/dev/nullCameron PurdyAll quiet on the western front- December 28, 2007 In the USA, and perhaps in a large portion of the world, the last week of the year is an extremely quiet week for business. Many organizations shut down entirely, with mandatory holiday starting before Christmas and ending in the new year. For me now, it's a time when I can read my email faster than it comes in, and that means that I can allocate time to some of the projects that I don't ordinarily get time for. I realized this morning that it was six years ago today that we originally...http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/all_quiet_on_the_western Trans-Consciousness Messaging Protocol (TCMP)- December 21, 2007 When we introduced the TCMP protocol in 2001, it's name was (in the words of one person) "designed to sound like TCP." Someone sent me a strip titled "TCMP" from xkcd: I guess that is better than inspiring a Dilbert cartoon ;-)http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/trans_consciousness_messaging_protocol_tcmp Size Matters- December 7, 2007 It's been a few months since I looked at MicroSD cards, which are used in cell phones for storing stuff like music and photos. Back then, you could get a 1GB MicroSD card. To get an idea of how big these things are, look at your left hand ... nope, they aren't that big. Look at the pinky on your left hand ... nope, they aren't that big. Look at the nail on your pinky on your left hand ... yup, assuming that you have petite hands, that's the approximate size of a MicroSD card. Fast forward to...http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/size_matters |