Comments for Walker Software Weblog http://www.walkersoftware.net Beware, we're redesigning. Things will break. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:29:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Android by Brooks http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/11/12/android/#comment-1809 Brooks Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:42:31 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/11/12/android/#comment-1809 Adam, I always thought that BREW was junk. Interesting point about the Apache Software License. Hopefully mega corps and others will see the value in "opening up" a bit and stop locking up everything they own. I know that is a hard concept for many existing businesses due to the decade long trend of frantically patent locking everything. BTW, I am all for patents, just in certain situations. This was one of the best reviews/previews of the Android architecture I have read. I like the fact that you took an open minded approach. Hmmmmm, leads me to believe you might be somewhat open minded. Anyway, guess I am done blowing sunshine your way but I really enjoyed it. Adam,

I always thought that BREW was junk. Interesting point about the Apache Software License. Hopefully mega corps and others will see the value in “opening up” a bit and stop locking up everything they own. I know that is a hard concept for many existing businesses due to the decade long trend of frantically patent locking everything. BTW, I am all for patents, just in certain situations.

This was one of the best reviews/previews of the Android architecture I have read. I like the fact that you took an open minded approach. Hmmmmm, leads me to believe you might be somewhat open minded. Anyway, guess I am done blowing sunshine your way but I really enjoyed it.

]]> Comment on “That’s something else, also terrible.” by Adam http://www.walkersoftware.net/2008/01/19/cloverfield/#comment-1801 Adam Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:14:34 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/2008/01/19/cloverfield/#comment-1801 While this post was tongue-in-cheek, gizmodo now has <a href="http://gizmodo.com/347463/the-real-camera-behind-cloverfield" rel="nofollow">details of the real camera</a> used in <em>Cloverfield</em>. While this post was tongue-in-cheek, gizmodo now has details of the real camera used in Cloverfield.

]]> Comment on Android by Adam http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/11/12/android/#comment-1800 Adam Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:31:34 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/11/12/android/#comment-1800 @Rick Johnson: According to <a href="http://www.pepper.com/forums/showthread.php?t=392" rel="nofollow">this thread</a>, you can boot a pp3 from USB stick or USB CDRom drive. Therefore you should be able to install any edition of Linux you like. Since Android is Linux-based it maybe usable on the pepper pad. It would be a matter of drivers and configuration. However, if they are truly bricked, then it probably won't matter. @Rick Johnson: According to this thread, you can boot a pp3 from USB stick or USB CDRom drive. Therefore you should be able to install any edition of Linux you like. Since Android is Linux-based it maybe usable on the pepper pad. It would be a matter of drivers and configuration. However, if they are truly bricked, then it probably won’t matter.

]]> Comment on Android by Rick Johnson http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/11/12/android/#comment-1799 Rick Johnson Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:36:18 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/11/12/android/#comment-1799 I have two pepper pad 3's and both are currently bricks(I can run PCLinuxOS). Do you see Android as a possible Pepper OS replacement? I have two pepper pad 3’s and both are currently bricks(I can run PCLinuxOS). Do you see Android as a possible Pepper OS replacement?

]]> Comment on One Reason Web Apps Suck by Adam http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/07/03/one-reason-web-apps-suck/#comment-1426 Adam Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:27:52 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/07/03/one-reason-web-apps-suck/#comment-1426 True Romain, IMAP helps. Too bad half my accounts are pop only. This time around, I gotta setup all my sent messages to stored on the server. Because 60% of the time, I'm searching for an email I sent and half the time it's on the other computer. True Romain, IMAP helps. Too bad half my accounts are pop only. This time around, I gotta setup all my sent messages to stored on the server. Because 60% of the time, I’m searching for an email I sent and half the time it’s on the other computer.

]]> Comment on One Reason Web Apps Suck by Romain Guy http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/07/03/one-reason-web-apps-suck/#comment-1425 Romain Guy Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:20:53 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/2007/07/03/one-reason-web-apps-suck/#comment-1425 Not that tedious with IMAP though. Not that tedious with IMAP though.

]]> Comment on Automator: Text to iPod by js http://www.walkersoftware.net/2005/10/26/automator-text-to-ipod/#comment-906 js Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:15:07 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/?p=47#comment-906 This is pretty sweet! I've never screwed around with the automator before. I wonder if I could use it to check blogs without rss feeds for mp3s to download (tried to kludge my way through with wget, got frustrated and quit). This is pretty sweet! I’ve never screwed around with the automator before. I wonder if I could use it to check blogs without rss feeds for mp3s to download (tried to kludge my way through with wget, got frustrated and quit).

]]> Comment on NetBeans and Hibernate Tools by Adam http://www.walkersoftware.net/2006/03/08/netbeans-and-hibernate-tools/#comment-848 Adam Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:36:06 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/2006/03/08/netbeans-and-hibernate-tools/#comment-848 @Wilkes If by not "100% up on all this tech" you mean that I don't know eclipse well enough too find the features added by plugins in less time than it would take for me create ant tasks, then I'll agree. I don't use eclipse enough to really be familiar with anything other than the basics. I prefer a text-editor and ant (or even NetBeans). I never cared for IBM's approach IDEs before or after eclipse. To be fair, eclipse isn't the only IDE or application that suffers from this problem. Most applications offer a powerful plugin system and are popular with plugin writers suffer from an inconsistent UI. @Wilkes
If by not “100% up on all this tech” you mean that I don’t know eclipse well enough too find the features added by plugins in less time than it would take for me create ant tasks, then I’ll agree. I don’t use eclipse enough to really be familiar with anything other than the basics. I prefer a text-editor and ant (or even NetBeans). I never cared for IBM’s approach IDEs before or after eclipse.

To be fair, eclipse isn’t the only IDE or application that suffers from this problem. Most applications offer a powerful plugin system and are popular with plugin writers suffer from an inconsistent UI.

]]> Comment on NetBeans and Hibernate Tools by Wilkes http://www.walkersoftware.net/2006/03/08/netbeans-and-hibernate-tools/#comment-846 Wilkes Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:09:29 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/2006/03/08/netbeans-and-hibernate-tools/#comment-846 I don't think max was being snotty. And your blog hasn't left me with the impression that you are 100% up on all this tech. I do agree with the notion that plugins end up providing features in all sorts of weird places - I'd prefer to have barebones access to everything, and a decent 5 minute ramp up (where to stick everything, and what to stick in it). Then I can float around by myself, with enough jargon absorbed to harness the google. I don’t think max was being snotty. And your blog hasn’t left me with the impression that you are 100% up on all this tech.

I do agree with the notion that plugins end up providing features in all sorts of weird places - I’d prefer to have barebones access to everything, and a decent 5 minute ramp up (where to stick everything, and what to stick in it). Then I can float around by myself, with enough jargon absorbed to harness the google.

]]> Comment on NetBeans and Hibernate Tools by Adam http://www.walkersoftware.net/2006/03/08/netbeans-and-hibernate-tools/#comment-163 Adam Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:06:49 +0000 http://www.walkersoftware.net/2006/03/08/netbeans-and-hibernate-tools/#comment-163 max, No need to get snotty. As I said, I had high expectations -- higher than what I saw and higher than your list of features I didn't see. One of my complains against Eclipse and IDEs in general is that the features of plugins are often in non-obvious places. I like being able to use the most important features from ant -- In fact I PREFER ant to Eclipse. I would prefer to download the hibernate tools separately from the eclipse plugin. max, No need to get snotty. As I said, I had high expectations — higher than what I saw and higher than your list of features I didn’t see. One of my complains against Eclipse and IDEs in general is that the features of plugins are often in non-obvious places. I like being able to use the most important features from ant — In fact I PREFER ant to Eclipse. I would prefer to download the hibernate tools separately from the eclipse plugin.

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