In search of a better name...
May 2005 - Posts
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Avalon and Indigo Beta 1 RC is now available here . Both teams have been solidifying the programming models and have made a lot of improvements. I've been using both of these technologies daily and really love them. I plan to blog more about using them Read More...
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There is a Netflix rental analysis tool available here . It has instructions on how to get your rental history emailed to you. You then save it to a text file and submit it in a form. It shows you a bunch of interesting statistics. It's interesting (but Read More...
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Wow, I got slashdotted on my patent post. I'm not entirely happy with how I handled comments in that thread, but I am not at all interested in arguing about the patent. It looks like there are a lot of people that want to argue about it on slashdot, so Read More...
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Wow - how absolutely amazing. Google are running a beta of a video search - if you're quick you might be able to copy that as well. Perhaps you could even patent it before them too. Jackass. Read More...
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Hmmm, that gives me an idea! I'll patent a way of slathering mayo on a burger, so that BK, McD's and the rest will have to pay me a royalty for every burger served. Genius! That's got to be at least as innovative as a patent for copying an e-mail address Read More...
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You are soooooooooooooooooooooooo smart. I want to be like you. Read More...
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dude... really... patenting email addresses? Are you kidding me? Read More...
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That was very childish closing the thread about patent because the discussion didn't go your way. Patenting autocompletion for email and copying to clipboard is ridiculous. I don't expect you to be ashamed of what you did, people never think they are Read More...
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Why does Microsoft always choose big long names for everything? Anyway, the MSN Search Toolbar, blah blah blah has been updated and is available here . I really love this software and it saves me time every day. They've made lots of improvements, especially Read More...
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This one took a little getting used to when switching from the Macintosh to Windows. On unix (including Mac OS X shells) wildcard expansion is done by the shell, and then the expanded list of files is passed on to the program being run. On Windows, the Read More...
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The hard drive on my Tivo was making some bad sounds. Finally I saw this: Ouch! I have one of the first generation Tivos, so it's almost 5 years old. It's not too suprising that the hard drive would die after all that time. I was able to easily order Read More...
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