Platform Agnostic Personal Computing
I think that unconsciously, I’ve been trying to get as close as possible in the last year to a platform…
2nd and 3rd day of the WAS V6.1 STEW
At this point, I’ve gone through a few more labs and gone into a little more depth as to what…
Ubuntu and Eclipse don’t like each other
As easy as installing Eclipse was on Windows XP a few weeks ago, it’s proving to be hell on Ubuntu…
Kubuntu is out, Eclipse is in
With my legendary patience for things that don’t work well all the time, I’ve killed my VMware Kubuntu image to…
Chicago TEC Center
The Chicago Technical Exploration Center is one nice looking office space. Almost completely wrapped in white walls, ceilings, partitions, countertops –…
Chicago Hotel Room is Reeeally Nice…
When first trying to reserve a room near the downtown Hyatt Center in downtown Chicago, I was shocked to hear…
Attending a WAS V6.1 STEW in Chicago
I’ve flown out of Montreal today at noon to spend the next 3 days locked up in a lab, where…
Website performance issues… working on a fix
For the last few days, the blog has been having hiccups and I’m still investigating why it suffers so much…
Can you afford using your digital camera?
Given the rise of the pixel count in today’s digital cameras and the changing habits of the typical image hunter,…
When are todos considered projects?
It just occured to me that I keep saying I’m involved in projects when I’m not really sure what I…
Google & SketchUp : redrawing the globe one house at a time
I was amazed to see that one of the best software I’ve ever used has now been snapped up by…
Flash is tough stuff
I’ve been trying to create simple animations recently using a Macromedia Flash trial license. I never tought it was so…
Eclipse is all grown up…
It had been a while since I wandered around the eclipse.org website. Wow! Nice & clean presentation, and loads of…
Installing Eclipse is getting easier
I have been installing Eclipse on my Thinkpad (and other systems) ever since v2.0. I remember that back then, it…
Knowledge worker, and damn proud of it
A long time ago, I was still in high school. The class was economics, in grade 10. I was 15…