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  1. After 13 years of working as a software engineer I finally decided to join the ACM. I can't keep missing out on new developments anymore.
  2. I'm evaluating Bazaar and came across the "rocks" command ($ bzr rocks => It sure does!). Yes, I agree, it's better than Mercurial.
  3. NetBeans repeatedly failing to debug unit test in simple Java application; makes me glad I wrote my own Java debugger for cases like this.
  4. Really helpful introduction to distributed non-relational databases, from Todd Lipcon in June: http://bit.ly/hHF4b
  5. @strlen Re: REST-based models: in Rails this is done with ActiveResource (well it's web service based anyway, not sure how restful it is).
  6. I've merged my inbox, iGTD, Remember The Milk, and pen & paper into Things and Things iPhone - it's like a new way of working and thinking.
  7. Started using 'Things' -- wow, so much better than iGTD, which I used for last three years. I especially like the sync with iPhone feature.
  8. Surprised myself by how well I remember the use of Perforce. Equally surprised at how little it has changed in the last eight or so years.
  9. @edwingo started using tweetie couple of weeks ago and haven't gone back even for a moment, great app.
  10. Project zembly (http://zembly.com) is closing this month. I'll miss working with that top-notch team. Everyone's bio is listed on the site.
  11. Seems I left Sun just in time, many from my old team were let go today, as well as from the project before that. I wish everyone the best.
  12. Started at Gracenote today, had best commute in years. This could get addictive.
  13. Thankfully I can read and found the tip for finding the "lost" photos. Lame that Apple can't do a better job. They're right there on disk!
  14. iPhoto managed to crash at exactly the time where it had not saved the imported photos and it deleted the originals from the phone. Stupid.
  15. Two times in a row Google Maps led me stray. iPhone version was even worse, mixed up the address, repeatedly. Had to resort to common sense.
  16. Had a 8 hour interview today. Lunch was a sandwich during one of the hour-long interviews. Wasn't as tiring as I was expecting, and fun too.
  17. Implementing funnelsort in Java is already showing that the lazy funnelsort approach is better. No shortcuts are possible otherwise.
  18. Q: Why are manhole covers around? A: Because IBM patented the other shapes.
  19. I've encountered the BART rush hour: it's 5pm in Embarcadero and there are more people on the platform than in a football stadium.
  20. Learned about insertion d-way mergesort and I didn't have to pay $25 - there are slides for a preso by one of the paper's authors.