest for 2010-01-25

Posted by David – January 25, 2010

  • @pdxwy When I become evil overlord I'm going to have teams that go around bashing in the side panels on vehicles that park across spaces. in reply to pdxwy #
  • When I become evil overlord, I'm having the freecreditreport.com band put to death. Just because. #
  • @jwright Ah, the joys of Twitter, being able to share our traffic stops in real time... (sucks about the ticket, though) in reply to jwright #
  • @jwright I have to be careful of that since my new Fit is red... although I've heard yellow and orange are the real attention-getters now in reply to jwright #

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Posted by David – January 24, 2010

  • Wow. Actually managed to cut my subscribed list in Google Reader to under 100 feeds. #

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