Monthly Archives: May 2011

Recruiting: Open source project experience desired

I’ve seen job descriptions that ask for “open source project experience”. I disagree that this is really what the team really wants. I can’t check that box so perhaps this is just my self-justification. Some things that working on an … Continue reading

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Shuttle launch

We were 6 miles away on the NASA causeway. Closest public viewing. Totally worth the expense, and the return trip. It was over quickly (we had cloudcover) so visible launch lasted about 10 seconds. Then the shockwaves hit. We have … Continue reading

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Google eBooks and Adobe Digital Editions

I made my first eBook purchase today. I chose the google eBook over the Amazon Kindle version as multi-device support seems much more useful. Perhaps that means I’m locking into a future iPad or Nook as my dedicated reading device. … Continue reading

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Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

The 37signal founders Jason and David have written a book that anyone wanting to be more productive at work ought to read. It tells us what we may already know. It makes us question the things we’ve been taught. And … Continue reading

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AS 3.0 Game Programming University by Gary Rosenzweig

The author Gary Resonzweig has written lots and lots of Flash games. I won the book as a raffle prize at the Indie MMO Conference in March. My other choices were OpenGL books. I figured I’d end up loaning it … Continue reading

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Review: Essential ActionScript 2.0 by Colin Moock

The author Colin Moock is a name known to almost every ActionScript programmer. I haven’t read his other book(s) — “ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide” — which seems to be more about interacting with Flash objects and is … Continue reading

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Gravatar images

I think that’s the last of wordpress for tonight. Static front page and some blank pages A bit of content users: Bob = me. Bob Mitchell = admin. Gravatar images!

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Word press install

Installed WP. Now trying to wrangle it.

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