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Feb 25, 2006
Developer Tools

Stupid Issue with OCUnit

I hit an issue with OCUnit the other day when I was trying to get a project of mine working correctly with it. The issue was that using the macro STAssertEqualObjects anywhere would cause the following build error: error: parse error before ‘type...

Feb 23, 2006
Technology

Buying a Phone

So, first off, I just wanted to say that I’m incredibly psyched about the Origami Project, whatever it turns out to be ;-) I sent mail to Scoble earlier today after he hyped it on his blog to tell him how psyched I was. As the subject promised, t...

Feb 20, 2006
Personal Life

Throwing Up

“We would make people literally throw up if they had to listen to us.” You know you’ve crossed that certain irritating cuteness factor when…

Feb 20, 2006
Personal Life

I am a Terrible Friend

It took me over a month to figure out that a friend of mine (who I dated briefly last year) has been pissed at me enough for five weeks now to not be willing to speak to me anymore. Yeah, I’m a fuckhead. Yeah, I’ve been way too busy for my own hea...

Feb 14, 2006
Miscellaneous

Jacktracking: The Post-Modern Timewaster

GridSkipper introduced a new service with the beginning of 24 Day 5 last month, the Jacktracker. The Jacktracker features: Insightful commentary (“Jack is dead. No he’s not. Frank Flynn = Jack Bauer. Frank drills oil, as well as Diane Huxley.”)...

Jan 30, 2006
Random Funniness

Mathemagicians

Credit for this goes to vinny9 on sillytech.com:

Jan 28, 2006
Personal Life

Midgets

I’m sitting in a coffee shop a block away from my apartment finishing up some work before heading off to a party celebrating the 25th birthday of one of my designers when, without warning, a motorized wheelchair goes scooting past. Clinging to the...

Jan 24, 2006
Random Funniness

Yakov Smirnoff

On rare occasions, I will read something that is genuinely amusing on Slashdot. I just had one with a Yakov Smirnoff-esque joke, of sorts. yobjob says: “IN CAPITALIST AMERICA, WORK FINISHES YOU!” in response to a fairly involved thread about the ...

Jan 16, 2006
Personal Life

Favorites

And lest I forget, my abbreviated 2005 favorites: Album: Takk, by Sigur Ros, followed very, very closely by Plans for Death Cab for Cutie Asian Person: Helen Asian Person that I am Not Coerced into Listing: Helen, still Beach: Waikiki in Ho...

Jan 16, 2006
Personal Life

Another Week

Yeah, it’s been a week since I last posted; I’ve been busy, dead-tired, and generally unwilling to expend the energy to reach out and touch all four of my loyal readers on this blog-thing. Work’s been kicking my ass of late. We’re winding down our...