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Good Ideas

Posted by admin on June 6th, 2007

Recently it seems like every time I have an idea for a useful web tool someone has built it already.
With OS X Leopard coming out soon I thought using the new text-to-speech system to make a web page reader would be cool. done!
Wouldn’t it be great if you could convert a wordperfect document to [...]

If you’re not learning, quit and do something else

Posted by admin on May 5th, 2007

Sit still long enough and eventually someone will think you’re dead. The software industry moves so fast that “normal” industry just looks like it’s standing still. How many revolutionary new toilet, shovel, doorknob, or umbrella designs have you seen hit the US market in the past decade?
In order for software engineers to stay [...]

Stealing net?

Posted by admin on April 18th, 2007

CNN is reporting on people in London being arrested for using an open wireless network. I’m not sure about London, but in every major city in the US it’s hard not to be in range of at least 2 wireless networks at any given time.
Can this really be considered a crime? These people [...]