Monthly Archives: May 2008

Aquamacs – I am home

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Karl

If you like Emacs, and are looking for version that plays well in OS-X land, it looks like Aquamacs is what you want. As an aside, following the instructions here, to download and install MIT Scheme, will get you ready … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Browser

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Karl

Arpit Mathur, our Flash wiz at CIM, has posted a nifty summary of different approaches being taken to extend the browser’s capabilities to the desktop. To the list, let me add a few more desktop development platforms, that are network … Continue reading →

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Top 3 resources for migrating to the latest Movable Type templates

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Karl

I’m going to be migrating to the latest and greatest Movable Type templates soon and wanted to collect the best resources I could find. Here are three: How to upgrade to Movable Type 4 full templates (MT4) – Robert Green’s … Continue reading →

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Social Media/Software/Norgs Links for Thursday May 29, 2008

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Karl

Jeremiah Owyang: The Many Challenges of Corporate Blogging Akamai Report: State of the Internet An oldie but a must read to gain some context: NYMag: Everybody Sucks: Gawker and the rage of the creative underclass.

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Women speakers at conferences, expanding the conversation, some personal experience

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Karl

Livia Labate, Principal of Information Architecture for Comcast Interactive Media, my team at Comcast, is asking some hard questions around why there are not more women speakers at conferences. She raises the issue here and follows up here. Livia, meet … Continue reading →

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Emma Pictures!

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Karl

Richelle and me put together a list of songs that Emma sings and pretty much knows the words to – it’s over 20 songs! Sooner or later I promise to post some videos. Until then – it’s picture time

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Getting shot 4 of 4 today

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Karl

I’m off to get my last epidural today. The last two had decreasing amounts of effectiveness, so my hopes aren’t all that great. I’ll need to weigh options after this. What next? Some Ask Metafilter threads: I have a pain … Continue reading →

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Garret Vreeland: “The Internet is personal, pervasive, and permanent.”

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Karl

Emily Gould, formerly of Gawker wrote of her experience sharing her life online in the NYTimes. It’s a weekend must read. The piece has drawn interesting reaction from here and there, but the response that stood out the most to … Continue reading →

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lang:groovy – extend your Spring app with scripting

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Karl

The Spring Framework offers many ways to ease application development and maintenance, but one that gets my interest really going is its dynamic language support. codehaus: Dynamic language beans in Spring codehaus: Groovy and JMX raible designs: Using Dynamic Languages … Continue reading →

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“the 110 AC outlet”

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Karl

There’s a good piece in the NYTimes on cloud computing for the uninitiated: Cloud Computing: So You Don’t Have to Stand Still Traditional companies are also beginning to adapt their computing infrastructure to the cloud. Reuven Cohen is founder and … Continue reading →

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