Several years ago Headspin was doing a demo at E3. The demo was running really well and lots of people liked it, but a few minutes into it it would hang. Poof. We tried several fixes installing them on the show floor as they came in. Finally the bug turned out to be that someone…

Most of this article is about how non-eco friendly the norhwest is. But here’s a fun excerpt: Northwesterners number among the longest-living people on the planet. If British Columbia were a nation of its own, its residents’ 80.7 average years of living would be second globally only to Japan. The Northwest as a whole would…

Except for a little consulting, I have been unemployed now for around 3 months. So far I am liking it much more than I thought I would. Somethings about it have been surprising. Even though I was working 80 hrs some weeks at my old job, it still seems like I am often up at…

For a long time I have been trying to think of what the best layout is for offices on a programming team. There are 3 basic approaches: War Room Cubicles Private Offices While each approach has its advantages and disadvantages, I think that which is best is a function of where you are in the…

Having already made a plug for FireFox I guess it can’t hurt to plug thunderbird too. As a bonus here’s a plug for it from a Microsoft employee.

Expect to see more annoucements like this “Commenting on the cancellation of the game, studio manager Adam Waalkes said “Our goal with ‘Mythica’ was to create a truly innovative massively multiplayer online role playing game. While the game looked ready to deliver advancements to the genre, after careful evaluation of the MMORPG landscape, MGS has…

Matt Warren tells a great tale about The XML Conspiracy.

Its nice that the French are setting a good example of how to be considerate of other people’s culture. I thought it was religion that was supposed to be intolerant.

So I guess this couldn’t be a weblog unless it included a post on friendster or orkut. I have only played with orkut, and only a little but that doesn’t stop me from agreeing with the conclusions here. A killer app for these services could be games. Collecting the most “friends” seems to be a…

Its a new version and a new name FireFox. Time to upgrade. Time to say goodbye to IE again. I wonder who will make them change the name this time. To me Firefox will always make me think of the mayor of Carmel.