Archive for July, 2005

Heading to OSCON

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

If I weren’t working, it would be a vacation!

Using Open Source

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

In Adobe Illustrator I type the word copyright into the search box in the Help Center. The page that results includes the following paragraph:

This product includes either BISAFE and/or TIPEM software by RSA Data Security, Inc. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptosoft.com). This software is based in part on the [...]

Build vs. Buy

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

In 1996, when we bought the playset pictured in the background, it came as a pile of pine treated lumber, and some plastic bits. It took most of the summer to build the thing. (Yes, that’s how Gina talks on the phone. It’s a family habit.)
Corey was 6. He was in [...]

Plans B and C

Friday, July 8th, 2005

I got back from Boston, and there was a package from Apple.
It was (another) copy of Mathematica.
Academic Edition.
After three separate progressively less cordial conversations, I made (another) trip to Kinko’s — this time to send a return and await my refund.

Plan B involves trying to purchase a non-academic edition direct from Wolfram.
Gina and SKaRey [...]

Educational Discount

Saturday, July 2nd, 2005

My copy of Mathematica arrived yesterday. Yay.
Today, I sent it back. Boo.
Here’s what happened.
I ordered it on May 28th from the Apple store. 2-day shipping. Yay. Then, I got the bad news — they couldn’t ship it on the original estimated date. It would ship on or before the [...]