For years I’ve had a number of systems that have been retired to my server closet as they’ve lost favor as my primary desktop, only to be reborn as a server of this, that, or, something else… Unfortunately, these systems are power hogs and are getting old enough that replacement parts are available only from […]
Read MoreJavaFX 0
another day, another scripting language… I’ll reserve in depth comment until I’ve had time to thoroughly explore JavaFX, but the choices facing today’s software folks are staggering to be certain. Personally, I’m finding it harder and harder to keep anything in my own memory, syntactic details and the like. More often than not these days, […]
Read MoreUnified Storage Simulator and the 7000 series NAS appliances 0
Have a NAS ? Have a NAS that can tell you graphically which client(s) are hogging the NAS while pushing/pulling which file(s) ? yeah… I didn’t think so. November 10, 2008: Sun announced the 7000 series storage products, which combine some very useful administrative features with the power of Solaris and ZFS. I’ve had the […]
Read MoregRApple updated to reflect new Apple refurbished store layout 0
Apple updated their refurbished Mac store and in the process broke gRApple. So, I updated gRApple to reflect the Apple site changes, it’s available here Apple actually improved the parse-ability of the refurb store this time around so the changes were pretty simple and involved removing some older extra bits in the code as well […]
Read Moremmmmmmm, ZFS. 0
First, the background info… We have a family wide NAS which houses hundreds of movies, tens of thousands of songs, hundreds of documents and all manner of other important digital content like vacation photos. Recently, I was listening to some old music (~5yrs) and noticed some degradation (very audible pops and clicks), which is unacceptable. […]
Read MoreAndroid SDK 0
I’ve been developing for iPhone in my spare time for ~8 months now (jailbreak and toolchain prior to the official SDK). For the sake of trying out the competition I snagged the Android SDK and associated plugins and whatnots for Eclipse, and proceeded to implement a simple app. My 2c is that Apple wins on […]
Read MoreChandler 1.0 0
Most folks may not be familiar with the Chandler project, but it has some interesting goals. The project finally hit 1.0 recently, and reached a point that it’s stable enough for serious usage, IMO. I’ve used at various points in the past, and I must say that they’ve done a great job. I’ve been using […]
Read Morejpeekaboo v1 released 0
Alrighty, I finally put the finishing touches on jpeekaboo tonight, enough for others to try it anyhow. v1 is out, and is essentially at the same place as where I had my Stickies fork, only without all the extra unused stuff, and in java! native distros for linux, OS X and Windows are available from […]
Read Morejpeekaboo, java based auto hide drawer note 0
pwsidenote is becoming far more painful than I’d hoped to strip down and end up with what I want. In response, I’m shelving it as is and starting a new project, jpeekaboo. Same goal, auto hide drawer note that can be pinned to any screen edge and sync content offsite. I also need an app […]
Read Morepwsidenote, an auto hide drawer style sticky note application 0
I’m always on the lookout for small apps that help me improve my efficiency. Despite many wanderings into the land of GTD apps, I always come back to a simple plain text scheme, using either post-it like applications, or a simple text editor. On the OS X platform, I use sidenote. On Windows, I use […]
Read MoreBook: Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering 0
I recently finished reading this book. See the books page for more details. In short, it has some interesting information and is certainly worth a read.
Read MoreCentralized vs. Decentralized Storage 0
A number of times thus far in my career, common storage has been a sizable bottleneck in the application frameworks in which I’ve worked. Centralized solutions are slow and easier to manage. Decentralized ones are relatively rare, complex, and less than ideal. One decent solution is DRBD, which when combined with OCFS2 or GFS can […]
Read MoreHotkey consoles for all 0
I still really like the hotkey triggered drop down console notion. I’ve been a fan ever since finding Visor for OS X. Today, I was wondering if I’d have to come up with my own solution for Windows when I came across an existing way provided by someone else. Granted, it isn’t as friendly as […]
Read MoreForward, the quick iPhone call forwarding toggle 0
I decided to whip up a little iPhone application to help with an issue I have with the existing call forwarding feature. You have to go into settings, then phone, then call forwarding, all to enable/disable forwarding. I wanted something quicker. A toggle that turns it on/off each time you run it. The result is […]
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