*Coder Blog

James Lileks of the Star-Tribune in the twin cities writes:
I have a new program that displays weather information from a variety of cities – such things are plentiful, I know, but this one suits my needs. It’s set up to tell me how things are in Mpls, Fargo, NYC, Scottsdale, and Glockamorra. Right now it’s [...]

With the lack of forecasts available in Seasonality 1.3.x, I decided to release a public beta of Seasonality 1.4. This way, international users can get a forecast back as soon as possible. There are a couple of other key features that are available with this update. One is the new moon phase/moonrise/moonset [...]

After installing the new Athlon X2 4600+ processor in Rio, I have to say I’m very impressed with the performance gains. Not only was I able to re-install Kubuntu server and get all the necessary packages installed again quickly, but the overall responsiveness of the machine is greatly improved while multitasking. This is [...]