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Happy New Year!

2007 was great. Ruby on Rails I think really came into its own last year. Cocoa got a big boost with Leopard and I’m still uncovering new APIs. Eclipse is still going strong. By the way, I happen to run … Continue reading

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Reports of my demise have been grossly exaggerated

Long time no blog, eh? Let’s see – what’s been going on in my life? I’ve been keeping busy. Ruby on Rails has been good to me and still having a lot of fun developing with it. But I’ve also … Continue reading

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Creating a branch in Subversion from a specific older revision

Branches in Subversion are quite easy and really lightweight. I think the technical term for this is “cheap copy”, which doesn’t quite do it for me. I mean, I’d rather call it an elegant and efficient copy, but I didn’t … Continue reading

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Changes I’ve made to help heal my carpal tunnel problem

Vik asked about my carpal tunnel problem: Just curious if you’re going to make any changes now. As in, mouse to touchpad/trackball, some special keyboard, some software aimed at CTS sufferers, etc. I’ve been forcing myself to use the touchpad … Continue reading

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I’m feeling MUCH better

I’m back! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. My hands are feeling great. I’d say about 70%. So I’m not going to be arm wrestling Sylvester Stallone anytime soon. But I am able to type and program and do … Continue reading

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Sidelined with some hand problems

Sorry if I haven’t replied to your email and that I haven’t posted too much in the past two weeks. I’ve been having some problems with my hands and wrists. Probably just due to overuse, so I’ve been cutting back … Continue reading

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Google finally groks RSS

3. Google groks RSS: Instead of just being satisfied with hosting blogs via Blogger, Google realizes the true potential of blogs: as another way to spread its targeted advertising. Google offers Google RSS(tm), which puts targeted Google ads in RSS … Continue reading

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Podcasting is good, but…

…it really is kind of inefficient. I wonder if there is any sort of speech-to-text web service which can turn podcasts into regular blog entries for when you just want to read. I mean, its nice when you want to … Continue reading

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Help Hurricane Katrina survivors

Today my family and I held a yard sale to raise money to help the Hurricane Katrina survivors. Watching the news coverage has really broken our hearts and we’ve been praying for them. Turnout at the yard sale was probably … Continue reading

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Any good online book forums out there?

So I’m reading Freakonomics, which is an addictive read and exposes the real world as to how it actually works, with actual data, not just theories. But I’d like to discuss it with others and there doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading

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