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Monthly Archives: May 2008

What a successful release looks like

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

I thought I’d share a little moment I had recently. We rolled out a new version of Feedjit a few days ago. Nothing changed on the user interface – so no new user features. It was mostly performance enhancements on the back-end servers.
The new code was the results of many weeks of research and testing [...]

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Further observations WRT the Chinese Earthquake in Colorado

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

With regard to my previous post, another observation was that yesterday morning my dog didn’t eat his breakfast. He spent most of the day cowering. We thought he had injured himself somehow but there were no visible signs. I checked his joints and pressed his gums to watch the circulation return and everything was normal. [...]

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I think I felt the Chinese earthquake

Monday, May 12, 2008

Update: I have since confirmed that the time of the Chinese quake was 2:28pm (CST – Central China Time) and I felt the vibrations between 12:20am and 1:00am. Also since this writing the quake’s magnitude has been upgraded from 7.8 to 7.9 which is 1.41 times more powerful (Richter scale calculator available here). [...]

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May Day Seattle March

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Taken a few minutes ago on S Jackson St and 2nd Ave in Seattle – a block from our office:

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Apple Basic emulator in Javascript

Thursday, May 1, 2008

I started programming on an Apple IIe at around age 11 and if you too enjoy reminiscing, check out Joshua Bell’s Apple Basic emulator implemented in Javascript.
Since my move (back) to using Apple I think my code has improved – if nothing else then from a feeling of happy nostalgia.
…And I couldn’t help myself. [...]

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