2008

Tracking Schema Changes

One challenge of team programming on web applications is dealing with database schema changes. ...

“This just in! Powersauce is amazing!”
— From the world of useless...

The Stealth Follow

I haven’t tested this, but I think this will work. Follow someone, and turn device updates...

Let's make Distributed Twitter!

Bre and I spent quite awhile talking about how to make an open-source, open-format distributed...

Cobo-updates

Great geek weekend. The wife was out of town so i got to nerd it up. Made some great progress on...

Java got no soul

Hackin’ on cobosoda today. Writing a class named SexualReproduction right now, which is kind...

hydeordie: I pretty much have quit drinking coffee…but if...

I was on a panel discussion today at Streaming Media East. Went OK I guess. The topic was,...

Dear [Insert Social Networking Site],

How do I say this? I’m just not that into you. I feel like you work for so many other people...

Two steps forward... one step back..

They never should’ve made the String object pass by value. It negatively reinforces the...

…And none of the neighbors have ever had cable...

So this building has never had cable then??

I love my new place, but man the bodega downstairs plays the mariachi music late and LOUD. The...

Preparing and teaching a class is tough work. Especially...

Just a quick update

Back in the saddle after a hectic couple of weeks. Here’s what happened in bullet form. ...

Raster bars demo done

Furiously preparing for gameboy class. I’m super-psyched (two times) about it. Last night I...

I’ve clearly been neglecting me for work. I’ve taken on some new responsibilities and...

The dentists most evil tool, the Black Demon.

Professor, what's another word for...

Look at me! I’m a teacher! I expect all seven of you that read my tumblog to come to my...

Follow the Red Dots

So here's my plan

Been twittering about this a bit, but @ericmortensen and I really hashed it out tonight. I think...

Great picture of the founders of our new fake startup! ...

The presentation. She was success. Everyone loved the...

My creatures… They are alive.. ALIVE!!!

What I learned at SXSW

I know, I know, yet another post-SXSW wrap up blog post. Whadda gonna do? Here’s what I...

The last werewolves turn in. Goodnight Austin, I

Dangers of sxsw. This guy apparently had much much too...

These crazy lightning thingys made awesome melodies backed...

Dear Blackberry, I know. It’s sad. But I’ve...

Sometimes running a company isn’t about getting a...

On code vs management

I’m sort of at a crossroads in my professional life lately. I could continue down the hacker...

This may not look like much now, mainly because I...

More surfthechannel goodies

So I started on this rambling email about how there’s two kinds of people, people who create...

Frozen in Grand Central

surfthechannel.com update

I went in to look on our friends at surfthechannel.com today and it appears they’ve changed...

We blog for fun

For a startup, we don’t goof off much at blip. You won’t find a single razor scooter in...

I’m continuously amazed by my fellow nyc resistors. ...

Terrifying moments in global warming

From linkfilter. Hogen-Dazs has a big web campaign running to help “Save the Honey...

Hacking back at the pirates

Copyrighted material is a big problem on video hosts, and blip is no exception. One of the ways we...