Author Archive
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Persuader by Lee Child
I don’t normally read thrillers. Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels have, however, become the exception. One lazy afternoon while backpacking in the wilderness of Virginia I began reading Persuader. The story read fast and action lurked around the turn of every page. Child’s depth of research and character development kept me glued to the story. Reacher is [...]
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Subversion Control (SVN)
I have recently acquired a passion for subversion control (SVN) through my work with the SiteX project. I gave another developer in the SiteX community a charge to figure out SVN for version control and collaborative development. By the end of the weekend our development process had been taken to the next level.
My SVN client software [...]
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
I predict the iScreen
It’s tough to predict what Apple will do next in the ever-changing portable media market. From the iPod, to the iPhone, and even the iBook, Apple is constantly on the move when it comes to developing products that miniaturize and combine technology to meet consumer needs. So let me be among the first to predict [...]
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Monday, April 9th, 2007
Olympus WS-310M Voice Recorder
Olympus created one of the world’s lightest voice recorders in its line of WS-3xx devices. I became interested in this model because of its size and weight. The WS-310M packs in 512MB of memory for over 138 hours of voice recording (on low quality mode). At less than 2 ounces including battery, this recorder has [...]
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
Survival: Fighting the Cold with Ice
Stuck out in the wilderness about to freeze to death? Get some ice.
No, really.
Mythbusters ran an episode (#45) about using ice to make a fire. The gist of the design is to shape extremely pure ice into a large lens a few inches thick and about the size of a small dinner plate. The ice [...]
