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Subversion vs. Perforce

Posted by John Minnihan - 30/03/07 at 05:03:27 pm

I was recently asked to compare Subversion (SVN) to Perforce, and explain why I would choose to implement SVN rather than Perforce as a replacement for an existing CVS installation.

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Twitter & Instant Demographics

Posted by John Minnihan - 27/03/07 at 10:03:11 am

While commenting on Paul Kedrosky’s post about Twitter, it occurred to me that my opinion of Twitter was changing right then – at that moment.

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Hate Speech

Posted by John Minnihan - 26/03/07 at 03:03:13 pm

I haven’t seen anything quite so publicly – and intentionally so, apparently – vile in quite some time.   I don’t know what to say beyond the obvious:

There’s no place for this in civilized discourse, and those responsible will very likely get to explain the threats in a court room:

http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/03/as_i_type_this_.html

Tags: kathy sierra, hate speech

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Fix for Treo 650 Random Resets

Posted by John Minnihan - 25/03/07 at 02:03:46 pm

Until yesterday, I had been experiencing multiple random power-offs and hard resets on my Treo 650. It would power-off the phone without warning, without any apparent pattern: while I was on a call, while I was using the browser, or while it was simply sitting on my desk. If I didn’t see it power-off, I would go for considerable periods with it off. Not good, and I began to hope that it would last long enough to get naturally replaced when I purchase (probably…) an iPhone in June.

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New Plan Types for Silver Accounts

Posted by John Minnihan - 24/03/07 at 03:03:44 pm

We are preparing to introduce the paid Silver account plans. This will compliment the existing Silver accounts, which will remain free.

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I love good news.

Posted by John Minnihan - 20/03/07 at 11:03:32 am

“We have our missing Boy Scout.”

As a parent, this absolutely thrills me. As a Scout leader in my area, I am relieved that this had a happy outcome for the Troop. Nice job by the Search & Rescue teams.

Missing Scout Found (from sfgate)

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Janis at 38,000 feet. Sweet.

Posted by John Minnihan - 13/03/07 at 06:03:42 am

I’m in 9C on a 757 this morning and was listening to some Boston (R.I.P. Brad Delp…) on my iPod when the young one behind me started crying… loudly.  So I had to break out the Powerbook and fire up iTunes, which has a volume level sufficiently high enough to create a whole new zone. 

There’s something about Janis Joplin’s voice and the raw, biting guitar of Big Brother that makes everything else seem, momentarily, unimportant.

Come on.  Try just a little bit harder.

Tags: ipod, itunes, janis joplin, boston

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Tech Tip: Publishing iCal Calendar in Multiple Places

Posted by John Minnihan - 13/03/07 at 04:03:37 am

Recently I had a need to publish a calendar in more than one location. Simple, right? Just use Google calendar, Boxes, or one of the other free services. Not quite. I don’t want to manage any users, nor give anyone direct access to an account that is hosting the calendar. I want to publish, not provide direct access to, the calendar.

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Real Configuration Management

Posted by John Minnihan - 12/03/07 at 09:03:07 am

Software engineering professionals find me in Google when they’re researching Release Management, and often they will email me questions about how to approach a specific issue or challenge they are facing.

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Beer tossing fridge

Posted by John Minnihan - 07/03/07 at 09:03:46 pm

Now this is an amazing use of techn^H^H^H^Mwaste of effort, and should be condemned:

When John Cornwell graduated from Duke University last year, he landed a job as software engineer in Atlanta but soon found himself longing for his college lifestyle. So the engineering graduate built himself a reminder of life on campus: a refrigerator that can toss a can of beer to his couch with the click of a remote control.

“I conceived it right after I got out,” said Cornwell, a May 2006 graduate from Huntington, N.Y. “I missed the college scene. It embodies the college spirit that I didn’t want to let go of.”

Read the full article here: http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/100121745/article.cgi

Tags: beer, duke, fridge, technology

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