Monthly Archives: May 2005

Based on an email recommendation/conversation with Mark Jen, I tried out the newly shipped MSN Desktop Search. Wow. Initially I didn’t see a difference, but now I’m really digging it. It has had no effect on my machine or my … Continue reading →

Today I was looking at some code on the internets and eventually ended up looking at XML Pull parsers. I’m not a huge fan of XML. I feel it is bloated, too easy to abuse, and too easy to get … Continue reading →

Here is a neat tip for FireFox users who also enjoy Gmail. With a few tools, you can get the much needed ‘Move To Trash’ button that everybody wants. First install Grease Monkey – this add-in allows you to modify … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading about some of the tenets of Xtreme Programming (XP) and in particular the use of Unit Testing. At work I sent out the following article: Strong Typing vs. Strong Testing Very interesting, but in real life I … Continue reading →

Note to self: when you need to see traffic, via an ncurses console… don’t forget about the ole Trafshow.

Unless Nantero destroys the entire market for memories (SRAM, DRAM, FLASH, MAGNETIC, OPTICAL), another company I was watching was Matrix Semiconductor. These guys have been working on a 3D chip layout for memory. They were specifically targetting the digital camera … Continue reading →

A while back, there was some /. posting (way back when I used to waste my time reading that site), on Nantero. This is one of those new nano-tech startups that announced some fantastic technology a while back. The nutshell … Continue reading →

Read this excerpt from http://www.mindjack.com/feature/gne.html Stewart Butterfield: When I was really little I had an Intellivision, and though I enjoyed the car racing game, Astrosmash, and Advanced D&D, it was Utopia (a very early sim game where you controlled an … Continue reading →