I’ve been getting into Applescript development lately and found a nifty program to run some scripts whenever I put my macbook to sleep or wake it up. The program is called SleepWatcher and here are the steps you can take to get it working: Download and install SleepWatcher Create two scripts in your home directory [...]
Every week I tune in to watch the Totally Rad Show on Revision3. It is a show the reviews current movies, tv, videogames, comics, and more. A great show that talks about entertainment that fits my tastes. Every year they have an awards show where the three hosts give their top 5 from each category [...]
I have been running into this issue lately since I restored my macbook from a Time Machine backup. The error says the following: “This backup is too large for the backup volume. <space required for backup> is needed, but only <free space on disk> is available.” This error is the result of a bug in [...]
I recently restored my macbook from a Time Machine backup and ran into the following error whenever I tried to start Mail.app: Error: This version of Mail (4.0, 1075/1076) is not Compatible with Your Version of OSX (10.6.1) The reason for this is that the data associated with the 10.6.1 update for Mail.app did not [...]
Here it is! After a few days of getting tips from friends, colleagues, comments, and twitter, I have found a wealth of great things to do in Raleigh. The purpose of this is is that I want to explore and experience everything that Raleigh has to offer. I’ve come to really love the city and [...]
I have decided to create a list. This list will involve important landmarks, events, venues, restaurants, bars, tours, theaters, plays, whatever comes to mind that I personally have not experienced yet. My good friend Jason decided to name it “The Ryding List.” I want to find out about the hole-in-wall restaurants, the hidden treasures, the places that people who really know Raleigh can tell me about. If you know of anything in the city that you would tell a friend or family that they need to see before they leave, I want to know about it.
Last week I finished reading Douglas Crockford’s Javascript: The Good Parts. This is a book aimed at average to advanced Javascript developers or experienced developers that have an interest in the language but have only heard bad things about it. If you are in either of these two camps, I highly recommend this book. Crockford [...]
I love career fair, I have been going to them since freshman year. Career fairs are the easiest way to interface and meet with company representatives, from HR people, recruiters, to engineers and maybe some executives. This past year I learned and tried various tricks and social engineering to be able to get every single [...]
Last fall I went into the school year with a few expectations. I would stay there for the year, be a Resident Adviser, find a new internship for next summer, and just have an all around good time. Then came the time of the fall’s Engineering expo. I was invited to a lunch with company [...]
So back in March I was asked to give a tech talk on my experiences with IBM’s new product Rational Team Concert and its Jazz Platform. One of my colleagues mentioned that I was going to be mentioned in a press release, but I never saw it. ……until now. IBM Helps Universities Prepare Future Software [...]