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Jan 15, 2005
iRooster

iRooster 2.1: The “Orgiastic Boogaloo” Alarm Clock

I was about to write a somber and fairly normal post announcing that I had just released iRooster 2.1 Beta 1, and that you should go download it right now, because it kicks ass… But I need to change that all around now. Instead, I want to announc...

Dec 27, 2004
Miscellaneous

2004 Recap: Music

My top eleven favorite albums from 2004. They didn’t necessarily come out this year, but I was introduced to them this last year. In no particular order. Interpol - Antics Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse - The Grey Album Fischerspooner - #1 Ben ...

Dec 27, 2004
Personal Life

It' Official, Life' Weird

I haven’t seen my friend, Hannah Baines, in about 18 months. We got together tonight for a drink at the Kitty Kat Club, one of my favorite places to chill when I’m back in the land of Snow and Purple Rain. I walk in and notice a couple people who ...

Dec 19, 2004
iRooster

Infinite Streams

I’ve been thinking a lot about infinite streams lately. I haven’t spent any time whatsoever on this concept since I was a freshman in college taking Structure of Computer Programs 1, aka Scheme 101, aka the badass Comp Sci weeder course from hell....

Dec 19, 2004
Personal Life

Life Happens

Today’s been one of those days best summarized by a list. Nothing very exciting or prose-worthy occurred today. Woke up late, slept for something on the order of 12 hours. I’m finally starting to feel like more than a code-hacking, UI-designin...

Dec 13, 2004
iRooster

Daily Update on iRooster

I didn’t work on iRooster at all today, but I spent 30 minutes on the Update Manager I have planned. I’ve decided that it’ll be easier than trying to email all of my registered users every time a new major update comes out, and far more polite too...

Dec 06, 2004
Developer Tools

Mac OS X Debugging Magic

You want some real magic, try the debugger in Visual Studio 2005… I’ll stop being a smartass now. There are a lot of super-useful tips in this Apple Technote, still. http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2004/tn2124.html

Dec 03, 2004
Random Funniness

I Can’t Resist

I finally finished Neal Stephenson’s The System of the World last night. Lucky for me, Elize just gave me my Christmas present today, a signed copy of Chuck Palahniuk’s Lullabye. Cool.

Dec 03, 2004
Video Games

“Run Away, Run Away!!!”

From Tycho on Penny Arcade today: “Halo has those little grunts, and I guess I’m supposed to feel like a bad-ass when I destroy them but I actually just feel like an asshole. [They seem like they] just fell in with the wrong crowd. What they need ...