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Love Me Tender
Belize is surrounded by beautiful corral reefs teeming with marine life. This means that sailing into the port and right up to a dock is impossible for cruise ships like the MV Explorer, and we passengers must tender a ride to shore. Loading onto the tender boats can be a little bit hairy for some […]
Jamaica is banana, man.
A couple of days ago we had the good fortune of a day in port at Montego Bay, Jamaica. We really enjoyed our visit and loved the “no problem” spirit of the Jamaican people, but our hearts went out to the many poverty-stricken families we saw all around. As our tour van turned onto a […]
Looking for Boobies
Yesterday was an “at sea” day on board the MV Explorer, which meant more work for Shannon and more time enjoying the best job on the ship for me (i.e. freeloader, tag-a-long, T-Pain). I attended three fascinating lectures by University of Virginia professors Drs. Ricardo Padron, Max Brandt, and Iain Campbell. Dr. Padron’s lecture was […]
Ocean Sunsets
Yesterday was so full of fascinating lectures and ship life that I haven’t had a chance to write anything about it yet. Here are a couple of sunset shots I snapped in the meantime, however.
Bahamaniac
Yesterday was embarkation day for the 400+ passengers that are joining us for the first 2-week voyage, which meant a busy day for all ship’s staff but some time to explore the Bahamas for freeloaders like me. While Shannon was slaving away behind the reference desk helping all the newcomers get adjusted to the ship […]
Check Your “self” Before You Wriggity Wreck Yourself
I had an annoying day of trying to track down memory leaks and other memory-related iPhone development problems yesterday which turned out to be caused by a really simple and careless absence of the word “self” in one of my initialization methods. Observe. itemId = itemIdentifier; is definitely not the same as self.itemId = itemIdentifier; […]
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Vibra-slappa rata-tat-tatta
Whew! It has been a busy couple of weeks. We started, finished, and released to the App Store our first iPhone application and launched a new iPhone consultancy company, Believe in Science Software. Right now it’s all still pretty exciting, so I’m feeling both exhausted and extremely energized at the same time. The app is […]
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Healthy Quakers Won’t Completely Prevent My Getting Naked
I recently noticed that the Quaker company has been healthy-ing up its products. Two of my favorites, Natural Granola and Instant Oatmeal, have dropped high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oils from their ingredient lists. I thought it was interesting because the change wasn’t accompanied by any marketing hype. I expected at least a […]
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The New Year
2009 is here. The weather in Indiana is just as depressing as it usually is this time of year: gray skies, brown trees, too cold to enjoy very many non-snowy outdoor activities, not consistently cold enough to keep some snow around. Spring can’t get here fast enough. Weather aside, though, 2009 is gearing up to […]
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Open Source Software Collaboration with Daan
I recently had a cool experience with open source software and the worldwide internet community. A while back I was working at a giant insurance company that had a history of ginormous development teams and projects that grew way beyond original scope, went way over budget, and were occasionally canceled even after completion because the […]
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