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Fun with SleepWatcher
I do the majority of my computing work on a MacBook Pro — a laptop computer. The primary reason for a laptop is portability. Sure most of my work gets done at my desk, but sometimes I have to move or...
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Apple TV or not?
Any of you have experience with the Apple TV? I’ve been thinking about ditching cable, and the Apple TV seems rather compelling (Apple lifer that I am). For $99 I reckon there’s no harm in just buying...
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DR Performance Practice Deck for iOS version 1.1 Now Available
The DR Performance Practice Deck for iOS version 1.1 is now available. Lots of good things in this update, the biggest news being score tracking is now available. Please spread the good word! Thank you...
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Trying Trello
The new hotness in software development is “agile“. At my prior day job, it was waterfall. Sure they tried to adopt agile processes, but it really wasn’t going to happen. Due to the nature of the...
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Setting up Jenkins… things I’ve learned so far
At the day job I’ve been tasked with setting up an automated build system. This is a Good Thing™ and I actually volunteered to do this task. I’m interested in doing what can help us make our code...
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Let’s be consistent
From Unc I read how a man was fired from his job for “liking” a Facebook post. Daniel Ray Carter Jr. logged on to Facebook and did what millions do each day: He “liked” a page by clicking the site’s...
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More things I’ve learned about Jenkins
At the day job, I’m still working with Jenkins and our build system. I’ve written about some things I learned at the onset, and now I’d like to add some things I’ve learned since then. Plugins Be...
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Happy Programmer’s Day
Happy Programmer’s Day to my fellow programmers! Oh wait… you mean it was yesterday? Ah that’s right… leap year. So that means this is an “off-by-one” error. How appropriate. Filed under: Computers,...
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A year since we’ve said goodbye
A friend pointed me to the Apple website, because 1 year ago today, Steve Jobs passed away. Apple changed their home page today to post a video (linked here, but no idea how long this link will remain,...
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PracticeDeck 1.1.1 is now available
The DR Performance PracticeDeck for iOS 1.1.1 (or PracticeDeck for short) is now live in the App Store. It’s a simple update, bringing iOS 6 and iPhone 5 compatibility. It also raises the minimum OS...
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kwikkEmail 1.0.2 is now available
kwikkEmail 1.0.2 is now available in the App Store. It’s a simple update, bringing iOS 6 and iPhone 5 compatibility. Click/tap here to download it. Filed under: Computers Tagged: Computers
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Smart guns? Dumb idea.
So, Jeremy Shane thinks the solution to the problem is to “make guns smart”: (h/t Shawn) While the debate rages on, it’s worth thinking out of the box for a moment. What if we could design guns to be...
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WordPress fail
I downloaded the WordPress iOS app update. Installed. Oh hey, this “Notifications” thing is new. Let’s go see. Crash. *sigh* Relaunch the app. Oh cool. They have some mechanism that autodetects the...
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Commitments and Priorities
I saw the above image posted to the DangerouslyHardcore Facebook page. In case the image goes away it says: Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you...
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Realizing your potential, as a developer
Maybe that I’m a graybeard programmer means I’ve finally realized my potential as a programmer. I’m reading this list of “10 Reasons Why You’re Failing to Realize Your Potential as a Developer“, and...
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Circular Piracy
Game developer, Greenheart Games, created a game about creating games called Game Dev Tycoon. It’s a familiar game genre, a sort of “Sims” about being a software game developer. I haven’t played it,...
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My evolution of style
I don’t write about programming as much as I do other topics, but if you look at number of hours spent on something in a day, programming comes out at the top of my list. My day job has me writing...
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PracticeDeck 1.1.2 released
One of my iPhone apps, DR Performance Practice Deck for iOS version 1.1.2, is now available in the App Store. Just a minor bug fix update, but an update nonetheless. Thank you for your support. Filed...
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Learning to program
Youngest walks up to me about a month ago and asks how you program (write software for computers). Oh joy! Now I’ve talked about learning to program before and even a second time. I always come back to...
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More stuff for learning to program
A few days ago I wrote about Scratch, a nifty way to help my kids learn how to program. I forgot a couple other things I found. Stencyl. This looks neat. It I haven’t used it, but from what I read it...
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