“You can try them out on their website or if you have NotePad just make an HTML page and put like a big textarea in it and that will give you a taste of what [they] do.” – Joel Spolsky On a related note – my next project is targeting left-handed squirrels. Even better: “You …
Monthly Archives: November 2011
What Matters
“What’s ‘small stuff?’ Roughly, work that has zero chance of being mentioned in your obituary.” – Paul Graham “Meaning: When deciding whether to commit to something, if I feel anything less than, “Wow! That would be amazing! Absolutely! Hell yeah!” – then my answer is no.”
Amazon Fire – First Impressions
tl;dr – Yes, this is The Holiday Gift of 2011. For all the hype – this is easily the best tablet I’ve played with in a decade. From the unboxing experience (less than 5 minutes from delivery to browsing my ebook library) to getting comfortable and settling in. Amazon has: minimized all the parts of …
how to install fontforge on os x lion
After losing the fight with a native build-from-source multiple times, my currently recommended method of installing fontforge on the Mac OS X Lion is: brew install fontforge sudo brew link fontforge Update: 23 January 2012 Austin Sabel emailed, “I was having trouble getting an old cairo font document working in Lion. This saved me. However …
What Color is Your Couch?
There are 2 couches in my house. One is a dark chocolate brown and the other is a light beige-y/tan. So, I found it interesting that I bumped into these 2 logos today. Not that there’s any confusion between these two services. More an observation on the popularity of red couches.
My Tea Leaves Weren’t Completely Off
Three years ago (almost to the day) I declared that Apple’s relationship with AT&T was a hedge on Apple’s part – a way to get the iPhone to market while nationwide unlicensed spectrum becomes more stable. While we have yet to see the large-scale benefits of our unlicensed spectrum, I’m relieved to read that – …
Dave’s Opt-out Improves the Opt-in
You may remember: “I’m on vacation, and I’ve deleted your message — really” – Dave Thomas Dave’s follow-up: “Since I returned from vacation, the quality of email I receive has improved, and the quantity I receive has dropped. I still enjoy interacting with all the people I need to interact with, and I still get …
Brave New eWorld
“Big brother turns out to be the chick with the hammer.” – zorlon
Double Plus UnGood
“Too many companies lack the creativity to see ways to expand the users’ universe. Instead they are trying to shrink it.” – Dave Winer
Sour Cider Mach II & Cranberry-Cyser
As part of the MN Homebrewers Club 2011 bulk cider buy, I picked up 10 gallons of un-pastuerized apple cider from Pine Tree Orchard (note – it’s not sold on their sales floor). I split it into two 5 gallon batches. 1. Another take on my well received sour cider. Same yeast (dredges of 2 …