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I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.

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Archive for December, 2001

According to the year-end zeitgeist roundup, Palm is the Web’s #4 brand.

December 22nd, 2001


According to the year-end
zeitgeist roundup
, Palm is the Web’s
#4 brand.

10:44 PM:

December 22nd, 2001

10:44 PM: My idealistic side getting the better of me, I use an
“unsubscribe” webform to try to escape a particular high-volume spamlist I
seem to have gotten myself onto: hotdeals1@lists.em5000.com.
10:47 PM: I receive a new message from the same list. Bastards.

Erin:

December 22nd, 2001


Erin: “I know that’s their name, but I’ll always think of
a high school football team every time someone mentions the ‘Fighting
Uruk-hai’.”

Travel fun:

December 21st, 2001


Travel fun: I’m on the ground in Houston, but my checked bag is
still somewhere in Dallas…

Xerox Wins Case Against Palm, 3Com.

December 20th, 2001


Xerox Wins Case Against Palm, 3Com
.
“Xerox said it will push for Palm to either to stop making its handheld
electronic organizers, which use the handwriting recognition software, or
license the technology from Xerox.”

I found this little gem in the BBEdit 6.5.1 release notes:

December 20th, 2001

I found this little gem in the BBEdit
6.5.1 release notes
:

CButton now special cases kBevelButtonTemplateID, and when running on Mac OS
X, will make the bevel buttons have rounded corners. (This prevents you from
cutting your tongue when licking them.)

[11:36] <ctate> Noooooooooo!

December 20th, 2001


[11:36] <ctate> Noooooooooo! www.adcritic.com is shut down!!!!
[11:42] <todd> Be strong, ctate.

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