2010: The Great Restart

I could stare at this image all day. Continually riding its roller coaster in my head – watching geo-political events, holidays, elections, and family gatherings, all unfold. Whether we call it the Great Recession or the Great Nominal Spending Crash1 – I don’t think we’ve seen the interesting part yet. I predict a dramatic recovery …

Fitness Crossroad Group Fitness Calendar for iCal & Google Calendar

I rejoined the Fitness Crossroad, the neighborhood gym about a month ago and have yet to make it a regular part of my schedule. In hopes of more quickly getting in a comfortable rhythm1 I’ve ported their Group Fitness Schedule PDF into a subscribe-able calendar (for iCal or Google Calendar). If you’re in the area …

Sphinx Config Problem on OS X Leopard 10.5.8

I bumped into a very strange bug trying to compile Sphinx on OS X Leopard today. After running ./configure for Sphinx 0.9.8-rc2, things looked good until: configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. . Then nothing. Now, I’m positive that my computer is advanced enough to run C compile programs. So I peaked into the …

Verizon Droid Hands-On Review

The Verizon / Motorola / Google Droid, released later this week, is a solid, tactilely satisfying handset. I suspect it’ll be Motorola’s most well-received handset since the RAZR. Verizon’s marketing is correct – the Droid is the first real peer to the iPhone. More importantly – the Droid is the first significant competitor to the …