Posts for 2007
- One Fix For Low iPhone Speaker Volume Levels
There is a lot of discussion on the internet about the iPhone’s speaker volume. Quite a few people complain that it is too low. Others say that it isn’t loud but it is satisfactory. And still others are getting along just fine. Recently, I had started to notice that my iPhone’s speaker was just plain quiet. It seemed to happen over time, but I really started to notice this after upgrading to firmware 1.1.2.
... - iTunes Offers TV Shows to Canadians
Apple has finally managed to negotiate the rights to sell some television series to Canadians via iTunes Store. The only problem is that there are more episodes in one season of some of these shows than there are actual shows up for sale to Canadians today. The CBC, CTV, Comedy Central, and NHL are the only networks offering shows for download. By my count, there is a grand total of 12 shows available to Canadians. In fact, you can probably see all of them in this screenshot of the shows in Coverflow view. Now that is an anemic selection.
... - Has Rogers Even Heard of Phishing?
If you have not heard the controversy over Rogers' latest stunt, read this article. Unsurprising, isnt it; for Rogers? Seriously, does anyone at Rogers understand the security implications of this? Do they understand how incredibly stupid this is? They are just asking that their customers be phished. Should this become the norm, malicious websites will begin to copy these headers and scare Rogers customers into “logging in” to resolve the matter, at which point they will have a username and password that the customer users.
... - A New Look
Being a programmer, and one who mainly developers for the web at that, I have been embarrassed by my previous web presence. You see, I bought an off-the-shelf content management system with very nicely designed, but rigid templates, and used it to build my previous website. The software I used, Rapidweaver, is a great product. It is just not for a web programmer like myself for which the underlying HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and server-side scripting used to build a personal website are as much expressions of personal creativity as the words that you are reading now. My greatest fear was that a professional colleague would view source and see less-than-ideal markup! Or worse, a potential client would look at the site and judge my programming merit on the fact I didn’t even put together my own personal website using my own code.
... - Facebook Filesystem
Sometimes I like to work on projects that have no immediate apparent value. A lot of times I start these projects and get them working just good enough for my mind to move on, but just short of them being ready for public consumption. One such project that I'm working on right now is a Facebook Filesystem. It's a user-space filesystem built on top of Amit Singh's (Google) MacFUSE.
... - Founders at Work
I just picked up Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingston. Two people whose websites I am an avid reader of (...
- This job board observation made me laugh
The company I work for has posted a job advertisement to a relatively well-known programmer's website. My boss and I often discussed doing so, and an opportunity came up to try it out, so he has. Unfortunately, we have not gotten any inquiries than...
- DRM and Rogers
I have tried to be a pragmatist when it comes to Digitally Restricted Media"... I mean Digital Rights Management. My first real encounter with DRM was the iTunes Music Store.
I've never had any problems with my iTunes purchases. I've moved m...
- What software developers can learn from car mechanics
I've been meaning to write more about my experiences crewing on a Formula Ford team this past summer. I'm not a mechanical expert by any means. Given my interest as a kid, you might figure otherwise. I grew up memorizing the specifications for enti...
- The buzz is back
2007 is shaping up to be a lot like 1997. There's electricity in the air. There are people all over the place with ideas and the money to make them happen; but without the people possessing skills to carry them out. So it's a great time to be a sof...