EGOPOLY

How awesome would this be?

http://www.forsyth.co.nz/index.html

“Totally awesome” is the correct answer.

Maybe in 10 years or so…

Note to self: http://www.manytricks.com/openwithmanager/

Might be useful.

visualvm --jdkhome /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/

via http://denverdev.blogspot.com/2008/09/setting-up-sun-visualvm-on-mac-osx.html

A nice summary of latency, what it means to your web business and how to attack it. Thanks Derek for the link.

http://highscalability.com/latency-everywhere-and-it-costs-you-sales-how-crush-it

Dabbleboard

iPhone:
Flight info
Hotel info
Boston Coach info
Fully charge

Computer:
presentation
verify keynote is installed on computer
verify VPN to home/work
verify iDisk sync
charge computer

Laptop bag:
Empty first
Full itinerary on a piece of paper, in outer pocket, and on fridge at home.
paper copy of conference agenda
Computer + charger
ipod + headphones
extra iphone headphones
extra ipod USB cable
ipod/iphone wall charger
camera?
2 books
medicine bag
toothbrush
mp3 cd of good music if renting a car
energy bar
pen
notebook/paper
business cards
eyeglasses case so I don’t leave them on the plane in the seatback again!

Duffle:
clothes + 1 day extra
swimsuit
dress shirt?
dress shoes?

Wear:
phone
travel watch
sports jacket
dress shirt
minimize wallet

Turn off leopard dock. Change background to solid color. Turn off Genie effect. Increase keyboard repeat speed to max.

Install developer tools (xcode), firefox, macports, mysql.

Macport installs: lynx, openvpn2, wget.

Firefox: install web developer, firebug, tamper data, foxmarks. Turn off auto update check for plugins, browser, search engines.

.mac: sync contacts, safari bookmarks, idisk.

home directory: copy .ssh, emacs files, cshrc and environments, bin directory.

Download Sprint Novatel U727 drivers.

Install IPSecuritas, configure ipsec for home, work.

It’s time for a new laptop. Should I get a black MacBook or a MacBook Air? I keep waffling. I basically use it for remote access to my work/home desktop computers, for web browsing and email.

Black:

Faster (33%50%)
More Disk Space (3X)
Faster Disk (5400RPM)
Has DVD
Cheaper ($300)

Air:

Awesome LED backlit display
Smaller

I’m leaning towards the BlackBook.

Update: BlackBook it is! What put me over the edge (aside from *cough* $300) was lack of an ethernet port on the Air. I don’t want to carry around a stupid dongle to plug in to a LAN.

oh yes.

http://videogum.com/archives/the-ultimate-argument-settler/lightsaber_010339.html

You’d think this would just be on the install DVD, but I couldn’t find it.

http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/