February 2008
3 posts
xmpppy tutorial addendum →
what this tutorial doesn’t tell you is that the expected format of ~/.xsend is: =
dnspython needed for xmpppy
I received the following error while trying to use xmpppy: “Could not load one of the supported DNS libraries (dnspython or pydns). SRV records will not be queried and you may need to set custom hostname/port for some servers to be accessible.” And learned dnspython is required for xmpppy.
make for Mac OS X
my Mac OS X install did not have make (for processing makefile) installed by default. It was on the “Mac OS X Install Disc 1” that came with my computer under “XCode Tools” -> “Packages” -> “Developer Tools”.
January 2008
9 posts
b-party
rafting cabin skiing basketball
I love ShouldDoThis.com. The interface is so clean and pleasant.
are home video cameras good for anything other than celebrity sex videos?
illegal immigration
deporting illegal immigrants doesn’t seem very practical to me - isn’t border-jumping a positive sign of desire to improve their life?
season sea’s inn
software wishlist
a “feed reader” for my friends’ IM status messages. If Pidgin or Adium were cross-platform, it would make a nice plug-in. web-based email client attachments shared files, a la box.net events interoperable with other calendar: iCal, Upcoming.org, etc. Trading Friends - friend valuation We the People - government spending allocation
architectural notes
a drain pipe exiting flush to the side of a building will eventually leave a stain on the building below the pipe. in snowy environments, placing entryways under a bridge below the second story reduces tracking in of snow and muck (but increases exposed surface area and costs of internal temperature control?). also, doors that close slowly avoid smacking into skis or snowboards as people make...
I’m impressed with Jango’s use of frames to enable music to continue playing despite page reloads and sharing of songs through unique URLs without requiring the recipient’s contact information. on-demand sharing of specific songs looks to be unique from a licensing strategy - perhaps other online radio stations will manage to follow suit. as a radio service, I find Jango falls...
to star in movie on life of Jeff Pulver: Jonah...
Jeff Pulver: Jonah Hill:
September 2007
7 posts
nice melons... →
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070914/yahoo-b... →
jeez…this guy rips Yahoo like Yang’s first name is Britney.
Interoperability with other web services will have a dominant effect on the experience of many web services.
Flickr is for photographers (duh - not personal...
It just finally sunk in for me: Flickr is for photographers, not for sharing of personal photographs. For a long time, I’ve been trying to figure out my favorite method of sharing personal photographs. Flickr has not been one of them, but I didn’t realize why. As I took a picture today, I wanted to share it with the world and thought about uploading it to Flickr. It dawned on me I...