Computing
So a couple of weeks ago I was in San Francisco talking with Ken Orr and my old high school/college friend Stan Switzer and Stan was holding forth on an idea that I think is pretty self-evidently true. This is that when considering software systems, the database is the
Computing
Okay, I don’t really have enough experience with it to make that judgment, but I doubt further familiarity will change my opinion.
Politics
“In one short decade we have been reconditioned to be entertained by the most private areas of other people’s lives. We’ve become the family dog who’s allowed to eat anything that falls on the floor, and the press is the little kid in the family who keeps
Food
I was in the mood for an old recipe I got from my Dad, a zucchini frittata with cream cheese, zucchini, and other miscellaneous vegetable plus soft bread cubes in a custard. But it wanted a cup of black olives and I’m rather off olives these days… So I
Computing
Man, Android is a lot easier to develop for than the iPhone. Admittedly, part of this is my detestation for Objective C, but part of it is that the Android framework is very simple. I’m having a really hard time forcing myself to even look at Objective C, let
Recipes
Servings: 1 large or 2 smaller loaves Source: King Arthur Flour Ingredients 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 cup semolina 2 teaspoons instant yeast 1¼ teaspoons salt 1 tablespoon pizza dough flavor optional 2 tablespoons garlic oil or olive oil 1 cups lukewarm water possibly up to an ounce more
Computing
I’ve recently downloaded the Palm WebOS SDK, the iPhone SDK, and the Android SDK and have been playing with developing for them. I doubt I’ll ever do anything serious, so it’s not a critical issue for purchasing a tablet. Having written some play apps for all three
Computing
So I currently have a 17″ MacBook Pro, a Kindle 2, and an iPhone 3G. (I also have a Linux server and a Windows entertainment system, but that’s not relevant to the discussion.) When I work, I work on the MacBook, because it’s an excellent development environment. It’
Computing
I've created a couple of site skins, one that looks like this blog for my use, and one that's much simpler and blue for use with Sea Glass documentation. I've also created a successor to my HTML Filter Site plugin called docbkx-wrapper-plugin that wraps
Recipes
Servings: 4 Source: Moosewood Low-Fat Favorites Ingredients 3 tablespoons cornstarch 3 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 2 cups skim milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions In a saucepan, thoroughly combine the cornstarch, sugar, and cocoa powder. Add the milk and stir until very smooth. Cook on medium heat,
Computing
I suppose you never forget your first Maven plugin. I’ve created two, and they’re both sync’d to Maven Central. The first takes a description of Java Swing controls with configurations and creates image files of them for use in documentation. The second allows the output of the
Computing
Apparently I like fiddling with tools if they’re the right tools. I’m trying to get good syntax highlighting for Java and XML in DocBook running through Maven. If I can get Doxia to do it, that’s great. Otherwise I’ll need to move to the DocBkx plugin,