Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail
Posted in Cogitation on Apr 11th, 2010
I think I may be becoming a ‘runner’. Late on Friday night, one of my drinking / poker buddies told me he was running in the Cary Road Race (10k) starting at 8.30a the next day. I switched from beer to water (admittedly a bit late) and decided to enter as well. The start is [...]
Posted in Cogitation on Jan 10th, 2010
I’ve never been much of a runner but always found running to be a pretty decent way to keep fit. It requires very little in the way of skill or technique; you don’t need any equipment; there’s nothing to set up and you can do it pretty much anywhere. If you’re busy with kids and [...]
Posted in Cogitation on Oct 20th, 2008
up late. doing online checkin. # Retweeting @radiowalker: Why Obama won the election http://tinyurl.com/5qj8ut – nice post ! # #RDU heading to #BOS for a couple of days # bummer forgot headphones # hertz suck and owe me an hour # Ouch – JAVA. # having guiness for dinner #
Posted in Cogitation on Oct 18th, 2008
Up early and off the gym before the small people wake up. Then soccer with Jack; weather permitting.But first caffeine. # @stephenfry is following me ! How cool is that ? # @bobmcwhirter – good meeting you briefly yesterday – have fun at Ruby Camp # double crap – forgot to book travel for Monday [...]
Posted in Cogitation on Oct 17th, 2008
via @metadaddy – following Stephen Fry – @stephenfry # retweeting @webmink – 1 million OO.o 3.0 downloads – still no OO.o 3.0 in the Fedora repo. # erk. I’m starting to hear about layoffs / shutdowns in high-tech – Zillow, Appcellerator, Jive, Ringside. I guess VC money is drying up. #
Posted in Cogitation on Oct 16th, 2008
@erwintenhumberg – dude you definitely need a different picture So you’re working for SAP now ? # The sound on my laptop has suddenly started working – I swear it has never worked before – that probably means the HD is about to fail # back to testin F10 on the OLPC XO – not [...]
Posted in Cogitation on Oct 16th, 2008
@erwintenhumberg – dude you definitely need a different picture So you’re working for SAP now ? # The sound on my laptop has suddenly started working – I swear it has never worked before – that probably means the HD is about to fail # back to testin F10 on the OLPC XO – not [...]
Posted in Cogitation on Oct 15th, 2008
According to glassbooth.org Obama shares an 81% similarity with my political beliefs. No suprise there. Main disagreement was on the bai … # … I agree there needed to be some kind of fed. intervention I’m just pissed that the fuckers responsible haven’t been punished # by punished I mean staked to a cactus or [...]
Posted in Cogitation on Oct 15th, 2008
According to glassbooth.org Obama shares an 81% similarity with my political beliefs. No suprise there. Main disagreement was on the bai … # … I agree there needed to be some kind of fed. intervention I’m just pissed that the fuckers responsible haven’t been punished # by punished I mean staked to a cactus or [...]
Posted in Cogitation on Oct 15th, 2008
According to glassbooth.org Obama shares an 81% similarity with my political beliefs. No suprise there. Main disagreement was on the bai … # … I agree there needed to be some kind of fed. intervention I’m just pissed that the fuckers responsible haven’t been punished # by punished I mean staked to a cactus or [...]