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Just Shelley

When UPS says “train derailment”

I received a notice from UPS on a package shipped from California. “Train derailment” was all it said. So I have to backtrack to discover that a coal train derailed in Nevada on Sunday, damaging the tracks. The tracks weren’t fixed until Tuesday, which delayed all other trains using these same tracks. My package arrived […]

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Specs

Response to a recent posting in Google+

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My response to a recent post in Google+ by Ian Hickson: You’re comparing apples to oranges, +Ian Hickson. There’s a world of difference between developing a specific piece of software and creating a specification. In addition, you’re also incorrect with your understanding of the ‘tech lead model’. You may have worked […]

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Technology

Look out: Android in the kitchen

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was a late comer to the legions of mobile device owners. However, when I finally crossed over with my purchase of the first generation Kindle Fire, there was no looking back. To the Kindle Fire has now been added an Android smart phone and other tablets —the number of […]

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Just Shelley

Golden Girl going, going, going

Folks who have been reading my various publications over the years will know about Golden Girl. Golden Girl is a 2002 Ford Focus I purchased when living in San Francisco a decade ago. She’s my first car, since I didn’t get a driver’s license until later in life. How much later in life is incidental to this […]

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Books JavaScript Technology

Finished tech review and the move to Node 0.8x

Just finished the final tech review of my Learning Node book. At 400 pages, it’s a big book. I must admit to being more than a little tired. Right now, I feel I could sleep for a week. The big announcement in Node land is that unstable 0.7.x is being moved to stable 0.8.x next week. As a […]