I can’t talk too much about what I’m doing, but the Big Boss wants me to review some requirements documents for a HUGE software project, and I’m totally draggin my heels on it. She sent me the docs Friday afternoon, and while I’d intended to do the review this weekend, I managed to find other meaningful things to do in lieu of reading/commenting. PROCRASTINAT3D!!!! Ugh. I so don’t wanna do.. Read More
I ran across the following project this weekend — I haven’t had time to read about/test it, but it looks really promising if it can do what it advertises. The Sync4j Project: A wireless application needs data. The information must be available even when the device is off-line. Synchronization between multiple mobile devices and corporate servers is a fundamental component in every wireless project: data is supposed to be consistent.. Read More
It’s time to get my car tinted :D I’ve been putting it off a while — I just wasn’t certain whether or not I wanted to do it, but I’m decided. It’s time to do it. I’m a little nervous about my choice of tinters — this one comes well-recommended, but there’s some baggage involved. I don’t think this particular baggage will make a difference to me, but when it.. Read More
Well, I’ve completely backed up BigAl and have gotten myself used to the idea of starting w/ a completely new install when my copy of Tiger shows up. Read about my unsuccessful attempts to create a clone of my boot partition in The Great Re-partitioning™ (Part I). I don’t feel like bothering w/ re-installing Tech Tool Pro, so…. screw it. The problem is that I’m not a fan of completely.. Read More
So I read a story about Apple’s new Quicktime 7 (QT) codec, H.264, and wanted to sample some of the HD movie trailers they provided. Well, my copy of the Tiger (I got the family pack) hasn’t arrived yet, and I’m not in *that* much of a hurry, but I wanted to try out the movies, ya know? Having paid for QT Pro in version 4, 5 and 6, you’d.. Read More