Asides Archive

on AIR Bus Tour Photos


My crappy cellphone pictures from the on AIR Bus Tour event. The food was amazing. Check out the chocolate fountain!
Also see public photos on Flickr from the event.

It’s time for Facebook to grow up


Excellent post by Shannon Whitley about how Facebook is (mis-)managing their app platform.

My Amazon order arrived


My latest Amazon order arrived, including Colin Moock’s Essential ActionScript 3.0! My journey towards Flex and AIR continues slowly…

Facebook App resources


I still haven’t started looking at Facebook app development, but when I do, I’m sure I’ll be checking out the ever-growing list of resources out there, including Joey deVilla’s Facebook app tutorial and softwaredeveloper.com’s list of essential tools and tutorials.

Need a new theme


I need a new theme for this blog. I don’t really have the time to whip one up myself so I will probably be on the lookout for someone else’s that can be customized easily. K2 is clean and all but a new paint job is always nice.

Mercurial


I have started using Mercurial for revision control and I am loving it. Easy to set up and use, fast, smooth — the complete opposite of my experience with setting up Subversion I haven’t tried any fancy branching or merging yet, though.


Daily Wireless names the “10 most connected cities in the world.” Not a single Canadian city among them, alas. Am I surprised? No.

WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, upgrade to 2.1.2 now!!


WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, upgrade!
Just passing on the news, and testing the “asides” feature of this theme.
…and discovering that long links break the layout and the title is ignored in the aside. That sucks.