Curtis Bridges

It lives! Eventually -- maybe -- I will get one. For right now, the retina macbook pro 15" makes a lot more sense for me. I still love it. But wow -- this is a great machine.

A nice (in the end) story about Timbuk2 bags. I've had three and only one has been retired. Highly recommended.

This is a nice feature -- I guess no one is saying it won't come back at some later date but the sooner, the better. Fine grained permission control is a good thing.

I found this book online while searching for a solution to rest api versioning and found it to be a clear, concise, and complete look at web api design. And the price is great. (free)

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Watch "What happens when engineers own dogs" on YouTube This made me happy on so many levels.

Finally, a very usable podcast manager for Android. It isn't perfect but it has all the basics covered. My favorites: Phone and tablet support natively Podcast sync Playback speed from .5x - 3.0x Homescreen widget, lockscreen controls, and headset controls Android 4.0+ expandable, rich notifications 10 second reverse, 30 second skip Screen orientation lock for video podcasts Logical smart playlists Reliable downloads (but I can't find the auto-download settings?) To enable auto-download, create a new smart playlist and toggle the automatic download setting I just wish I could get rid of ShiftyJelly 's red interface branding, but I guess I can live with that. It would also be nicer to have more gesture support within a podcast feed but I'm very impressed with the amount of functionality included with this first release. I'm sure more is forthcoming. I highly recommend this app . I'm still interested in programming my own. :-) 'via Bl...

A very well made fan montage of James Bond through the years. What strikes me the most about this clip is how well Daniel Craig fits the role: he compares very favorably to the original, Sean Connery - more lithe and deadly than suave and powerful but most importantly, believable. I never believed Roger Moore (judo chop!) or Pierce Brosnan could take anyone reasonably competent in a fight.

Why Android first? This is a really fascinating blog post as this company's experiences seems counter to most of the press we're hearing in the news lately. Podcasting clients are a really interesting beast, and while I still want to build my own, I trust Shifty Jelly to create am excellent app. I agree completely with their thoughts about the state of Android and their sales numbers for Android vs. iOS give me hope regarding Android's sales potential. I love the landscape of the tech world presently. There is so much change happening, fascinating times!

The St. Louis Arch Way back in 2007, I decided to give an up-and-coming author, Jim Butcher a chance. The TV show was coming on on SyFy and since I have a habit of reading the books TV and movies are based upon, I decided to hop on  The Dresden Files  book train. Woah . Fast forward six years, there are now fourteen books in the main series (lots of shorts on the side) and I'm thoroughly hooked. These fourteen books contain roughly six thousand pages of material, each with its own standalone story arc but building an epic storyline like no story before it. Mr. Butcher has said that he plans on roughly twenty books followed by an epic three book ending. Even at the pace of a book per year, that gives me ten more years of reading pleasure ahead of me. Given that this is such a long series and how long ago I read the initial books, I decided to revisit the series from the beginning, to get re-acquainted with the characters and the foundations of the Dres...