Dan Dickinson: The Primary Vivid WeblogTake me back to prouder days, but please don't take my anger away.I Love A (Gay Pride) Parade- June 30, 2008 The 39th annual NYC LGBT Pride Day March was today. When it comes to colorful, lively parades, it's hard to beat. View the full set: NYC LGBT Pride Day March 2008http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/pride-day-march.php Buttons Is A (DJ) Trooper- June 25, 2008 Our poor cat has been through a lot in the last 48 hours. Like all of these sorts of stories go, it was supposed to be a regular vet checkup. But after bringing him into the Astoria Veterinary Group, it appeared that his teeth and gums - something that had been pointed out as a potential problem in the past - were in bad shape. They recommended a "deep gum cleaning". Katie had to leave him behind at the vet, turning a day that was to be spent relaxing with the cat into a day of...http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/buttons_is_a_dj_trooper.php Some Thoughts On "The Happening"- June 22, 2008 June has been a horrible month for movies. The month kicked off with the late May release of Sex And The City. My birthday was marred by the release of Kung Fu Panda and Zohan. The Love Guru and Get Smart came out this week. But there's one name in Hollywood that overshadows Mike Myers. One that defeats Sarah Jessica Parker. One that even beats down Adam Sandler. His name is M. Night Shyamalan. After landing upon Christopher Orr's amazing reviewtakedown of The Happening, I found...http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/some_thoughts_on_the_happening.php WWDC08 Keynote - iPhone 3G- June 10, 2008 "The best part of WWDC is the post game analysis. And booze." - Michael Lopp (I'm breaking up my thoughts about the WWDC keynote into multiple posts this year.) In the post keynote fracas, I was asked by multiple friends if I was upgrading. My answer shocked each and every one - a fairly blas "no". One friend shouted over IM that I would soon cave. (I'm taking the reaction as a sad commentary on how I am perceived.) This isn't to say the iPhone 3G isn't a good model; it corrects...http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/wwdc08-keynote-iphone-3g.php WWDC08 Keynote - MobileMe- June 10, 2008 "Not wanting to sound like an asshole, Phil, but I use Gmail IMAP and when I read a message on my iPod, it's read on Gmail too." - Yanik Magnan (I'm breaking up my thoughts about the WWDC keynote into multiple posts this year.) Apple has been running .mac as a service since 2000 (when it was known as iTools), and for the first six years, the service was happily functional. But the service has languished over the past two years, with service outages and a lack of compelling reasons to.http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/wwdc08-keynote-mobileme.php WWDC08 Keynote - Backgrounding- June 10, 2008 (I'm breaking up my thoughts about the WWDC keynote into multiple posts this year.) Apple did, in their usual pretzel of logic way, address the big issue regarding application development: apps that need to function in the background. In many ways, the proposal (a single connection to Apple's server handles push notification from servers) does have many benefits, and I can practically recite them off of Scott Forstall's slides. It will lead to better system performance, help save on...http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/wwdc08-keynote-backgrounding.php WWDC08 Keynote - iPhone App Demos- June 10, 2008 "Loopt is a location-based social network for douchebags who wear two ill-fitting polo shirts at the same time." - John Gruber (I'm breaking up my thoughts about the WWDC keynote into multiple posts this year.) More than any other segment of the keynote, the demonstrations of the applications excited me the most. Sega, Super Monkey Ball - One of the sources I was following during the event said the graphics were "as good as the DS". To me, it looks a lot better than many of the...http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/wwdc08-keynote-iphone-app-demos.php WWDC08 Keynote - Snow Leopard- June 10, 2008 "Man, I should have kept my 'Mac OS X 10.6 ignored' square." - John Siracusa (I'm breaking up my thoughts about the WWDC keynote into multiple posts this year.) For the sake of not wanting to vomit every time I type it, I'm going to refer to Snow Leopard merely as "10.6". A mere blip at the start of the Keynote (when Steve says "This morning I'm going to talk about the iPhone", he means it), OS X 10.6 would be talked about only at the OS X State Of The Union. To the chagrin of...http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/wwdc08-keynote-snow-leopard.php Javascript Benchmarks: Firefox 3.0RC2 vs. Webkit r34367- June 5, 2008 The latest Firefox build, versus the latest Webkit build, using SunSpider. Testing done on my iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB Ram) under normal conditions (other apps open, browser frontmost during the test). COMPARISON FIREFOX 3.0RC2 WEBKIT r34367 TOTAL : 1.56x as fast 2597.0ms +- 2.1% 1666.8ms +- 0.3% ============================================================================= 3d: 1.44x as fast ...http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/benchmarks_firefox_30rc2_vs_webk.php The Alleged End Of OS X for PPC- June 4, 2008 History lesson: Back on June 6, 2005, Apple announced that they were transitioning away from the PowerPC processor line to ones made by Intel. Rumblings formed quickly - how long until they drop PowerPC support from the OS TUAW wrote yesterday about "10.6" being unveiled at WWDC next week: We have also learned that OS X 10.6 may go gold master by December 2008 in an effort to start shipping it in January '09 at Macworld Expo. Mac OS X 10.6 will be a milestone release for Apple, as it will.http://vjarmy.com/archives/2008/06/the_alleged_end_of_os_x_for_ppc.php |