StrikeAwe

This is a call for opinions and knowledge.

I had a conversation with a friend last night who came to a sudden state of uncertainty and fear about the need to make changes in their life--a life which is overall pretty good, but which isn't necessarily fulfilling all their needs anymore. And what became clear as the conversation went ...

First, the solution: $9.99 Comodo SSL Certificate from NameCheap.com

(Leave me a comment if this helps you! Thanks!)

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Second, the explanation:

I'm a big fan of Google, and their Google Checkout system is a pretty great service as far as online payment systems/merchant accounts go... but their documentation ...

Eric and I wrote and performed a song for Shelby and Glenn at Shelby's wedding, and ever since then, people have been dying to have a recorded copy of it. Well, at long last, as Shelby's birthday gift, I've made it available for download.

Check it out:

http://zerocoordinate.com/gabriel/wedding.html

I had some pretty major problems with my barely-month-old 3G iPhone this week. When I upgraded it to the 2.0.1 firmware (through iTunes, 100% legit, no jailbreaking, no unlocking, no hacks, no nothing) the first time it outright failed the update and went into Recovery Mode. So I restored it, and this time it completed the process. After ...

I wish I could say all the things I'd like to say about the way that UC Berkeley has handled its organizational transitions in the past two years. About the way that the UC Office of the President (the body that manages all 10 campuses) handles their contracts. About all the politics that go on behind the scenes, and ...

Taking care of the financial business for Zero Coordinate is easily the most difficult part of the job, I have to say. The decentralized, poorly organized, hard-to-find information regarding taxes, tax payments, and exactly how to go about it all just doesn't cut it more often than not. It's easy to see why the preferred method is to ...

In an ironic twist, while writing up my entry about User Interface Design, one of my business partners was watching a video promo by Jeff Howe for his book Crowdsourcing (view the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0-UtNg3ots ). What struck me as he's talking about the internet enabling "the crowd" to do all the tasks that ...

I just wrapped up reading a fantastic paper (nearly 50 pages) on the problems of User Interface Design, particularly the problems inherent in conveying information graphically. Magic Ink: Information Software and the Graphical Interface, the entire piece is available here: http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/

I decided, for my own benefit in remembering, to write out a summary of what I ...

I didn't even realize how desparately I needed a vacation until it hit me tonight that I've done hardly anything in more than four days and I still don't feel even remotely bored or ready to do anything BUT rest.

Six months of non-stop work, putting in 40 hours at one job and another 30 or so ...