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An occasionally updated repository of thoughts, past work, and links. Topics include programming, web ventures, and writing.

Bloog, a blog/homepage app for Google AppEngine

I've just released an alpha version of a blog/homepage app for Google AppEngine.

Bloog is open sourced under the MIT License. Go forth and multiply.

Bloog was created to experiment with blog ideas on Google AppEngine while allowing migration from a legacy blog. These goals shape the feature set, which includes:

Bogus required insurance

Now that I've left Stanford and ventured into self-funded entrepreneurial waters, I have the joy of paying the full cost for medical insurance. And thanks to a breakdown of what I'm paying for, I discovered it's not just "medical" insurance on the bill. There's a mental health component that usually isn't broken out. My medical insurance bundles this component into the overall plan ...

MacOS X 10.5: Leopard Time Machine Problem

The new MacOS X upgrade, Leopard, adds many useful features. Some upgraders who try the new backup system, Time Machine, may experience an excessively long initial backup time. For example, 90 GB on my MacBook Pro laptop could take 2+ days for the initial backup to a USB 2.0 Western Digital Passport drive. I disabled the Norton AntiVirus "Auto Protect" feature, and the backup speeds increased quite ...

Adobe Share out in beta

Adobe Share service lets you store and share documents online. To test the service, I tried to use the embed feature to share a short story. Unfortunately, my Drupal blog filters some of the crucial tags, even using the "full HTML" setting.

How good is Kevin Spacey at imitations?

Watch this video to find out...

Stay tuned...