With all the hooplah about iPod Nano’s vulnerabilities: scratching, cracking, etc., I admit I’ve become a little more coddling of precious than I might otherwise be. I have owned exactly two iPods in my life: the 5GB original that I bought for half-price a majillion years ago as an Apple employee, and the 4GB iPod […]

An interesting commentary today from John Gruber on independent programmers and the alluring goal of achieving “The Life.“ Gruber makes some great points about the not-so-simple criteria that define “ultimate success” for an indie programmer, observing that support responsibilities for one-person shows can be crippling. It’s almost enough to make a developer pray for obscurity. […]

One of Safari’s really powerful tabbed-browsing features is the “Open in Tabs” option that appears at the bottom of any list (folder) of bookmarks you’ve placed in your Bookmarks Bar: But what happens when you’re already looking at a bunch of links in tabs, and you accidentally land on this feature? Your active Safari window’s […]

I’ve recently finished reading The Pragmatic Programmer, and I was impressed most of all by the advice/reminder to we should always automate or streamline any activity we repeat frequently. This, combined with a recent posting on Ridiculous Fish, has inspired me to revamp and update my GDB macros that facilitate easier navigation of PowerPC assembly […]