July 2006
Friday 28 July
- Features and lawsuits (16:21) - One of the more common requests for BitWise over the year is to add a feature whereby you could search other users' shared files en-masse a-la Kazaa. As much as this has been requested, we have always stood firm that this could attract a lot of unwanted attention from various entities looking to protect their rights. Now that Kazaa has successfully been sued and ordered to pay at least $100 million in fines, I am glad that we aren't already...
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Saturday 22 July
- First editions: Miamians in print (19:05) - First off, a shout out to all of the Miami University (OH) grads who read my blog! Go RedHawks! Aside from Miami being a totally awesome school, there is another motive for today's drivel. When all of you fellow Miami grads get your Summer 2006 edition of the Miamian, be sure to flip over to page 42 and check out yours truly listed on the First Editions: Miamians in print page. Look at the bottom-right of the page and you'll...
Sunday 16 July
- As gaim/Trillian is to AIM, as __________ is to Skype. Do we have a fill-in? (12:16) - As is probably fairly obvious to my long-time readers, I enjoy reading about and commenting on technology. I'm not always right, or terribly insightful, but I usually have some kind of opinion. However, I have recently found myself at a bit of a loss. This all started on Charlie Paglee's blog. Charlie is the cofounder of Vozin Communications, who is apparently not a competitor to Skype. On Thursday, he says that he received a call from a friend in China...
Monday 10 July
- True confessions of the buggy type (10:47) - Back in September 2004, I posted about the longest running bug in BitWise. At the time, that bug was about a year old. It wasn't an awful bug, but a noticable bug and one that definitely needed fixing. I am almost embarrassed to report a bug that is coming up on its third birthday. This bug is actually very easy to reproduce, which leads me to ask a few questions. (See below.) Open a whiteboard, and draw a freehand object....
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