Why develop for the Mac in an Intel world?
Over on MrBarrett.com Damien Barrett takes an interesting look at the Macs-on-Intel issue that’s been the buzz of the internet lately and asks:
Were Apple to go this way [bundling Windows with MacOS - CJC], some developers might ask why they should develop for Mac OS X when they can simply develop for Windows.
My answer: [...]
According to Linus…
Linus “Do I even need a last name anymore?” tends to be surprisingly whimsical and witty in interviews he gives about Linux development. Witness this excellent, and pithy, quote from Linus compares Linux and BSDs:
Which mindset is right? Mine, of course. People who disagree with me are by definition crazy. (Until I change my mind, [...]
5 Movies I Wish People Would Stop Quoting
From blagg blogg: 5 Movies I Wish People Would Stop Quoting
3. “Sideways” — You’re not drinking any Merlot. We’ve got it. Shut the fuck up and go back to drinking whatever 2 Buck Chuck you were swilling down before this movie made you the world’s eminent authority on enjoying wine. Furthermore, talking about wine at [...]
Switched
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The silence is deafening
This blog has been pretty quiet for the past couple of weeks but with good reason: behind the scenes I’ve been porting from MovableType, which this blog is currently powered by, to WordPress, which it will soon be powered by.
This has necessitated the porting of all the posts and all the comments as well [...]
Canadian women kicking ass on Everest
Congrats to Urszula Tokarska from Toronto, who just topped out on Everest thus becoming “the first Canadian woman to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents and the third to conquer Everest”. Ottawa’s Shaunna Burke became the second Canadian woman to summit Everest: Toronto woman climbs highest mountain.
Parallel LCD on OS X
Hell yeah! Parallel LCD on OSX.
Reader EPooch needed a USB attached display for a future project. From initial research it seemed that most available solutions involved using a “usb to serial” adapter followed by a “serial to parallel” adapter and finally connecting that to the parallel interface on the lcd; Far from elegant. Eric decided [...]
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