Tim on November 30th, 2007

The other day I read a blog post about the topic of whether developers should where headphones while writing code. I say a resounding yes! Sometimes it’s a necessity. I don’t have a private office, so headphones offer an easy way to block out the outside noises from the cube farm. I sit right next to the [...]

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Tim on November 29th, 2007

That’s right. Wide is in this season. Fortunately I’m not talking about waist sizes. I’m referring to display size. Ever since I bought my new notebook and finally got a larger monitor at work, I’ve become a die-hard fan of wide-screen monitors. I’ve been completely spoiled by WSXGA+ (1680×1050). I can’t believe I was even able to use [...]

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Tim on November 28th, 2007

It’s cool, but I don’t think I’ll be charging my iPod tomorrow with my salad.   
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Tim on November 27th, 2007

Are you a touch typist or do you hunt and peck? For a developer, touch typing can really help keep from having to move your eyes back and forth from the monitor to the keyboard. Although I’m sure there are plenty of programmers who get along just fine without touch typing, I refuse to believe it’s [...]

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Tim on November 25th, 2007

When we last left our intrepid developer he was attending a local RA (Refactors Anonymous) meeting. Let’s see what’s happening this week: 
Me: “Hello everyone. My name is Tim.”
Group: “Hi Tim!”
Me: “I write software.”
Group: “So do we!”
Me: “I’ve been writing software for over 6 years now.”
Group: “That’s great Tim!”
Me: “And I write bad software.”
Group: There’s nervous stares [...]

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Tim on November 24th, 2007

In the increasingly incorrectly named Floss Pick series, my next pick is the Flickr Uploadr. I love to take lots of pictures, and Flickr is right up my alley. It gives me an easy place to share photos with my family, and I use it as my de facto backup for my pictures. The Flickr Uploadr [...]

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Tim on November 22nd, 2007

I just upgraded the scartech.net blog to the latest version of WordPress, and let me tell you it was simple. It literally took me less than 10 minutes to do. That deserves a wow! Now that’s how an upgrade is supposed to go.
Well it looks like the tryptophan is kicking in. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Tim on November 20th, 2007

So I’ve got Ubuntu installed in a VMWare virtual machine. I really don’t think I need to detail the installation procedure because it was so simple. Since I’m using VMWare, I didn’t have to worry if the necessary drivers were included or where to find them. Once the OS was installed, I installed the VMWare [...]

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Tim on November 19th, 2007

Wow! Don’t dare say anything negative about Apple. At least if you don’t want to be flamed. Robert Scoble ranted about his bad experience with an update to the Mac OS and the long knives came out. Some people even went as far as to call Scoble a Microsoft shill!?! Do they even read this [...]

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Tim on November 18th, 2007

What’s the best way to promote your blog? Do you just rely on search engine hits or is it ethical to Digg your own blog? If you’re legitimately trying to share your thoughts and expand your readership, I don’t see a problem. I’ve discovered many blogs that I now regularly read by finding them on [...]

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