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Entries from May 2008

iofy digital audiobook platform acquired by Ingram Digital

May 29th, 2008 ·

“Ingram Digital, an Ingram Content company focused on solutions for digital content management, hosting, distribution and promotion, today announced it has acquired the iofy digital audiobook platform from Audiofy Corporation.”

It’s official. As described in the press release, the iofy digital audiobook platform is now part of Ingram Digital. I’m happy about this move. This is [...]

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Tags: Audiobooks · Ingram Digital · Managing · Software Development · Web Services · iofy

Why I’m not opposed to rising fuel prices - Philip Greenspun’s electric car post

May 27th, 2008 ·

Image of Ford Reflex, a concept hybrid vehicle with solar panels on the roof
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Philip Greenspun, professor of electrical engineering at MIT (and an avid traveler and fellow aviator), has an outstanding post. He explains some simple math behind replacing every passenger vehicle in America for electric cars. The resulting cost: Zero.
Link to Professor Greenspun’s post
We’re [...]

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Tags: Economics · Education · Energy · Etiquette · Links

The problem with instantaneous time travel - relative versus absolute paths

May 20th, 2008 ·

I don’t usually get in to philosophical scientific stuff here, but this was just too fun to write about…

image of flux capacitor intended as a joke - time dilation not included

There is a certain problem with time travel that a software engineer or sys admin will automatically understand. It has to do with relative versus [...]

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Tags: Math · Physics · Prediction · Time Travel

Considering a Nokia N82 - iPhone battery life is cramping my style

May 11th, 2008 ·

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Apple iPhone vs. Nokia N82, or complimentary citizens
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That’s it! Twice in a week I’ve been left with a dead iPhone from snapping pics and pushing them live at an event or outing. Don’t get me wrong; I love the iPhone for most everything, but the lack of a swappable battery is adding some [...]

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Tags: Apple · Nokia · Photography · Wearing · iPhone

How to virtualize Windows on an Ubuntu host for an optimized dev / qa environment

May 11th, 2008 ·

 
After converting my MacBook Pro in to a Windows developer dream, I wanted to have the same experience on a more portable, commodity hardware unit. Virtualizing Windows within Windows with VMware Server is something I’m familiar with. It’s something many Windows developers may prefer (and I recommend if you’re not comfy with linux as your [...]

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Tags: Education · Microsoft · OS X · QA · Software Development · Ubuntu · VMware · Windows · Xubuntu

Micro-blogging a 10-mile run - Broad Street Philadelphia, 2008 - Utterz

May 4th, 2008 ·

I ran Philadelphia’s Broad Street run, a 10-mile race today, while carrying an iPhone, making calls, checking Twitter, and taking and posting pics. I chronicled the day with Twitter, Utterz, Flickr, and TwitPic. I used Snapture, iFlickr, and SendPics iPhone apps.
Quick Links to the streams:

Flickr Photostream
Twitter
Utterz

My plan was to Twitter my progress and TwitPic/Flickr the [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Flickr · Jaiku · Jailbreak · Micro-blogging · Microblogging · Nike+ · Pownce · Running · Social Networking · TwitPic · Twitter · Utterz · Wearing · Web Services · iPhone

The night before the Broad Street 10-miler - thumbs and feet ready

May 3rd, 2008 ·

After a few months of preparing for the Broad Street 10-miler, it’s now the night before and pre-race excitement is setting in. iofy’s new office in the Navy Yard of Philadelphia is a block away from the finish line, so this will be a pretty nice way to finish a race. There are showers and [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Flickr · Geolocation · Nike+ · Running · Social Networking · TwitPic · Twitter · Wearing · iPhone · iofy