ctEggTimer – Version 1.6 released
Just some small bug fixes for this release. Someday I’ll get to the bigger features that the fans have requested. ctEggTimer v1.6 for Winders ctEggTimer v1.6 for Linux
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CULLYTech ctEggTimer v1.5 Released!
I skipped over version 1.4 and I’m jumping right to version 1.5. I’d like to thank the many of the users of the timer and the suggestions that have been pouring in. I couldn’t get to them all for this release but I’m pleased with where it is right now. The major enhancement is the [...]
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CULLYTech Timer v1.3
More good feedback and more changes to the CULLYTech Pomodoro Timer. There are new VCR style buttons for play and stop. There is a new Pause button! Handy for when you are interrupted. It happens in real life, so I thought I’d put on a pause button. I’ve made small improvements on letting you know [...]
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The Pomodoro Technique
A developer friend of mine, Toni Feltman, was Tweeting about reading the Pomodoro Technique. This technique is meant to increase productivity by focusing on a task uninterpted for 25 minute blocks, followed by a short break, and then repeating. Every four 25 minute blocks, you can take a longer break. Read more about the Pomodoro [...]
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MP3 Download from Walmart : FAIL
I’m really liking that we can now purchase DRM free music in the form of MP3s. Napster, Amazon, Walmart, and others finally are providing the way to purchase music without handcuffs for personal use. I’m finally glad to see the music industry to get that bug out of their … but something isn’t quite right. [...]
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Gates and M$’ future direction in programming?
My friend, Russell Campbell, sent me this link this morning. Gates talks up declarative modeling language effort F(@*$($(*&*#(*$$*#()@) I’m so happy I’m getting off the M$ B$. Here’s my favorite quote that I think says it all: “It’s something that will change software development…” Of course this is a gem too: “… a lot of [...]
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Ordered Grandma a Dell Ubuntu PC
My mother, (my children’s grandmother) is sorely in need of a new computer. Her old one is running Windows ME and is in need of either (1) reformatting or (2) dropped into Lake Lanier. She doesn’t have Office and I can’t get OpenOffice to install on the damn thing. I also can’t get Adobe Acrobat [...]
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FoxForward – Registration deadline approaches
I just wanted to give you a friendly reminder that the next price bump or FoxForward is coming up this weekend. Either way, it is still great value at $450 by this weekend, or $550 thereafter. We’d love to have you attend the conference. There will be plenty of Fox presentations, as well as other [...]
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Lefebvre certifies Microsoft as “Insane”
I met Paul at the REAL World conference this year. Very sharp guy. Paul says that M$ isn’t dead, it’s gone off it’s rails insane. Read more at his blog at Software Made Simple. The Visual Foxpro crowd is left adrift same as the VB6 crowd that Paul mentions. M$ expects us to enter their [...]
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REALbasic Screencast 2 – Simple RB Internet App Walkthrough
In this screencast, I’m taking a simple REALbasic example application, doing a quick show of the code behind the scenes, and building the application for Linux and Windows. The results and operation are virtually identical on both platforms. Take a look! Click here to see the screencast in your browser. Click here to download the [...]
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