Posted by rae in
entertainmentat 11:40 am on Friday, 18 January 2008
Spock and Kirk
Pictures are starting to show up on the ‘Net of the new Trek crew and the “new” ship.
Plot details have emerged as well, so beware of spoilers online.
I won’t put any here.
I’m really looking forward to this.
click for a *much* larger image
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Posted by rae in
friends,
workat 1:29 am on Wednesday, 16 January 2008
A lot of people are saying their good-byes in email to everyone.
An “alumni” mailing list has been set up to keep in touch.
This seems like the civilized way things end.
I feel a bit guilty (but not much) because my last day is Jan 31, not today like many others.
But I, too, will be moving on.
Given the small world that is software development, I expect I will run across many people over the years.
That’s one thing that Facebook and LinkedIn are good for — keeping in contact.
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This year’s Macworld keynote was more if a key-not.
iTunes rentals were a non-story, having been expected for months.
The MacBook Air, while sleek and sexy, isn’t really for the broader market.
Like Jeff, I was hoping for the iPhone in Canada.
But now I fear that Rogers has killed it, at least until the 3G iPhone comes out.
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Posted by rae in
softwareat 2:53 am on Monday, 14 January 2008
Well, with Macworld looming this week, there are lots of promotions out there.
I just bought a
MacHeist bundle of several small apps.
I bought it for a few reasons:
- There are at least two really good apps, and one (Pixelmator) I’ve been curious about)
- A percentage of the price goes to a charity of my choice
- It’s pretty cheap for all those apps ($50)
Update (2008-01-16): the last app, Pixelmator, was unlocked only a day after I got the bundle, so now I am a completely happy camper..
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Posted by rae in
Reid,
workat 1:49 am on Thursday, 10 January 2008
OSAF
announced
that they’re cutting almost â…” of their staff (from 28 to 10), and I’m one of those cuts.
We were told in a meeting on Monday, and the blog post went up Tuesday.
I was surprised by the abruptness of the move, and its timing.
Previous guidance had been given that funding would go to the end of the year.
But now it sounds like the funds for 2008 will be drastically less than those for 2007.
Alas.
So now Chandler has to get itself set up to make some money.
I’m guessing by incorporating some sort of Google technology into the product.
Or perhaps on the server side.
But these are just guesses on my part.
Finding grants and similar endowments might be another strategy.
For me, personally, it means returning to looking for contract work.
I’ve already had a few nibbles, so it looks like all will be well.
I may be doing some work with
Qt.
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Lisa, me, Bob, Tom and Moira
I went downtown to
¿C’est What? last night to meet up with Maria and several other Alias folk.
Since Alias was swallowed whole by Autodesk a while back, I guess we were all ex-Alians..
While talking about what people are doing, someone mentioned Chris and Anita’s catamaran, which led to finding their web page about their year-long journey:
www.summatrix.com/padma.
It would be cool to do an video iChat with Chris and Anita from ¿C’est What? some time..
Then today I ran across a haunting song that I’m sure I’ve heard before and like very, very much:
It’s CC licensed, which is cool, and probably why I’ve heard it before.
I think it was used as the soundtrack to a YouTube video or something similar that I saw.
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