Week ending Sunday 2009/08/30

Monday 00:35 · Doesn't matter where in the world you find yourself, when you get online it feels like home. (via @MMaryMary) [Original.]

Monday 13:53 · Raw phone-market data via Raven Zachary, good stuff: radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/whos-winning-the-smartphone-wa.html [Original.]

Monday 21:04 · 枝豆 - www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/08/24/Edamame [Original.]

Monday 23:03 · Like @joehewitt says: What Apple's trying to do is impossible in principle, at app-store scale. Suck it up and show some faith, big A. [Original, responding to @joehewitt.]

Monday 23:23 · Gravity's Angel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY7uTO_GuDg [Original.]

Tuesday 10:11 · Taking off across the country through 2 airports with 2 kids in single-Dad mode. Wish me luck. [Original.]

Tuesday 14:03 · Gack, apparently Photoshop Elements doesn't run on Snow Leopard. [Original.]

Tuesday 22:40 · You know, there's some individual in Microsoft's Polish marketing organization who's feeling really shitty right about now. [Original.]

Tuesday 23:04 · The Reg does a big piece on "The multi-core future" without once mentioning functional programming. Sigh. www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/25/multicore_developments/ [Original.]

Tuesday 23:06 · You can approach concurrent problems without FP, but then you're just treating the symptoms not the disease. [Original.]

Wednesday 15:42 · Yep, that's beautiful: www.nikkigraziano.com/foundfunctions/index.html (via @BWJones) [Original.]

Thursday 17:06 · Just missed picking up an international call from Romania. They didn't leave a message. Life is full of mysteries. [Original.]

Thursday 20:39 · Raped by Rogers... is there a sane way for Canadians to buy US data roaming? [Original.]

Thursday 23:04 · How I Use OS X: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/08/27/How-To-Use-The-Dock [Original.]

Friday 15:23 · Saskatchewan farm: twitgoo.com/2r1h4 [Original.]

Sunday 18:58 · In Saskatchewan, the raspberries are still not quite done. Aaaah [Original.]


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