Wil Shipley is giving away a CPU

Thats right. The man behind Delicious Library is giving away an Intel CPU for which he has no use.

>The CPU is is supposed to be worth, like, $1,000, and it’s still sealed in its original box with a giant heat-sink and everything, and I’ve decided to give it away to some lucky blog reader.

Rather than have you perform some menial task, I’ve decided to combine my loves (attention-whore and the environment) and give the CPU to the greenest, gamingest reader out there.

Good luck.

WriteRoom 1.0

WriteRoom is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, WriteRoom is just about you and your text.

This is a great little program. I love seeing people make things simpler, instead of constantly getting more complex.

Calendar fun

In a valiant attempt to suddenly become organized in regards to my time, and by extension my life, I have just set up, synchronized, updated, and published my future online. I know I’m a huge geek, but I really do think this could help me. As long as I don’t spend more time fiddling with different tools, feeds, protocols etc., than I do actually using the god-damn thing then I should be fine. Really, I just set up three tools to talk to each other:

1. iCal.app
2. Google Calendar
3. Basecamp

I use iCal to post all my personal events, Basecamp to keep track of work, and Google to access it all from anywhere. The only drawback to this set-up is that I can’t edit my iCal events from within Google Calendar (i.e. when I’m at work). I am publishing my iCal calendars to .Mac, but the web inteface for .Mac is horrible, only allowing you to view one calendar at a time without editing. Maybe eventually I will move my personal calendars to Google Calendar, but for now I like how iCal feels.

It seems like there should be a way to have all of my calendars in one central place, such as a folder on this webserver, which I could then link to from any calendar tool, whether it was an application, a web page, or a cell phone. The current situation only lets you “subscribe” to calendars, which means you can’t edit or save events in the central repository. We need two-way communication between all these different services.

Any ideas out there?

Marathon: Rubicon X

From MacUser.com:

Before Halo, Marathon was the hot game Bungie Studios made. It was even for Mac! The series was naturally very popular in our little community. I fondly remember the afternoons I spent playing it. Rubicon X is a completely new game, downloadable for free.

This is really cool. There are all new levels, etc., and the whole thing runs on the Aleph 1 engine which is open source, so… you know… nerd points. I remember getting a demo of Marathon at Macworld Expo Boston in ’94. It definitely seemed ahead of its time, and it was great that it was for Mac.

Then Microsoft swallowed Bungie, and the rest is history.

Anyways, it’s free, so go get it.

Why I Love Macs

This is the first computer I ever had. The Mac Plus. What a sweet little machine. No hard drive. 1 MB of RAM. 8 Mhz processor. 512 x 342 pixels. Totally awesome. I’m going home in a couple of weeks and I’m going to fish this thing out of my mom’s attic. My girlfriend is going to give me that look, like “Are you fucking serious?” Absolutely.

Update: PC World magazine just named the Mac Plus the 4th greatest computer of all time.

One more thing.

A while a go I asked whether there was any utility to keep you updated on your current IP address, if you are stuck with a static IP. Well it seems there are actually a few tools (mostly free) out there that do just that and more. If you are in this predicament check out www.no-ip.com or DynDNS.

Son of a bitch.

Well, that was a pain in the ass. My IP address changed, but all the links in WordPress were set up using the old address. So getting back to the admin page was tricky… but do-able. I think the moral of the story is twofold – A: I need to break down and pay for hosting until I can afford to set up my own server and do it right. B: localhost, localhost, localhost. Until I get my shit in gear this set up is strictly for development purposes only.

Thanks, and goodnight.

Oh and by the way, tomorrow is the start of a long birthday weekend for myself.

9 Rules

I found this at the The 9rules Network.

1. Love what you do.
2. Never stop learning.
3. Form works with function.
4. Simple is beautiful.
5. Work hard, play hard.
6. You get what you pay for.
7. When you talk, we listen.
8. Must constantly improve.
9. Respect your inspiration.

9 Rules

I found this at the The 9rules Network.

1. Love what you do.
2. Never stop learning.
3. Form works with function.
4. Simple is beautiful.
5. Work hard, play hard.
6. You get what you pay for.
7. When you talk, we listen.
8. Must constantly improve.
9. Respect your inspiration.