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iRooster 2.1

iRooster 2.1 is coming, and it’s going to be really friggin’ cool. I wasn’t intending to make my next release a big deal (it was just going to be 2.0.4), but I was seized by a strong desire to implement a feature…which lead itself to another featu...

Halo 2

Halo 2 is fucking awesome. There’s really no other way I can describe it than that. I only have a few gripes: The ending. I have to wait another 3 years or so to find out what happens after this. Damn it. Matchmaking seems to take forever. H...

Flailing about Mightily

Hundreds of tons of high explosives are stolen in Iraq after Hussein’s dictatorship collapses. Whose responsibility is it that this happened? According to Scott McClellan, spokesman for the White House, it is a problem that belongs to the interim ...

Useful Advice

“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt

A Recursive History Lesson

This is from James Wolcott by way of the always incredible William Gibson (yes, that one): “The savage Iraq insurgency, a tragedy for the Iraqi people and the Americans and other foreigners who have been victims there, has unwound the future in wa...

iRooster 2.0.1

I have almost finished iRooster 2.0.1. As the name implies, it’s just a couple bug fixes. However, I have tossed in one extra thing. Now, if and when iRooster crashes, you will be able to send crash report information to me instead of Apple. I don...

Fooled Around and Ready to Settle Down…

WesnerM writes today on a topic that concerns me occasionally: “By denying the customer a second chance to evaluate the software when they are likely ready to buy, I bet FeedDemon has lost a number of customers.” How many customers for iRooster h...

Armchair Punditry

I feel like I’ve been engaging in armchair punditry for too long now. I’m going to play all my cards, and make my prediction for this election. We’ll see how realistic my guesses are in another nine days. I’m not going to touch this entry, but I’...

GO BOSTON!!!!!

I am not a huge baseball fan by any stretch of the imagination. Nonetheless, I was absolutely thrilled by watching the Red Sox crush the Yankees last night. I’m hoping for another Massachusetts win in a little under two weeks, too.