2009
Bro-in-law wants me to help him find a good Windows box. There are none. 🙂 iMac with Boot Camp?
Just got back from presenting to a class at the Carlson School. Tired out.
Mazie Mastering her Skuut
It was the first weekend in April, but that didn’t get it warm. In fact we had snow overnight this weekend and woke up to at least an inch of wet snow in the morning. That didn’t stop us from heading outside and for Mazie to spend some more time mastering her Skuut. She is very excited to “get a bicycle and not even need stabilizers”.
Add video that was at vimeo.com/4020956.
Encoding HD video in iMovie on my MacBook Pro results in a REALLY hot lap. 72 °C right now.
It’s really cool that the Flip Mino HD plugs right into your computer. But I’m always nervous it’s going to get broken while connected.
Mazie playing with shoes!
Mazie out on her bike. She’s doing great on her Skoot!
“I wanna watch a TV show!” — Mazie
Just ordered a Goldtouch Split Ergonomic Keyboard for my Mac. Wrist pain has returned. Too much laptop.
Mazie: Dad, say “Why is the sky blue?”
Me: Okay, why is the sky blue?
Mazie: Because it’s daytime Dad!
Flight Control for the iPhone is still fun. And addictive!
Mentioned my Twitter info at the end of a talk I gave today. Looks like some picked up my Tweets. :-)
Amazon Elastic MapReduce looks interesting. Opens up some new solution paths!
Friendly Social URLs Using Redirects
Have you ever thought it would be nice to be able to easily give someone the URL to your Facebook profile? It’s not easy with the id number URL that Facebook uses. Just try saying “go to facebook dot com slash profile dot php question mark id equals six hundred and five million seven hundred seventy six thousand fifty seven”. Bzzzt, nope. Even something as easy as a custom URL for LinkedIn can be hard to remember. It hit me the other day that there is a really easy solution to this!
If you have your own domain name, and host the DNS somewhere, you are almost guaranteed to be able to easily create URL redirects. I use Namecheap and it is very easy to do. I created these URL redirects to make it a lot easier to tell people where to find me!
| Friendly | Destination |
|---|---|
| facebook.thingelstad.com | www.facebook.com/profile.p… |
| flickr.thingelstad.com | www.flickr.com/photos/jt… |
| linkedin.thingelstad.com | www.linkedin.com/in/jthing… |
| reader.thingelstad.com | www.google.com/reader/sh… |
| twitter.thingelstad.com | twitter.com/thingles |
It’s so much easier to say “Just go to flickr.thingelstad.com” to see my pictures on Flickr! Or “go to facebook.thingelstad.com”. Even Twitter allows people to just know my name, and not need to remember my Twitter username, and just go to twitter.thingelstad.com!
Nice huh? I like it.
Installers are evil. I have no idea what voodoo they do, and I’m sure there is voodoo. Everything should be drag & drop install.
I thought I had IE8 installed but now Windows Update has insisted on uninstalling whatever I had, rebooting, and installing IE8. Sigh…
Just ordered a Kindle 2. It’s time.
Flight Control - Great iPhone Game
This last weekend I grabbed a copy of Flight Control for my iPhone. It looked like the kind of game that I can get into. I like puzzle style games and have an affinity to 2D-gaming over 3D-gaming. I was pretty much immediately hooked.
The premise of Flight Control is simple. You have a top-down perspective of a landing field and you have to draw flight paths with your finger for each plane to land. There are different types of planes that fly at different speeds. Over time, the planes come faster and faster.
The game is addictive. I’ve now got a high score of 57 but am stumped how you get much past that.
Rule #78 for Bloggers: Never post about not posting for oh so long.