Monthly Archives: May 2009

There is a haiku here somewhere, just know it

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Karl

mom I’m drawing a map we go to around that twister its on that map all finished oh wow wow wow first we go round over the bridge road get bumpy then you go thru theres a little nut its … Continue reading →

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Comcast Interactive Media developer stories for Sunday May 17th, 2009

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Karl

Tom Baker, writing for O’Reilly’s Inside RIA: Getting Involved in Higher Education – some great thoughts on why developers should consider teaching. Jon Moore on RSA Public Key Cryptography in Java Arpit Mathur: My experience with Git and why I … Continue reading →

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Parenting, Education and Inspiration for Sunday May 17, 2009

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Karl

Inquirer: Bari Pepe, 46, Years of trauma behind her, now she wants to aid others – ex-addict acheives master’s in social work. Very inspiring story. Read it. The Boston Globe: Inside the baby mind: It’s unfocused, random, and extremely good … Continue reading →

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Smart aggregation and API use in NPRbackstory

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Karl

NPRbackstory is an automated Twitter feed that attempts to add context to the news stories trending popular today according to Google’s Hot Trends. It leverages NPR’s archives (very smart, as Joshua Benton notes archives are underused assets), and Yahoo! Pipes … Continue reading →

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Hope you had a great Mother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Karl

We just got back from a terrific weekend down the shore to celebrate Mother’s Day. I hope all the moms out there had a terrific one. Richelle – I hope you had a great one sweetheart. We love you.

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Refresh Philly Followups

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Karl

Following Refresh Philly May have been some great discussions in its related Google Group. Technically Philly posted two followups: City CIO’s $100 million Digital Philadelphia vision and Editorial: City government calls for tech support Jonny Goldstein, on his blog, envizualize, … Continue reading →

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Special guest Alllan Frank at tomorrow night’s Refresh Philly

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Karl

Kellie Carter and Dave Cooksey will lead a discussion on user-centered design and ways in which to improve Philadelphia. For details on Monday’s get together check out refreshphilly.org. Its an important discussion and I believe some positive efforts for the … Continue reading →

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Netbeans Beta 6.7 setup

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Karl

For whatever reason, the latest release of Netbeans was giving me some issues. Over at “Java How To…” was an excellent short piece on avoiding common Java heap space configuration errors in all sorts of containers, environments, and IDEs. It’s … Continue reading →

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