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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 April 28th, 2004

Warflying

April 28th, 2004



This one’s for
temple: “We all know what wardriving is – discovering wireless networks while driving some sort of ground-based vehicle. Warflying is kind of like that, except you are travelling at about 120 miles per hour and flying about 1500 above ground.

Lemonade and Lord of the Rings

April 28th, 2004



erinmak: Lemonade
and Lord of the Rings
. “Why do we condition children growing up to
believe that summer is relaxed and free, when as adults, they’re going
to have to work through the best part of the year?”

iTunes 4.5

April 28th, 2004


iTunes 4.5 is out, and it
includes two features that I know Chris has been dying
for:

  1. Lossless compression codec, with a 50% filesize reduction. (Chris
    is an audio-quality snob—I know he can’t hear the difference
    between 220k VBR and CD-quality, but whatever.)
  2. Track joining.
    I seem to recall Chris having developed a mockup for this exact
    feature; now it’s built into the app.
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