David's Computer Stuff Journal

May 2012

16 - Up for Auction: LinuxSi.com

April 2012

13 - Mr. Blank, we're outside the building, and we want eBooks!

March 2012

22 - I'm not good enough to work on open source software

February 2012

6 - BikeChatter.com for sale

January 2012

21 - Thinking at the Margin

December 2011

27 - 2011 in Books

September 2011

8 - Zero to Profitable - LiberWriter Lessons Learned

August 2011

31 - Pranks that are actually funny

July 2011

25 - Why I prefer text to video
14 - The Long Tail of the Clued In

June 2011

24 - Nokia -> Samsung

May 2011

23 - Summary: Built To Sell - Creating A Business That Can Thrive Without You
10 - Welton's Law of Trite Business Advice

April 2011

13 - For sale: LangPop.com

March 2011

19 - You win some, you lose some
15 - Coming Soon: Easy Kindle Publishing with LiberWriter.com
5 - Manipulating ckeditor data with jQuery

February 2011

17 - Random github idea: show pull requests on the network
16 - Rails Application Templates
16 - The UnderPerformingStocks.com sale - halfway in
12 - Book Review: Start Small, Stay Small, A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

January 2011

31 - Parallelized web site creating and selling - underperformingstocks.com
17 - The Kindle and Book Sharing

December 2010

18 - Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
10 - Rails 3

November 2010

26 - Kindle thoughts
10 - The Future of Programming Languages: Economics

October 2010

26 - Kindle?
17 - When sunny gets blue, I get traffic

August 2010

20 - Moving data around your code - different approaches
6 - Geek Dad: "Skywalker Story"

July 2010

23 - Rails I18n translate with empty string - bug?
1 - On the block: squeezedbooks.com

June 2010

23 - Ovi Lays an Egg
10 - Ok, first one on the block: leenooks.com
9 - A Minor Erlang Rant
9 - Some difficult decisions?

May 2010

24 - Erlang: Log to Files
7 - Better Software 2010
3 - Mochiweb proto-deb and hacking

April 2010

29 - Erlang vs node.js
16 - Make Life Easier for European Startups: Simpler/Cheaper Limited Liability Companies
9 - US Exports: "The Cloud"?
6 - Upcoming Conferences: "Better Software" and "Whymca"

March 2010

30 - Where Tcl and Tk Went Wrong
5 - Books vs "e-books" ?
3 - Nickles, dimes, pennies, and Italian regulations

February 2010

24 - Google execs convicted
3 - Italy vs Google

January 2010

25 - Flippa experiment
12 - Rough Estimates of the Dollar Cost of Scaling Web Platforms - Part I

December 2009

30 - Detecting BlackBerry JDE Version
14 - File Selector for Java ME
13 - Mysql, Oracle and the European Commission
6 - So Long, Debian

November 2009

24 - Google Design Annoyance
16 - Emacs fiddling: show the menu-bar when the mouse is near the top of the frame

October 2009

26 - The Economist on "Management Gurus"

September 2009

24 - LangPop.com Updates
15 - Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, 2nd edition
7 - Stopping DocBook Version Control Churn

August 2009

25 - Open Source Infrastructure?
12 - Windows for Developers?
11 - Running the BlackBerry Emulator on Linux

July 2009

27 - Something I'd like to See: Cheap J2ME "device"
6 - Jeff "Tiara" Atwood release of LangPop.com
3 - ruby-oci8 and libaio
1 - Custom Twitter Sites, BikeChatter.com Updates

June 2009

18 - The Erlang Paradox
15 - Swap Desktops
9 - Android Scripting

May 2009

27 - Objective C vs Cocoa
26 - Ovi and Hecl
8 - Ruby, Soap4R, WSSE Authentication
6 - Improving github?

April 2009

29 - Will the real exception_notification please stand up?
19 - BikeChatter.com: Pro Cycling @ twitter and live Amstel Gold chat
17 - Hecl - for Quilting!
16 - Computer People Don't Click on Ads
8 - New LangPop.com stats, open source bits and pieces

March 2009

27 - Software Economics - Public Goods
27 - CodingHorror and Open Source Economics
26 - "Scalable" programming languages
23 - Easygoing Clients
12 - Linux "Just Working"

February 2009

17 - Gmail: Associate Addresses to Interlocutors
12 - Javascript Charts
3 - Langpop.com - now with IRC

January 2009

26 - On Debian, but not on Time
22 - Github Part III
21 - More Github
16 - Rivet in Action
14 - The "Gig" Economy?
14 - Hosting, Commodities, and "The Cloud"
10 - Developer > Project, or Project > Developer(s)?
8 - Angry Perl Users
6 - Git is a Pain in the Ass
2 - Twitter? Hrm. Ok...

December 2008

30 - Rant: Ubuntu, Google, J2ME
30 - Adding callbacks to Android Hecl
24 - Woops - email outage
22 - Hecl on the G1
16 - Tcl -= Ousterhout
14 - langpop update
13 - Startups and Work: Europe vs the US
9 - Ruby Shootout
8 - OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError (hostname was not match with the server certificate)
7 - Python "Surpasses" Perl?
7 - Business Book Breakdown
4 - The Economics of Programming Languages - in the 1950's
4 - Won't fix... why?

November 2008

24 - Slicehost vs Linode
14 - Ticker Widgets on Your Mobile Phone?
14 - Ruby YAML Bug & Fix
13 - Ubuntu Intrepid Regression: Beware of Wireless and WPA
11 - Another "Mysql Doesn't Do that?!" Moment
11 - Quick, Dirty Rails Deployment Benchmarks
11 - "Enterprise Ruby" Developer Looking for Mac Access
10 - Generating Rails Fixtures From Large Datasets
10 - On Eggs and Baskets

October 2008

30 - Slicehost Migration
28 - Sun's Java ME Marketing Blogs Going Off The Rails
26 - Redirect All Requests to a Single Page
25 - Slicehost + Ubuntu Intrepid Upgrade
23 - Nokia 6120
21 - Android is out!
17 - Programmer Fuel
17 - Linux in Sardinia
9 - Dynamic Languages in Desktop Applications
9 - Oslo - October 20-22
7 - Making Applets Suck Less
3 - Visitors

September 2008

25 - rhtml-minor-mode-update
25 - Language Geekery: Reia Programming Language
23 - Android Phone - I want one!
23 - Caveat Emptor Dominium
18 - Amazon and the case of the missing globalization
12 - Proprietary software, sustainability and "good enough"
5 - What If Modern Advertisers Created the Stop Sign?
3 - The worst of HR
2 - Potential sweet spot for Erlang web apps
2 - Babies, Parents and Home Offices - Advice?

August 2008

31 - Vienna, Austria
29 - "Blog" vs the English language
28 - Well, that didn't work
27 - Slicehost vs Layered Tech?
21 - Introductions
18 - Android marches on
13 - Job search sites, Java and Ruby
12 - Hecl Syntax: A Survey
6 - langpop.com in Tim Bray's OSCON keynote

July 2008

31 - New Hecl Release
18 - Startups and the role of capital and investments
15 - Misquoted
11 - Squeezed Books Contest
9 - Google, Android, and the case of the missing communication

June 2008

13 - Cache it all
13 - New "Jim" Maintainer
10 - The Google street view team is putting in some miles
9 - Startups: government help and hindrance
6 - indent-region-as
4 - Craigslist not in Yahoo Search index

May 2008

30 - An impressive amount of resources
22 - Minor annoyance: spell checking in Firefox + multiple languages
19 - Ubuntu: update, don't reinstall!
16 - Neat Hecl app from newcomer
13 - Restaurants, immigrants, and the popularity of various cuisines
9 - LangPop.com - programming language popularity - update
8 - Helen Carolina Welton
4 - Hypothetical Hecl

April 2008

25 - Sometimes I'm reminded just how cool the internet is
24 - XML handling for Hecl
22 - To a good home: Linux Incompatibility List
18 - "Open Source" Akismet or Defensio?
14 - Hecl Jacta Est
9 - Google App Engine as Ford?
2 - Google Maps' terrain view now has contour lines

March 2008

22 - "Password can only contain letters and numbers"
11 - Mass customization of Android applications
10 - A new kind of spam?
9 - Bypassing Android's "Resources"
9 - Cryptonomicon
7 - iPhone - nice, but not for me
4 - Apache Commons CLI and the Paradox of Choice

February 2008

21 - Android - commercial meets open source
18 - Looking under the Android hood
10 - SeaThreePO Android Translator
7 - Mailing list moderation and anti-spam filters?
6 - Remote Android Application Shell with Hecl
4 - PostgreSQL 8.3 is out
3 - Rails and Hype

January 2008

29 - Munich Android Mobile Meeting Report
28 - Munich Android Mobile Meeting
24 - Hecl in Italiano
13 - Free Software Beer Network: Zurich
12 - Why "dying" is an inappropriate term for programming languages
12 - New Hecl Release
9 - Nefarious Network Solutions
3 - No next big language?
2 - Tcl and Tk 8.5 out

December 2007

19 - Android Task List / Selector
17 - Announcing Hecl Android Alpha and Hecl Android Developer Challenge Entry
15 - Free Software Beer Network
12 - Programming languages are not like hand tools
11 - Charlie Munger's criticism of economics
10 - Android Bug: Radio Groups/Buttons
5 - Hecl Java Integration
3 - Interest in a simple open source newsletter system for Rails?

November 2007

30 - One reason to think Rails is "all that"
22 - Android, Hecl and scripting
20 - And we're back in action!
18 - My laptop's HD appears to have died
12 - ... and Hecl runs on Android!
12 - Google's Android is out!
12 - The Economist on Business Books
11 - Javascript fiddling
7 - YUI Compressor
6 - Programming Language Popularity
5 - Seinfeld on the word "blog"

October 2007

30 - Chartr - Plotr generation for Rails
24 - Open Source Licenses, Network Effects, and Competitive Strategy
14 - Feisty to Gutsy Upgrade
9 - Languages: worst case vs average
6 - Hecl Tutorial

September 2007

22 - Erlang
13 - Stuff To Do now open source
12 - Free Computer Book!
10 - What language will mobile phone apps be written in, in the near future?
9 - Wiki Spammer
3 - Hpricot did something less than delightful

August 2007

29 - "Playing fetch" with DocBook
21 - Hecl interview
20 - Hecl, DedaWiki updates
18 - Business Friendly
6 - 1 beer javascript rant
6 - Squeezed Books summary licensing
6 - Process creation monitoring
2 - Windows for Linux Users

July 2007

30 - Updated Linux Incompatibility List
25 - OSCON
23 - Dell Inspiron 1505 with Ubuntu
1 - 10 Years of Debian

June 2007

30 - Linux Notebook
28 - DedaWiki - alpha
27 - Ruby and Rails in Innsbruck, Austria
19 - Presenting Hecl at OSCON in Oregon
13 - Ruby gems annoyance - GPL'ed libraries
12 - Information Asymmetry and IT Hiring
11 - Dunbar's number and online communities
11 - Pluto Meeting
5 - Paul Graham and the Opportunity Costs of Startups
4 - Rails Distributions
4 - Padova Pluto Meeting Talk - Economics of Free Software

May 2007

30 - Missing rails feature: cache everything but this
30 - Simple item-based collaborative filtering with Rails
29 - Subversion FAQ: How to make patches utilizing files not in the repository
26 - Airlines and rand()
25 - ShopList updates
23 - Domain names vs real estate
14 - mailmodel rails plugin
14 - Pretty Print Active Record
14 - Rails ExceptionNotifier plugin
11 - JavaFX
8 - Rails bitten by Ruby's nil.to_f
8 - Permission denied to get property Object.constructor
7 - Google Apps + Domain Registration
3 - Cell Phone Software Requires a New Mindset
3 - Detailed Austrian Topographic Maps

April 2007

27 - Stuff To Do for everyone
26 - "Ideas are worthless"
25 - Founders at Work - Who's Missing?
23 - Linux Incompatibility List
19 - Slow networking in Ubuntu Feisty caused by avahi-daemon
18 - Startups and Pronouns
17 - Back on line, in Innsbruck

March 2007

22 - Javascript hacking
16 - XPath namespace pain
9 - Tsumobi
8 - Padova, Italy -> Innsbruck, Austria

February 2007

28 - Ruby's Mysql interface
27 - php4, php5, objects and cloning
25 - Microsoft - an exercise in frustration
15 - ActiveRecord nitpick - no constant iteration over select results
15 - Caching "streamed" content in Rails
13 - Trawling for reading material
6 - Popouts with Rails
3 - In Thrall to Scarcity
2 - I Spy

January 2007

28 - Using Migrations Outside of Rails
28 - Mobile Phone Shopping List 1.0
28 - Oregon - Italy high tech links
17 - Clockwork languages
14 - Stuff To Do updates
5 - Apache Bike Team - I'm in
1 - One Year of Rails, on_idle plugin

December 2006

30 - Stuff To Do
28 - OFBiz officially joins the ASF
28 - Open Source as a business side effect
24 - Apples, Oranges, and Culture
17 - In which Ruby kicks PHP's ass
3 - OFBiz progress at the ASF
2 - The limits of weak typing
2 - EveryDNS being harassed

November 2006

29 - New server
23 - Playing fetch
23 - CSV WTF
17 - Padova Hacking Society
16 - Random Rants
11 - Bicycling, Running, and Open Source Economics
3 - Open Source J2ME

October 2006

29 - Idle Ajax callback for Rails
25 - Passing information to Rails droppables from draggables
22 - Ruby, Unicode and Tcl
20 - rbatis
18 - Generic Rails Search
12 - Practical Agile?
4 - Knuth Bug, Call by ?, OpenExp

September 2006

30 - openexp
20 - Who calls what how?
12 - Rails pagination with N results

August 2006

29 - Preliminary MIDP2.0 Support for Hecl
19 - American Economics Association
19 - Summer vacation

July 2006

26 - New laptop?
17 - Oregon - OSCON
2 - .rhtml minor mode
1 - Good thing that he doesn't speak Italian

June 2006

24 - Concurrency
18 - Java Conference Milano
10 - Climbing the - dare I say it? - stack
9 - Tcl on eCos
8 - Streaming programmatically generated content from Rails

May 2006

22 - Details, details
12 - "Hydras", "real" open source, and the ASF Incubator
10 - Consistency vs Convenience
7 - Open Source Digressions

April 2006

30 - Rails Annoyances
20 - Hecl news - conditional compilation, tools
12 - Ruby vs Tcl, round 2
6 - Language Design - weak types and easy marshalling

March 2006

31 - More programming language economics
27 - New Committer
17 - Mysql...
15 - Implementation of Hecl
7 - Free Software Business
6 - Ruby vs Tcl, part 1
4 - Command Facade pattern

February 2006

27 - Projects vs Business, "Agile Development"
20 - Hecl, Oregon, OFBiz
18 - Maximizers, Satisficers and Programming Languages
7 - Conditional Compilation in Java
2 - 30th Anniversary of "An Open Letter To Hobbyists"

January 2006

30 - Disaster strikes
21 - Know anything about PHP?
16 - Sourceforge and mailing lists
5 - Please post to mailing lists
2 - Computer Books, Hecl, Skype

December 2005

14 - Web Hosting - A Market for Lemons

November 2005

28 - Open source economics - the conundrum
23 - Reading material
23 - Mysql ranting
22 - When you need to get something done quick...
18 - Ruby the Rival, Tk, "mini-lang"
15 - Licensing and standards
14 - j2me + web shopping list
13 - Late to the party
11 - Cultural differences
11 - Web apps
8 - I'll see your simple sockets, and raise you a real server
7 - lcdui: ChoiceGroup vs List
7 - Auto* frustrations
3 - Less is more
2 - New hecl lcdui commands

October 2005

31 - Programming Language Popularity
31 - First journal entry