Widely acknowledged as a classic text about the people behind the software and how to manage them and their workspaces, this is a quick and humorous read. Issues like “Teamicide” and “Flow” are discussed with respect to software projects. The authors have a significant amount of experience with software development process and much of the …
Monthly Archive: January 2005
Jan
30
Jan
28
The Worm Within : An Illustrated Tale
This has been making the rounds for a while, but somehow I really enjoy how it fuses the children’s-storybook meme with a fairly adult issue. I refer you to one man’s struggle to be free of the beast within.
Jan
26
Live Bookmarks, Firefox and XML Entities.
You might have a problem loading live bookmarks in Firefox from time to time. Turns out that there are some problems in Firefox’s ability to handle entities in the RSS feed. Since I’m not sure what they are exactly, I’ll put them on the extended part of this post to avoid having the bug triggered …
Jan
25
Of [Bluetooth] Mice and Men
I’ve been a PowerBook G4 (12″) owner since shortly after they came out. I *love* my PowerBook and when it reaches it’s effective end-of-life, I’ll be getting another one. One thing that is really fantastic, that many people overlook, is the incredible utility associated with the built-in Bluetooth. When it comes to frequent relocation of …
Jan
19
More on WordPress Upgrades.
Using the 2005-01-19 nightly (or close enough) it appears that I’ve been able to upgrade nicely. I will still have to migrate a few things over, but so far it looks good. Obviously I’ve lost my CSS, so I need to figure out how to get ‘em back. *Update*: I’m using a new theme that …
Jan
19
The Blog, filmed in HTML-o-scope
Those fine folks over at BoingBoing have a blurb that pointed me at this hilarious T-shirt. I’m going to try not to become one of these, but I _might_ order the T-shirt.
Jan
17
Upgrade to WP 1.5 : WARNING.
I tried upgrading to WordPress 1.5 (from CVS) and I _failed_. Symptoms of this problem include this error message when attempting to load the upgrade.php script: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: __() in /home/user/public_html/wordpress/wp-admin/admin-functions.php on line 857 Turns out that there is some problem with Zend’s optimizer and PHP 4.3.10: PHP 4.3.10 (cli) (built: …
Jan
14
Apple Product Announcements and Fanaticism
Ekr pointed out a very hilarious advertisement for the iProduct which I really enjoyed. Shortly thereafter, Herb sent me a link to an all too likely scenario involving the “Linux Freak” and his new iPod, (Link). (In case it goes away, I have it locally too.)
Jan
14
Now Reading: Flight Path
I’m currently (in my copious free time) digesting _”Flight Path: How WestJet is Flying High in Canada’s Most Turbulent Industy“_, a story all about the founding and first part of West Jet‘s corporate history. For those who don’t know, West Jet is a discount all-jet (737) airline that operates in Canada, and recently to the …
Jan
07
Suitcases for the Business Traveller
I’ve been asked more than a couple times for my take on travel luggage. I’m not 100% sure why, but I do have some strong opinions in this area. I have recently replaced my aging 19″ carry-on rolling case with a 21″ expanding case, and augmented my miniscule 16″ case with a 20″ rolling carry-on. …