“Holy crap! A single unique ID that will give me access to any website would be freaking sweet!” That was my initial response when I first heard about OpenID and what the project envisioned. It reminded me of the computer systems in sci-fi movies where the heroes didn’t have to memorize dozens of passwords to…
Category: Editorials
Articles sharing my perspective on topics that do not fit in a more specific category.
Keeping 2 Macs Synchronized
Updated 7/28/2008 3:00 AM. (Corrected errors and added Unison) When my new iMac was up and running smoothly I turned my focus to keeping it synced with my Macbook Pro. This turned out to be a rather challenging and complicated task. Mac OS X normally uses the HFS+ file system which adds extended attributes and…
A Little Perspective on Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Now that I’ve recovered from my Google shock, I can return to what I really came to write about. I ran across this very interesting video series on the All Things Digital website. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates on stage at the same time sharing their stories. I know this footage is almost a year…
First Impression: Ruby on Rails
My travel plans fell through this spring break, so I finally had some time to sit down and take a look at Ruby and the Rails framework — a task that has been on my to do list for over a year. I acquired Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Application by Patrick Lenz…