Observations on Technology from an Aging Geek
…you drool over the chance to build a honkin’ home theater computer. Yep, that’s me. A few weeks ago, I ordered the parts for a new, beefy computer to use as a home theater PC. I’d had a spare Dell desktop hooked up to the plasma TV for a while, and while it worked okay, … Read more
Well, sort of. After pouring over Google searches for a couple of weeks trying to find a solution, I decided to bite the bullet this weekend and reinstall the operating system on my Macbook Pro. I am convinced that running the Monolingual tool right after I got the laptop took something off that Dreamweaver, Fireworks … Read more
It’s been (almost) 2 weeks since I first laid my hands on the Macbook Pro. I have to say that I continue to be impressed with the laptop. As much as I love the machine, there have been some roadblocks in getting things set up and working correctly. The first issue was email. I’ve run … Read more
Well, I’ve now had the Macbook Pro for about 36 hours or so (part of that obviously was spent sleeping and not attached to it, although I seriously thought about skipping sleep last night). Today has gone pretty well. I got the developer tools all loaded from the install DVDs this morning and was able … Read more
Ok ok, so it’s not really a toy as, within about 48 hours, it will be my sole computer for development. But right now it sure feels like a toy. I received the boxes from my wife at 8:45 ET this morning and promptly tore into them like a kid at Christmas. I have to … Read more
Well…today marks the end of another dissappointing season for the Wildcats. Kansas downed the Cats by 12 in the 2nd Round of the NCAA tournament this afternoon. I really didn’t expect them to beat Kansas as the Jayhawks were ranked in the top 5 or so about all season and KY wasn’t even in the … Read more
Thanks to a late afternoon winter storm yesterday, I am spending the weekend in Chantilly, VA. I was due to go home yesterday (and really looking forward to it too!) but the storm cancelled most of the flights out of Dulles and I was told they couldn’t get me back to Nashville until Sunday. Since … Read more
Those of you that know me very well know that I am a RABID fan of the University of Kentucky men’s basketball program (to the point that I have their logo tatooed to my left arm). I was born in KY and lived there until I was 15. Some of my fondest memories growing up … Read more
You can add me to another fast-growing list of developers. Which list is that you ask? Why, it’s the list of developers that are trading Windows machines for Macs. That’s right, I finally took the plunge and ordered a shiny new Macbook Pro this week. It’s supposed to be delivered tomorrow, but I won’t have … Read more
Tim Buntel asked for feedback a few days ago on the “attributes” of people that develop using ColdFusion. There have been a lot of replies to his blog entry as well as some entries on other developer’s blogs answering it as well (Mark Drew and Sean Corfield to name two). To keep the trend going … Read more