Category Archives: observation

Some cool things about the iphone…

1) Location aware services + 3G data, local database storage and good API’s means that we’ll see a proliferation of applications that are contextually aware. I can imagine a todo-list application that knew if I was at the super market, at home or at work (Omnifocus is working on something like this). Or imagine a [...]

In case you’re wondering

I’m bloggin REM setlists so they show up on their tour site!

Chicago - June 6, 2008 - Pics - Murmurs.com

#remunited

Living Well Is The Best Revenge
These Days
Begin The Begin
What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
Pilgrimage
Hollow Man
Animal
Man-Sized Wreath
Ignoreland
The Great Beyond
Accelerate
Houston
Electrolite
The One I Love
Final Straw
Find The River
Let Me [...]

Well there’s your problem!

Twitter crapped out. Nice to see how many Ruby libraries they depend on. Maybe its time for… PHP or Python?

Twitter will Devolve

I realized over the last few days that Twitter is reaching an apex of sorts and will start devolving from this utopian paradise of geekdom into a normal online community. This means that the Twitterverse will start having TwitterSpam (happening already), Twitter Trolls (happening now, just witnessed one today), TwitterFits (saw one this weekend) and [...]

smcFanControl = Savior

My Mac, which there is a picture of below, does a lot of work. It has two video cards in it, which are each double-height ATI’s. Its pumping out some BTU’s basically.
I have found that the Mac’s temperature sensors adjust the fan speeds OK most of the time, except when the ambient temperature of the [...]

My new desk

I got a vintage 1974 Knoll Florence oval table for my new desk. Here’s how it came out: