2008 April | Baron VC

April, 2008

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Apr 08

Twits and Such for 2008-04-21

I see a lot of rants about the iPhone SDK’s NDA, it’s like an elephant in the living room. We all see it but no one can mention it #
@ebarrera some devs are releasing their stuff via Jailbreak rather than run the risk of not getting accepted into the wifi appstore. #
@terinjokes android… my mind’s already spinning from cocoa #
@ebarrera sketches was released since somebody put up a very similar demo app cough and Twinkle is venture-funded, both on Installer.app #
doesn’t make any damn sense, I’m LOST. ha ha hardy har #
kinda like a shinier twittervision.com … http://twittearth.com/ #
wasted two days on something trivial #
API assymetries pose interesting consequences #

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Apr 08

Twits and Such for 2008-04-20

Time for a cold shower and a little cocoa #
had too much cocoa, this is not going to be a walk in the park #
I wonder where my weekend went… #
ah Monday morning, lets get some exercise #

health — 3 Comments
20
Apr 08

Faking Mindful Meditation with an Eyemask and Ear Plugs

Yesterday, my brain was fried from a weekend of coding. Saturday went great, Sunday just dragged on. At the end of the day I hadn’t really accomplished much more other than confusing myself further on Cocoa development so I decided to take a break and catch up on my untended RSS feeds. And that’s when I came across the talk below on mindful meditation.

I’ve dabbled with relaxation techniques, particularly the “relaxation response” as something offering the full benefits of meditation without any religious overtones. As Dr. Kabat-Zinn mentions in the video, we all have this expectation that it’ll sharpen us with a “samurai mind” that cuts through the clouds with infinite clarity when in fact it should really about “doing nothing” just as it’s advertised.

To make a long story short, I was tired and exhausted so I decided to give it a try, when I had the time which I quickly realized was never. One of the problems with meditation is falling asleep if you are sleep deprived. I can definitely raise my hand to that. So I decided to just bust out a nice set of ear plugs and something to cover my eyes with an eye mask (from a flight I was on) and just quietly lie down pushing away all thoughts like slowly turning down a stereo’s volume.

Today I woke up pleasantly surprised and refreshed on so little sleep. Let’s see if I can do it again tonight!

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Apr 08

Twits and Such for 2008-04-19

what #
hello? #
help track #
follows #
friends #
Well well well #
Thinking about walking a tree #
where’d twitter go? #
Feeling awesome but tired #
@andrewbadera you could be right, it’s a great outlet for a repressed cubicle coder though #
@lakeshow the Tokyo I see is not the Tokyo people envy #
@gordonbrander I checked out your blog, I see some potential so keep it going #
@chacha is it going to rain in Yokohama? #
@chacha will there ever be peace in the middle east? #
So much for chacha, it must be human powered #
@andrewbadera LOL I’m definitely a serf right now, time to bring my A game to Twitter #
Having a major loyalty crisis to Rails #
@morn thanks for the kind words, I hope you feel better now #
@goaliegirl allow me to point you to @jakemarsh #
@yonderboy I simply drink in the moment #
@cameijei hay muchos más aquí http://twitterholic.com/top100/friends/ #
@gf3 merb + datamapper is tempting after working on a large rails project #
@encaf1 half-man, half-machine, all amazing LOL #
@iblee they don’t have much nutritional value #
@Yaraher exactly, that’s why rails "tempts" me. However, if it’ll save me from TEAM MIGRATION, I’d jump ship in a heart beat #
@CK67 grandmasterproductions.com?? I couldn’t think of a more kick ass domain if I tried #
@Movlogger thankkkk youuuuu toooo, muuuuust sleep #
@AngelVengador I would if they sold them at the local super market #
@TaxMan45 macs, linux, music, and dogs. you’re my kinda guy #
@jareces thanks! the tagline, "creative guy by night" definitely made my day. #

twitters — 1 Comment
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Apr 08

Twits and Such for 2008-04-18

Jabber, here I come #
follow Roy Rosin #
follow Roy Rosin #
I can tell this is already going to be a wild ride #
seriously decompressing now that my mission is accomplished. #
over the past two days, I think I’ve tried every major option of accessing Twitter from ruby libs to iphone apps #
I can always count on vimdiff #
my mind is fried from staring at too much javascript #
Passed out last night #

entertainment — 8 Comments
18
Apr 08

Lost Season 1 Post Mortem

I kind of dismissed Lost after watching the pilot episode. A plane crashes into an island and over 40 people survive? Including a dog? Engine’s still spinning on a beach and sucks up a hapless survivor to make a milkshake. I pretty much gave up on the show right there.

Then people around me kept watching it and recommending it so reluctantly, I started checking it out again. One thing about these hit shows that I felt, whether it’s Prison Break or Supernatural is, I don’t think these show creators were prepared for their shows to last more than one season. I get the same feeling with Lost, I like how the stories interweave and go back between their lives on the island and what led them there. But at the same time it gets a little crazy with polar bears and spirits. There may even be aliens. It’s like the producers are throwing a bunch of stuff out there so they can check up on the internet to see what people are saying and go from there.

I also find myself kind of detached from the characters. Jack was kinda cool but then he started getting a bit bossy and overwhelmed. Kate’s past is just way too dirty for me to give her any sympathy. Locke is a nut job. Sahid is cool but he’s too much of a British gentleman type (I don’t know why they cast an Indian as an Arab), Hurley’s funny but that’s about it. I kinda like Sawyer but I can’t really explain why. It’s amazing how the flight managed to assemble such an entourage of people with very serious issues.

I’m a little confused after season one. I guess I’ll just have to give it another try next season.

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Apr 08

Twits and Such for 2008-04-17

second day of daily flossing, gum bleeding now under control… ack #
test post from irb #
Hmmmm I guess I’ll sleep on it as the elves do their thing #

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Apr 08

Twits and Such for 2008-04-16

I’m amazed at how long my Jodeci article still continues to pull readers in from Google http://snurl.com/24k2g #
I wish everyone would stop using the Creampuff font, so I can #
a git-based relational DB would be awesome. All your data with revisions! #
ah, puttyTray. Now I can pretend I’m running Parallels on a Mac Terminal with opacity… http://www.xs4all.nl/~whaa/putty/ #
screw this, I’m going home early tonight. #
dad almost bought a mac, which is just insane #
mobiletwitter just got better #
@Peety I had my fingers crossed #
I wish MobileSafari would hang on to my sessions for Twitter #

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Apr 08

Twits and Such for 2008-04-15

try to read books on the train to work, always ends up a sleepfest. #
if there’s one good thing about having to use Windows its discovering Twihirl, but of course it’s cross platform… #
if you thought Osama had a funky name… http://tinyurl.com/4egmpf #
Home at last, the last two hours of work was über productive #
Skipped my morning exercise and slept in #

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