Monthly Archives: October 2007

Leopard, First Look

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Ok, it’s been a few hours since I upgraded to Leopard. The first time it booted after it installed, I got a kernel panic. But it booted the second time. It’s been at 100% CPU usage ever since, installing the … Continue reading →

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Joel on Software

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

The more I read Joel on Software, the more I’m convinced that if there software jobs in heaven, they’ll look an awful lot like this. Today’s post, called Evidence Based Scheduling, is just one example of the sort of nirvana … Continue reading →

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Gmail on my Treo

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Now that Gmail supports IMAP, I got it working on my Treo. W00t! It’s pretty simple, but you have to use SnapperMail (the expensive version that supports IMAP rather than the cheap version that doesn’t). I created a new account. … Continue reading →

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GWT Demo – I rule!

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

I gave my GWT presentation to my fellow developers and the two project leaders today. I think it went very well.

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Passive-agressive problems call for passive-agressive solutions

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

The new president of the flying club has been a member since Orville and Wilbur signed him off for his license. And like a lot of old-fart pilots, he seems to resent any attempt to get him to use more … Continue reading →

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