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Digging Through 15 Years of Crap

Feb 28, 2006 ramblings

I’ve been working on implementing GTD, and part of that is working through all the random piles of crap I have spread about the house. So, now I have a shiny new 4-drawer filing cabinet (reminds me a lot of my Grandpa’s) and I’ve been furiously creating folder labels and filing things for a week and a half now.

Of course, one of the joys of doing this is coming across cool random old things like this X.com debit card— an online banking service that was bought by Paypal shortly after I signed up. Ah, the heady days of the internet…

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Gah.

Feb 9, 2006 geek

Made it through the Spiderworks book on C just fine. Made it halfway through the Apple book, The Objective-C Programming Language… and then… my eyes started to glaze over.

I think the real reason is, I need practical experience with this stuff—the C book had exercises I could do, and most of the chapters […]
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C, ObjC, Cocoa… little steps

Jan 30, 2006 geek

I’ve been meaning to learn Mac programming with Cocoa for two years now, and finally am getting off my ass. Since the first of the year, I’ve gone through Spiderworks’ “Learn C on the Macintosh” eBook. Just finished that last night, now I’m starting Apple’s PDF doc “The Objective-C Programming Language,” and then after than […]
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This city is skin deep, but what gorgeous skin.

Jan 30, 2006 ramblings

The first time I went to Vegas, it was sensory overload. Everything was amazing. The second time, my reaction was more, “Is this all there is?” Since then I’ve been there a couple times on business trips, and comes to terms with its superficiality. You have to enjoy it as it is, and not impose the the idea that it’s some magical wonderland.

My only recommendation — time your first flight in so you get there after sunset, and have a limo booked from the airport to your hotel, and make them take you for a drive down the Strip. You really want that neon and glitter to be your first impression of the city, because Vegas is supremely ugly during the day.

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Satemallite Radio

Nov 15, 2005 ramblings

So, I got the Sirius for the car. Yay! It very nearly totally rocks, in a very literal way.

Thing is, I noticed while scanning the comedy stations tonight that there were commercials, and I was royally pissed. I mean, isn’t this why I’m PAYING for it? …so I won’t have to listen to that […]
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Linkage

Nov 2, 2005 linkage
Today’s Fun Links:
- I want to… — Great list of online resources for doing useful stuff
- Arcade Game Sounds — Recordings from the 80s of arcade machines in their natural habitat.
- Audiophile products — A list of insanely expensive audio gear, and an amusing illustration of what happens when people ignore physics in favor of, “If it’s more expensive, it must be better.”
- Links to interesting first-hand accounts of The Great War, from the few centenarians left.
- The Skyscraper Page — An amazing resource for info about and drawings of multi-story buildings around the globe.
- And last, but not least, World Beard and Moustache Championships — That’s some serious facial hair.
Chitown Hijinkery

Oct 29, 2005 ramblings

Ah, yes— Chicago. I went last weekend, and I have pictures and I have notes, but the story is not yet forthcoming because 1.) I’ve been wicked busy, and 2.) I still am. Sometime before the end of the weekend, I will make a valiant attempt at codifying my story and updating this post. Until then, you have this flickr tag to keep you company.

Mark Boszko

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