I use Java at my day job and I find it frustratingly verbose and confining. One thing that particularly bothers me is that I can’t easily represent literals. Java adopted C’s convention for arrays: int[] x = {1,2,3} which work fine if I want to use arrays; but I rarely use arrays because [...]
I take back all those things I said about Hillary being out of touch. found at Fake Steve
I just bought a new printer, an HP LaserJet 1020. I was surprised to find out just how affordable laser printers are (I spent $150). I read the reviews and although the printer is not officially supported on the Mac, various people stated that it’s possible to get it to work. I bravely ordered the [...]
I sure wish this was released on an album:
BusinessWeek, 2001 Q: What is the future of Apple Computer? A: Silicon Graphics. Q: That bad? A: Maybe it’s a little bit different. But if you look at proprietary computer companies, whether it’s Digital or Silicon Graphics (SGI ) or Apple (AAPL ), I think [...]
Our Sony DVD player is aging and I’ve started toying with the idea of replacing it with an HD player. The obvious wrinkle is that there are two incompatible, competing formats for HD players and discs: Blu-Ray and HD DVD. I did some research and I believe HD DVD is going to win [...]
Twitter has officially taken off. Even I have a twitter page. I think twitter really took off a few months ago. In my view, the turning point for twitter’s popularity was the 2007 SXSW Interactive Conference. This conference is a gathering of people who are on the cutting edge of technology [...]
Two weeks ago, the New York Times published an article written by Motoko Rich (Select membership required to legally view the article. To read the article without a subscription, perform a search for the title of the article). In the article, Rich discusses how in his latest album Modern Times Bob Dylan has [...]
I remember roughly 2 years ago, AMD brought the Opteron (and Athlon 64) to market. It was awesome! I still remember being amazed at the power and inexpensiveness of the Athlon 64 I used to use. It was and continues to be a great chip. Meanwhile, Intel was stuck in Pentium [...]