I write about the things I find interesting. It’s really random stuff.
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Update [20140123]: I’ve made a few modifications to the boot flags. I admit it. I’m a big fan of technology and I have been always fascinated with the FOSS movement. When we renovated the house, I made sure to…
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Steambox vs. the Incumbants (Xbox One, PS4)
[stag_intro]I was very pleased when Valve announced Steam OS, Steam Box and their new controller. In a year of console refreshes it struck me as the right defensive manoeuvre for Valve. [/stag_intro] The computing power available in consoles far exceeds…
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On to WordPress
I grew a bit frustrated with Octopress. Too much work to keep multiple development environments in sync. Then Apple broke my ruby installation in a recent Mountain Lion example. So I decided to bite the bullet and install WordPress. Not…
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Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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Moving Away from Octopress
UPDATE: This is an archived post from my previous site running Octopress. You’ll notice that I did indeed move platforms. -Tai One of the interesting things I’ve noticed in my virtuous cycle of blogging and writing: I get into a definite…
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My thoughts on moving from UX to Product Management
So I stopped practicing UX at Kobo. Haven’t touched the stuff in over 9-months. I don’t even have Omnigraffle or any Adobe products installed. I don’t even know if I could graffle my way out of a wireframe. A bit…
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Finally back up
Over the past 6 months, I made a few error in judgements that have affected my ability to author stuff on the blog. I started worrying about migrating content from my blog Stupid. Really stupid. I have most of the…
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Text Editor Wars – Return of the jEdit
UPDATE (2014-09-13): I’ve been using Sublime Text since mid-2013. It’s so awesome. Apologies for the pithy title, but it’s so easy to use Star Wars allusions with jEdit. I discovered jEdit back in 2003, while working in my first Information…
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IKEA SLITBAR chef’s knife review
Updated (2012/10/31) – Added some more thoughts about the knife’s usability and design aspect. Updated (2014/11/24) – Added some more thoughts after using the knife for 2 years. Updated (2017/01/02) – Another update. ASIDE: I originally started this post April…
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Luma Labs Cinch Review
I ordered the Cinch camera strap the morning that I got the email on December 26th, 2011. I’ve wanted a Luma Labs sling ever since they first came out. Thoughts after using it over the last 4 months: Stable Comfortable…