I started working on Spincloud back in 2003 when I got interested in regular expressions. I liked them so much I started looking for large sets of freely available data that I could crunch. Weather data was quite appealing; not only I’d parse it but I could get instant feedback by just looking at the parsed… Continue reading Announcing a new weahter mashup: Spincloud
Author: Florin
Mini DisplayPort saga: a reverse hangover
One benefit of owning a Mac is that you’re part of a never ending soap opera that Cupertino carefully directs. Sometimes the drama has bright spots such as the Mini Display Port story. The MDP became quite the feature story when Apple decided to scrap the DVI port on its new unibody lineup. I didn’t… Continue reading Mini DisplayPort saga: a reverse hangover
libcurl.3.dylib and Google Earth
I just installed Google Earth on my mac. It went smooth, the software was installed under Applications but when I launched it I got this: The application Google Earth quit unexpectedly. Hit the Report button and got: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcurl.3.dylib Referenced from: /Applications/Google Earth.app/Contents/MacOS/libge_net.dylib Reason: image not found I actually upgraded libcurl a while… Continue reading libcurl.3.dylib and Google Earth
Gmail themes, skin deep
Today was my lucky day according to least one popular blog. I got the Themes tab enabled in my gmail account, wohoo! I only wish they could change the font sizes too, I’m up for a microscopic look’n feel, really small and cozy-cute. My current favorite is the Shiny theme: Now, if only googlers would add a Cover Flow option instead… Continue reading Gmail themes, skin deep
Deus ex Machina
I love Hollywood movies. They project a surreal world that in which all stories have a happy ending. Whenever the hero seems to be cornered and rapidly heading to his doom, a last-second turn of events allows him to escape. This is deus ex machina. God from the machine. To the rescue. I’m thinking back… Continue reading Deus ex Machina
REST is DSL
I like RESTful URLs. They clearly express the intent of the provided resource. We humans speak a language close to REST when we talk to The Internet. Take a look at Google’s RESTful search query, probably the most used RESTful URL ever: http://www.google.com/search?q=your-terms-of-choice in freeform language this translates to: “Google, search for this term.” How… Continue reading REST is DSL
Mac wars
Oh, that “I’m a Mac” commercial is on the TV again. Then some ugly new ad where some webcam people defend the PCs on behalf of Microsoft: “I’m a PC”. While my brain was tricked into an attempted wash, I realized that I’m not any of it.I’m a human being. I’m not trying to help… Continue reading Mac wars
java.lang.Void
I’ve considered myself a Java guy (that’s before I recently started with Ruby). I’ve stumbled upon Java in 1998 and fell in love with it at first sight. I remember quite crisply my first encounter of the third kind with Hello World. But I confess, I only learned about java.lang.Void yesterday. I was digging through… Continue reading java.lang.Void
OK, starting… now
I wanted for a while to start blogging but pretended to be busy or actually being too tired of working long hours in front of my laptop to actually start writing about things. But now the time has come. Or something.