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A Great Night for Podcasts

 
One small consolation of my contract in Rockville is spending quality time with my iPod Touch, podcasts, and the Civic–who is now officially named “Blue Monday”.  Tonight’s drive was especially pleasant from both the driving and podcast listening perspectives.  Here are some highlights from the things I heard:
Beer-Drinking Tree Shrews
Oh, beer.  You are such [...]

Posted 04 August 2008 § Articles ‡ Comments (0) °

My iPhone Ultimatum

I’ve given up on iPhone 3G after 48 frustrating hours.  Instead of today’s post praising the platform, I must chastise Apple for one of the worst product launches in memory.  Given Veronica Belmont’s experience, maybe I should be grateful for the delay.  To avoid my inevitable agonizing over buying it or not buying it, I’ve [...]

Posted 18 July 2008 § Journal ‡ Comments (1) °

DFC has Junk (DNA) in the Trunk

In a webex with EMC engineering about DFS and UCF, I asked if D6.5 would bring full coverage of DFC functionality to DFS. The answer was yes and no.
The first cut of DFS was a little minimal even for my tastes. Anything beyond basic object-related operations was either barely implemented or completely ignored, [...]

Posted 11 July 2008 § Journal ‡ Comments (0) °