Articles tagged 'computers'

Mmm... sandwich Sep 29 2006

This is genius.

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Mac Daddy Sep 24 2006

So I’ve recently got a MacBook Pro, and it’s fucking awesome. For a start, it’s quick, and secondly, I’m finally, after numerous attempts in the past, enjoying the Mac OS X experience. I’m not sure what it is this time around, but I think working on a Mac just feels right in laptop form. I’m running Parallels for all my Windows needs (damn you, VS2005 and C#), and while I’m tempted to also give Boot Camp a go for the gaming aspects (have you seen Company of Heroes? and apparently HL2 runs real nice on the MBP too!), for now I’m sticking with the virtualisation solution.

But I’m also learning TextMate, and man oh man is that a sweet program to use. I’m a little overwhelmed by all the add-ins (sorry, bundles) and shortcuts there are, but at least it’s prettier than emacs :-)

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For all these times, that we walked away Jul 14 2006

Bit of a catch-up here, as it’s been far too long since I blogged:

  • England are out, and the World Cup is over.
  • I got me SkyHD installed, and it is sw-eeeet. I can now watch HD sporting events, movies, and other assorted goodies (including alsorts of random documentaries, which I’d never usually watch except for the fact that it’s in HD). The box itself is sleek and chic, and bar a couple of random lock-ups last couple of days, has behaved excellently for a first generation piece of equipment. Oh, and the Sky+ PVR system is fantastic, I forgot how much I missed being able to setup entire series to be recorded with a couple of remote clicks.
  • I’m wrapping up the add-in architecture for RIDE-ME. I hope to have it in my branch by the end of this weekend, and then merge it over after then to trunk. We can then test the hell out of it, while the other guys start to write whatever add-ins they can dream up. Eventually, in the 1.0 release, it’ll see the light of day, and we hope to build a nice add-in community around it. Oh, and I’m now hosting all of the resources for the RIDE-ME project.
  • Did I mention HD? I’m currently watching Die Hard With A Vengeance apparently in HD (didn’t even realise HD cameras were around back in ‘95), and Bruce Willis never looked so good.
  • I’ve been having a lot of fun with the object/relation mapping framework I’m working on at the minute, integrating it tightly with the model-view-controller framework I knocked together. It’s starting to come together, and I’ve just implemented associations in queries (read: joins). I’ve got a reason for putting all of this together, and that reason is almost ready for the big-time, so watch this space…
  • I’ve ordered a SleepTracker watch, but there’s no stock at the minute so I gotta wait.
  • The new Rise Against album is fantastic, along with the latest albums from Billy Talent and Lostprophets, expect reviews soon
  • RubyCLR is superb, I think John Lam might be a genius
I think that’s mostly it believe it or not, so peace out for now.

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Rail Riding Jun 9 2006

So I came across what looks to be a nice little Windows based Ruby on Rails IDE - RIDE-ME. It’s written in .Net which is cool, and while still in its early phases, seems to be looking quite nice. Also, they are looking for C# developers to join the fold and help out, so with my experience in C# programming, and my almost unhealthy interest in Ruby and Rails, I feel compelled to contribute!

Haven’t posted much recently, but there’s a few things I’ve got that I want to post when I got more time, so hopefully over the coming weekend I’ll get it done.


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Intriguing Apr 18 2006

Catching up on some of the weekends tidbits, I noticed RSSBus - this looks quite interesting, and reading through the whitepaper brings up some intriguing ideas - however until I can play with the actual product, I’m not sure how useful it’ll actually end up being. Not sure I count as an “early adopter” or “influencer” either ;-)


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scanR Apr 18 2006

This is pretty cool, with my 2-megapixel Sony K750i, who needs a scanner now? I might have to give it a go a little later, let’s see how I get on.


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GWritely Mar 9 2006

Ooh, a favourite of mine, Writely, acquired by Google. Can’t say I’m surprised, it was such a quality service that it was only a matter of time before one of the big boys decided “hey, that’d be a nice feather in our cap”. Add to that Google’s apparent desire to crush Microsoft, and you’ve got the recipe for one nice acquisition. No figures banded about from what I can see yet though, it’d be interesting to see how it stacks up to a few other interesting sales over the last few months. Glad to see current service is unaffected, as it’s something I use regularly (dare I say, almost rely on?). Also, smart move locking down registrations for the time being, should ensure that there’s no degradation in the service due to the obvious interest spike this will create. Exciting times, and congratulations to the guys and gals over at Writely.


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