Ars Technica has an Apple-specific blog. Recently one of the authors provided some analysis of iPhones and netbook rumors. But it’s weak. I don’t really expect more from Ars Technica; I think they promote themselves as more professional than their actual comportment reveals. The article’s lede includes self promotion, and questionable attribution. Last month, I … Read more
Been a while since I’ve posted. Not that I haven’t had things I want to write about, I’ve just been allocating my sparse time elsewhere. There have been articles about blogging being dead. Baah. There have been articles about Twitter’s short attention span pushing into blogging’s space. Perhaps some truth there. As I was driving … Read more
“… the code behind a symfony-driven application can seem quite daunting. It consists of many directories and scripts, and the files are a mix of PHP classes, HTML, and even an intermingling of the two. You’ll also see references to classes that are otherwise nowhere to be found within the application folder, and the directory … Read more
So, when you receive a MySpace friend request from “Donna” who doesn’t have a picture, and lives in another state, and who’s only friend is “Tom”, what do you do? Yes. And I was just about to delete the invitation, but I noticed some oddities. She wasn’t 18 or 21 or 26, like most MySpace … Read more
I used to use peerflix.com to get DVDs, but I got busy at one point, and didn’t have time to watch the movies I was receiving. So, I let the account go stagnant. They threatened to remove my account for inactivity, and though I can still login, the account page is all wonky. When I … Read more
I have an over-large expensive 301 disc DVD/CD player. But it’s fairly old (no HDMI output). The Pioneer DV-F727 got slightly flaky before it stopped working all together. Some investigation showed that the mechanism to spin the disc is what failed. With all the other moving parts I thought it would have been something else. … Read more