Sunday November 13, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Holy freakin’ crap, Batman. This just in: I’ve finally done it and went and bought a new (well, refurbished) Powerbook. 15″ beautiful widescreen. 1.5G processor. 1G of RAM. 80G of 5400-rpm hard drive sweetness. Superdrive (DVD burner, etc.). All for … Continue reading
Wednesday November 2, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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My good friend Mr. Schindler just let me borrow Batman Begins from him and I took the time to watch it this evening instead of patching, sanding, painting, cleaning, organizing, and stressing. All I can say is WOW. Batman Begins … Continue reading
Thursday October 27, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Well, maybe not. But this article by Charles Petzold is a clearly-articulated discussion of some of the dangerous trends that most programmers aren’t even cognizant of. His discussion is centered around Microsoft, Visual Studio, and dotNET, being that that is … Continue reading
Monday October 24, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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As I was going through the junk around our home, getting ready for the big move, I found some REALLY old 3.5″ floppy disks from 1996 and 1997. See, kids, back in the not-so-good old days, we elderly people used … Continue reading
Thursday October 20, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I was listening to Dish Network’s “EuroStyle” channel the other day as I was working from my living room and I heard a new song by New Order, called Krafty. I was a bit surprised, as it’s been a long … Continue reading
Sunday October 16, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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A wise man once said, “Never take a knife to a gunfight.” I have made that mistake. You can here see my attempt to challenge my friend’s chat client manliness. I thought this funny enough to share. =:) On the … Continue reading
Saturday October 15, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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It’s funny, but I completely missed this when watching the movie, Elektra before. My good friend Mike pointed it out to me and I had to comment on it. Apparently, Rite Aid managed to get some subliminal advertising into the … Continue reading
Saturday October 15, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I came across this really nicely-explained list of things to keep in mind when designing user interfaces. I’ll copy the short list here, but you owe it to yourself to check it out in full…. Ten Usability Heuristics by Jakob … Continue reading
Saturday October 15, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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How, exactly, did I manage to miss this amazing-looking series from the recent past? And how did I manage to be completely oblivious about this equally-amazing-looking movie? Egads.
Friday October 7, 2005
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Now downloading the newly-released OpenSuSE 10.0 GoldMaster discs. Gonna do a clean install and see if I still have any problems. *fingers crossed* Tomorrow, I have a most-of-the-day Bible Quiz event with the whole family (my two daughters will be … Continue reading