http://www.lindenlan.net Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:15:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Olympics are over. However during, it annoyed me how the media outlets ranked the medal totals either counting total medals or counting total golds. Neither option accounts for the relative values of the medals. The former treats all medals as equal, whereas the former disregards the ... http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/08/24/tally-ho-olympic-medal-rankings-should-be-weighted/ I like to use my iPhone for viewing podcasts. However, managing them through iTunes leaves much to be desired because some podcasts I like to view and then trash them, while others I like to archive and have synced at all times. iTunes does not have an obvious ... http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/08/17/how-to-better-manage-your-ipod-iphone-podcasts/ I like Ruby, but I don't like its performance, so I'm really anticipating Ruby 2.0. Meanwhile, I've been dabbling in Python. Learning a new language and comparing and contrasting them, really helps with determining each language's strengths and weaknesses. For example, you can easily update all your ... http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/08/08/easy_update-upgrade-all/ January, last year, I had thought perhaps my switch to Apple would begin with the first rev iPhone. By the time the iPhone debuted it didn't provide a good enough value proposition for me then. Fast-forward to July 12th, and you would have found me standing in line ... http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/07/21/my-first-bite-of-an-apple/ Are you really saving any money? Not really. 2-year contract iPhone (8GB) iPhone 3G (8GB) Phone $400 $200 Voice $960 $960 Data $480 $720 Total ... http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/06/09/half-priced-iphone-3g-not-so-fast/ MyGoogleCal2 no longer works 100% in Internet Explorer. A runtime error occurs when navigating month-to-month or when switching to Agenda mode. The workaround is to simply hide the navigation interface. Now, I don't know if this bug was introduced when Google updated the code last month, or ... http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/04/23/restyle-google-calendar-3/ If you've been keeping up with the US Democratic primary, you've probably heard what a piss-poor job ABC did conducting the Pennsylvania debate. It sometimes floors me that Jon Stewart et al. often give more credible news and commentary than the major news outlets. One of the more ... http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/04/19/pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey/ One of my readers asked for a step-by-step set of instructions to install MyGoogleCal2.php. My original posts for restyling Google Calendar did assume a certain level of expertise. This should hopefully help those who are still confused. Share This http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/03/22/how-to-install-mygooglecal2php/ After many false starts, I decided that I really needed to wrap my head around unit testing when writing Rails applications. I more or less completed a Rails 1.2.3 application without any formal tests, and I would like to upgrade it to 2.0.2 and make it RESTful in the ... http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/03/03/rspec-autotest-and-ruby-libnotify/ I watch anime. That, Lego blocks, and video games are the three childhood vices I never outgrew. It's just that my hobbies have matured along with me. I now prefer games that are rated M even though I still enjoy those that are rated E. I ... http://www.lindenlan.net/2008/02/27/wolf-around-the-world/