Monthly Archives: May 2004

The Party of the Year, 2004-Style

One day until the Fools Ball! It’s Spring, and that means it’s time for another Fools Ball at AS220. To first-time visitors, AS220 is a black and yellow awning on Empire Street in Providence. If you step in the door, … Continue reading

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Food for Thought on Mono and Patents

Miguel de Icaza: “…take a step back, and for every instance of the word `Mono’ replace it with every major open source project today `gnu libc’, `linux kernel’, `Open Office’, `samba’, `x11′, `cairo’, `gtk+’, `qt’, `binutils’, `gcc’, gnome’, `qt’, `mozilla’, … Continue reading

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MonoDevelop on Mac OS X

These are rough notes, and due to the the moving target nature of everything, very likely to stop working at some point in the future. Install Fink. Configure Fink to use the unstable repository. Install mono, gtk-sharp, gecko-sharp, gtksourceview-sharp, and … Continue reading

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Dosing Tips

WebMD: “By taking small, frequent caffeine doses they did, however, avoid the jitteriness and other side effects of larger doses.”

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Rumors Trickle About Verizon’s 1xEV-DO Plans

I recently reviewed Verizon’s 1xEV-DO service, and walked away impressed. In fact, I signed up for the unlimited service, even though I live in an area that gets marginal 1xRTT coverage at best. 1xEV-DO offers speeds that are competitive with … Continue reading

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Brains-n-Brawn and Employers

William Ryan: “where is it written that what he writes about on his own time has any reflection of how one behaves at work?”

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Slides from my Monday Talk

I gave a talk on Mac OS X’s Unix personality at Harvard Medical yesterday, and promised to post my slides and examples, so here they are: Sample code Presentation slides (pdf)

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