I've been using a Dvorak keyboard layout for close to 30 years. Ever since I started, I've relied on software to remap the keys on standard keyboards.
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I recently purchased a Unitek USB hard drive bay to use with my Synology NAS. I give it five stars. (★★★★★). I was worried that it wouldn't work because Synology's help documents state:
USB devices should be connected to your Synology NAS directly. Connecting any devices through a USB hub is not supported.
I'm pleased to report that it works just fine.
I recently upgraded my NAS from a 15 year old Infrant ReadyNAS to a new Synology DS218+. I give it five stars (★★★★★) with a few minor complaints from the perspective of a Linux power user.
I got an email from somebody named Lindrian about the article I had written about using regular expressions to find comments in source code.
I've been using Nedit for at least 10 years as my primary text editor. It has standard features for a programmer's text editor:
- Syntax highlighting
- Line numbering
- Brace matching
There are a few areas in which the authors put in a lot of attention to detail. It outshines every other text editor that I've ever used in these areas.
I have been playing with the Maynard Community Band since 2002.
Every year the band plays several concerts:
- Summer concert series Wednesday night in Memorial Park, Maynard, MA
- Maynardfest in downtown Maynard, MA, midday on a Saturday in September
- Christmas pops concert on a Wednesday night before Christmas as Union Congregation Church, Maynard, MA
- A handful of other gigs at nursing homes, private events, and community activities
Rehearsals are on Wednesday nights, check the schedule of upcomingevents for exact times and places.
I recently started working as a software developer at care.com. It is a website focused on finding babysitters, nannies, dog sitters, elderly care and personal assistants. I am responsible for building features for the site.
I just got a new cell phone: The T-Mobile Sidekick ID. This is re-branded version of the Danger Hiptop. I got the "light" version of the Sidekick III that does not come with bluetooth or a camera.
Overall, I am very happy with my Sidekick. It has many features that I've never had in a handheld device before. Many of the limitations that I have found are compared to a full featured desktop with a wired internet connection.
Co-worker Reed Meyer collects astronomy links. The page has both popular astonomy links and more technical links for serious astol --er-- astronomers.
I have been eying products that transmit your Ipod on a radio station for listening on your car radio for over a year now. Up until now, the offerings have seemed rather limiting in some way. Either it has been too hard to change the station, the Ipod didn't charge in the car, or the Ipod sat inconveniently on the passenger seat. The Griffin Road trip seems to be the best Ipod transmitter available, as it doesn't have any of these problems.
Since I spent about six months of my professional life working on TripAdvisor's hotel availability comparison feature, I thought a little writeup about it here would be appropriate. If you fill in the form over on the right you will be taken to a page on TripAdvisor that shows hotels that are available for the dates that you chose.
When my DVD player died recently (a Toshiba SD-3750 -- the motor on the DVD tray died), I decided to replace both the broken DVD player, and my 40 hour TiVo2 with a new Humax TiVo with DVD.
A good friend of mine from college, Andy, has been programming music visualization software for many years now. He started SoundSpectrum, a company based on his work. Recently another friend of mine, Anton, joined him. They just released their newest version of G-Force on June 8, 2005.
I recently purchased a 5.8G Hz digital spread spectrum, multi-handset phone from VTech. Not wanting to pay full price, I found a used base station and some used handsets on Ebay and purchased them from different people.