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Author Archives: frank
Is the light on, on, or off?
This morning as Finley and I left the house for a cool and brisk morning walk, I noticed the cabin lights in our Honda Odyssey were on. I went back in for the keys, opened the front door, and looked … Continue reading
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Sharkey’s
Imagine walking in to Sharkey’s in the early 1990’s and ordering a hamburger made with 6 ounces of certified-organic, locally-raised, grass-fed, free-range beef. I can’t, either, but it’s on the menu now, right above the bison burger.
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Happy with the maps, unhappy with the vehicle mount
A while back, we bought a Garmin Streetpilot c330 before a long car trip. We’ve been reasonably happy with the maps in the unit, though my ideal navigation product would include live updates to maps and points of interest when … Continue reading
Loading data model with Fixtures in Rails
I’m putting together a smallish data model in Rails. Some of my data is pre-existing, including a bunch of Items, some of which have SubItems. I found some hints on how to represent the initial data with YAML and to … Continue reading
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Economics of Cynicism
For some reason I thought Joel Spolsky was anti-Apple and pro-Microsoft. Now I realize he’s a cynical guy who used to write about software development, but who’s now busy running a small, successful software company, and who writes about talking … Continue reading
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