July 2009
18 posts
I’d like to use this error message in one of my projects. http://yfrog.com/c97f8p
Jul 31st
When you’re a quick brown fox, it’s helps if you can find a SHORT lazy dog. http://bit.ly/5ECwG
Jul 30th
The all-time high temperature in Eugene was 108° in 1981. Today it reached 106°. My apartment is not going to feel pleasant when I get home.
Jul 29th
I love RT bots putting an @ at the beginning of every tweet. I get 3 or so mentions a day because someone started a tweet with “also”.
Jul 27th
Blog Software
I’ve been thinking for a while about blogging seriously, but never made it past figuring out what blogging software to use. In the past, I’ve used WordPress, both self-hosted and of the WordPress.com variety, and I’ve written my own. Writing my own blogging software was a fun exercise, but I always spend more time fiddling with the software instead of actually writing. After...
Jul 26th
Jul 25th
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Basic Vector Performance in AS3
I started working with vectors in ActionScript 3 recently, and wanted to make sure I was using them in the most efficient way. I performed several rudimentary tests of various ways to fill a vector with values. None of the results were very surprising, but it’s nice to have numbers to back up my assumptions. Here’s what I discovered. Don’t use push(). This is the slowest way I found to...
Jul 25th
When writing about HTTP, please don’t use a blog as an example, especially if you don’t differentiate between post and POST in the examples.
Jul 24th
And now “Please click OK when other apps have stopped?” WHAT other apps? This must be punishment for not opening Acrobat for six months.
Jul 22nd
Thanks, Adobe Updater, for trying to quit Safari without asking, to install that amazing PDF viewing plugin you also hadn’t asked to install
Jul 22nd
Finally got my invite for Google Voice. They must have sent a bunch out today, the site is painfully slow.
Jul 21st
I had to sit through an hour-long Decemberists show to get to this Decemberists show.
Jul 20th
Going to see the Decemberists for the second time in as many months.
Jul 19th
I have noticed an amazing typo on my portfolio site. Assuming others have as well.
Jul 19th
Google Code has decided to address me as “ryanberdeen.com”. Maybe I should consider having people call me that.
Jul 17th
Time to block some followers.
Jul 17th
Another interesting spam subject: “Warren Buffet sex scandal”. I’m not sure what kind of response they’re hoping for.
Jul 16th
Jul 8th