Category Archives: Blog Posts

This is a review post for the Pyle PSWP20BL MP3 Player I recently purchased for use during lap swimming. TLDR: It’s good. Make sure the earplugs fit well. A couple weeks ago I decided to get back into lap swimming. … Continue reading →

Update – 2014/09/19 Since this topic has been raised again recently, I thought it might be helpful to update this post with the easiest to understand (not the only) way that iMessage could be “wiretapped” (the term they recently used … Continue reading →

Anyone who sees “RSS” in the title of this post and understands what it means is probably familiar with Google Reader, and is also probably aware that it finally got shut down this month. So now what? I switched over … Continue reading →

For most of human history, the general public (aka: the “average user”) was unable to read or write for themselves. In many cases their interests were not well served by yielding that advantage to the relatively few who could. Computers … Continue reading →

OK, it might not be that extreme, but I have recently been trying out a new desk configuration. Being a software developer, the majority of my working time is spent in front of a computer. To be honest, since it’s … Continue reading →

The tempest around the recent Carrier IQ “spyware” issue serves as an important example of a key advantage of an open platform like Android, as compared to a closed source, locked system alternative (of course, we’ll use iOS as the … Continue reading →

Still well within the two-months-afterwards range, here are my thoughts on attending the most recent San Diego Comic-Con. I caught a ride down there with the Camerons, and enjoyed spending some time with them as well as Jason Brooks. We … Continue reading →

Brief Summary: I enjoyed it. It wasn’t nearly as good as the cartoon (more detail later), but taken on its own, for what it was, I thought it was OK. Not great, but certainly not deserving (IMHO) of the bashing it has received, especially relative to that other recent “Avatar” movie, which I thought was pretty bad (way worse than this). Continue reading →

OK, so a couple days ago I posted this Twitter message:

The iOS/AppStore model is essentially making the same appeal as AOL (vs. open internet) in the early 90′s – safer, polished, easier to use.

Unfortunately, the constraints of Twitter just make it too difficult to really explain or discuss that kind of thing, so I thought I’d flush out what I meant by it here instead. Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I posted on here, but I figured with LOST wrapping up and so many people talking about their thoughts about the show it would be good for me to put up at least a not-so-brief summary of my take on the show as a whole. Continue reading →