Singleton Considered Stupid
An interesting and amusing essay on singletons (and C++ and design patterns) that was pointed out to me by Bruce: Singleton Considered Stupid...
Month: January 2006
Splashpower
Wow, I wonder how well this works: http://www.splashpower.com/ Splashpower is a wireless power solution: It enables you to power up your mobile phone and other portable devices, simply by dropping them on a mouse-mat-sized pad,...
Lego Mindstorms NXT photos
I found some pictures of the recently announced Lego Mindstorms NXT on Flickr. Looks very cool......
Treo 650 Updater 1.20 for Unlocked GSM phones
http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/treo650updater/unlockedgsm.html Improved memory handling for opening larger web pages Optimized Bluetooth performance and added support for additional headset or carkits* Improved voice...
Yahoo! Mail now supports WYSIWYG HTML email in Firefox
It just works now. No more need for the eWebMail Firefox extension. Coolness....
The jury duty experience
A fun day. I was supposed to report to the Superior Court at 9:30 but traffic on the freeway, missing a turn, and having trouble locating the building caused me to be around 20 minutes late. Then the metal detector decided that...
Who the heck is Geronimo Jackson?
Was just watching "Lost" and they mentioned the band "Geronimo Jackson" - I think it's real but I found very, very little information about them on the Web - basically just something saying that the show's creators said they...