April 2008
Remote Desktop Connection beta expired, new... →
Filed under: Beta Beat
For Mac-centric sysadmins in a Windows-flavored world, there are a few essential tools: patience, humility, and RDC. Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection client…
Just opted to privately point out someone’s error instead of tweeting it publicly. I think I’m growing as a person.
Wow, crashing kinda hard — must get girls fed before I fall asleep standing up. Midafternoon coffee + gummi bears FTL.
March 2008
Unity engine to power iPhone gaming →
Filed under: Gaming, iPhone
At this time of year, every press release must be taken with a grain of salt, but sometimes products announced on or around 4/1 can prove to be real even…
Pay-per-Tweet April 1 gag got me, 12 hours ahead of schedule http://twitter.com/problogger
“Don’t be evil” somewhat lost on these guys. http://tinyurl.com/2rbmcl
Monday bad news: weekend sprinkler work trashed my desk. Good news: chance meeting on Sat. leads to $3K+ of prop tax refunds. :-)
first tweet from hahlo, last before bed.
fine, fine — per @duncan + @joemaller, http://technorati.com/claim/xgutbetsye
Great fun tonight with @mikeschramm @tonywalla & dropin from @themacmommy on TUAW talkcast. Although seems my wife thinks I was shouting. :)
Dish sat box just spontaneously rebooted. Fortunately, Under Siege is on now.
TUAW talkcast in ten http://tinyurl.com/2h8gtu
Reminder: Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET →
Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts
Join us for tonight’s talkcast as we hit the intertubes once again for a discussion of the week’s top Apple stories via the fine folks at…
Anyone want to guest on the TUAW talkcast tonight? Quiet news week, open phones. 10pm et.
Bratwurst, asparagus on the grill. Mmmm.
O my goodness. Stuffwhitepeoplelike.com earns $300K book advance — see today’s NYT. Jiminy.
JK Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson is a tour de force of cranky, flattopped excellence.
Yep, I really did tell someone about a mutual friend kid birthday party today to which they’d not been invited. I just suck.
party foul. Whoops.
Playing with a type avatar inspired by @grobertson
Listening to Coldplay - Warning Sign. I love how the first 20 seconds make me think my volume is too low and the left channel’s off. :-)
Little one fell asleep in the car at 6:30 and looks like she’s going to sleep through… we hope. Couple of emails, then bed for me.
Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood / Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood…
But I’m taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line / I’m in a New York state of mind.
Bat Mitzvah luncheon in L:Douglaston, NY.
7-year-old got the day started off wrong by refusing to dress for choir practice. Turns out there’s a conflict w/ another kid.
MBP sudden shutdown syndrome, I haz it :-( From 20% battery left to abruptly off in an eyeblink. So very uncool.
Taking a car service home from DUMBO so @heidihoover’s delicious Shabbat dinner won’t get cold.
Hope I make it to Freeverse before the rain. Left umbrella behind. :-(
Freeverse officewarming party was fun. Watching Rock Band is like karaoke gone geek, as if that was necessary.
Enjoying @luomat’s birthday night vicariously. Mmmm, chocolate covered brownies.
Sprinkler system maintenance this weekend: result, I must move 10 machines and be late for Freeverse party.
hee hee http://tinyurl.com/3blxn5
Buying 2x $13 digicams for the girls. Perfect.
After years of waiting, Shockwave Player plugin... →
Seems like I’ve always had two copies of Safari on my Intel iMac at home — one vanilla, and one with the “Open using Rosetta” checkbox flagged. Why would I need to keep a legacy browser on…
MacBook Air knocked out quickly in CanSecWest... →
Filed under: Security
Once the second-day rules went into effect for the PWN2OWN competition, allowing browser or email exploits to be used, it didn’t take more than a few minutes for
TUAW visit forces Freeverse to pack up, move to... →
No one escapes the TUAW visitation. Our methods are fear, surprise, and a fanatical devotion to the Apple! Under the best of circumstances, management can use our Reaper-like presence to…
Checking out a preview of something very very good that is coming (hopefully) soon.
Talk results: 25 people, @heidihoover kicked ass as she is prone to do. Very well done.
Going quiet to avoid temptation — I really want to livetweet @heidihoover Germany lecture, but I shouldn’t :)
Sending good karma to @missbhavens as she begins the new job.
iPhone SDK beta 2 now hitting the streets →
Filed under: Developer, iPhone
After a brief false alarm earlier today, it looks like beta 2 of Xcode 3.1 (including the iPhone-ready version of Interface Builder) is actually…
Going to be a bitter, sad Pesach this year. http://tinyurl.com/2nkxhy
At what point does passive-aggressive obnoxiousness cross over into fullblown hostility? I need some sort of metric.
CanSecWest offers another Mac hacking challenge →
Filed under: Security
If you fondly remember last year’s CanSecWest hacking challenge — won by researcher Dino Dai Zovi with a Java/QuickTime exploit that allowed him to take over…
digging out from yesterday.
Meeting Dan @ Heartland, then dinner in Bklyn
Inadvertently declared tweetruptcy by changing Twitterrific display settings. So much for the last 3 hours of loquacity — going to bed.
Dinner. Crave Bklyn with @heidihoover, @atthemuffin + hubby. Yum!
Webkit gets a perfect 100 on Acid3 →
Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, Open Source
In the rather rarefied atmosphere of web standards compliance, the Acid3 suite of browser tests is like a pro wrestler’s chair…