Comments for Orrill Reports http://www.orrill.com/blog I'm sorry I'm showing such a complete lack of remorse Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:20:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on I did it! by sis http://www.orrill.com/blog/archives/1838/comment-page-1#comment-76 sis Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:20:41 +0000 http://www.orrill.com/blog/?p=1838#comment-76 crap that was funny. crap that was funny.

]]> Comment on Taking a (small) breather by James http://www.orrill.com/blog/archives/1800/comment-page-1#comment-66 James Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:28:14 +0000 http://www.orrill.com/blog/?p=1800#comment-66 Around the time they hired Jim C. away, I went up to visit Rich Siegel and the gang at their offices for lunch ... somewhere near Burlington, MA at the time. We talked over big plates of fried Legal Seafood fare. I know Jim became integral to their efforts; he cut his teeth supporting scriptability in MathWorlds (it was one of the few recordable AppleScript applications early on, thanks to Jeremy's influence). Jim C. applied what he'd learned, and BBEdit became scriptable beyond just responding to a few menu commands. It's too bad that we never tried to bring scripting to the Java version. There were always other priorities. To complete the story, he's recently left BareBones, and is somewhere near Seattle. See. I can't help myself. Around the time they hired Jim C. away, I went up to visit Rich Siegel and the gang at their offices for lunch … somewhere near Burlington, MA at the time. We talked over big plates of fried Legal Seafood fare.

I know Jim became integral to their efforts; he cut his teeth supporting scriptability in MathWorlds (it was one of the few recordable AppleScript applications early on, thanks to Jeremy’s influence). Jim C. applied what he’d learned, and BBEdit became scriptable beyond just responding to a few menu commands.

It’s too bad that we never tried to bring scripting to the Java version. There were always other priorities.

To complete the story, he’s recently left BareBones, and is somewhere near Seattle.

See. I can’t help myself.

]]> Comment on Judging a movie by its trailer by chandra http://www.orrill.com/blog/archives/1814/comment-page-1#comment-65 chandra Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:59:15 +0000 http://www.orrill.com/blog/?p=1814#comment-65 the difference between our estimates is about right, though. Too bad we couldn't be wrong in the other direction! the difference between our estimates is about right, though. Too bad we couldn’t be wrong in the other direction!

]]> Comment on Taking a (small) breather by Jason Orrill http://www.orrill.com/blog/archives/1800/comment-page-1#comment-64 Jason Orrill Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:28:58 +0000 http://www.orrill.com/blog/?p=1800#comment-64 Interesting-- I knew the Barebones guys were in Massachusetts, but I didn't realize there was a UMassD connection. I'll need to point Chandra towards this. Interesting– I knew the Barebones guys were in Massachusetts, but I didn’t realize there was a UMassD connection. I’ll need to point Chandra towards this.

]]> Comment on Taking a (small) breather by James http://www.orrill.com/blog/archives/1800/comment-page-1#comment-63 James Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:22:55 +0000 http://www.orrill.com/blog/?p=1800#comment-63 Random: The guy who re-wrote most of BBEdit back in the mid-to-late 90's was one of the original developers of the first, Mac-only version of Jim Kaput's SimCalc MathWorlds when he was a physics grad student at UMass Dartmouth. Jim Correia worked for our project (along with, Jeremy Roschelle and Rich Delaura) and then left physics for a life of professional software development. Easily one of the best and most conscientious programmers I've known. And I think I just officially became the guy who tells stories nobody is interested in. Well, maybe not *just.* Blerg. Random: The guy who re-wrote most of BBEdit back in the mid-to-late 90’s was one of the original developers of the first, Mac-only version of Jim Kaput’s SimCalc MathWorlds when he was a physics grad student at UMass Dartmouth. Jim Correia worked for our project (along with, Jeremy Roschelle and Rich Delaura) and then left physics for a life of professional software development. Easily one of the best and most conscientious programmers I’ve known.

And I think I just officially became the guy who tells stories nobody is interested in. Well, maybe not *just.* Blerg.

]]> Comment on Whither the filesystem? by Jason Orrill http://www.orrill.com/blog/archives/1776/comment-page-1#comment-20 Jason Orrill Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:32:39 +0000 http://www.orrill.com/blog/?p=1776#comment-20 There's definitely a filesystem in there, and I'm sure we'll be able to measure the time between the iPad's release and someone jailbreaking it in days, if not hours. For me the real question is whether the lack of a user-accessible filesystem will have any impact on what users can do with it. I don't find it a big deal on the iPhone, but on a laptop or desktop it would be a dealbreaker. With the iPad lying somewhere between those two, I wonder what the expectations will be. There’s definitely a filesystem in there, and I’m sure we’ll be able to measure the time between the iPad’s release and someone jailbreaking it in days, if not hours. For me the real question is whether the lack of a user-accessible filesystem will have any impact on what users can do with it. I don’t find it a big deal on the iPhone, but on a laptop or desktop it would be a dealbreaker. With the iPad lying somewhere between those two, I wonder what the expectations will be.

]]> Comment on Whither the filesystem? by Matt Farmer http://www.orrill.com/blog/archives/1776/comment-page-1#comment-19 Matt Farmer Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:35 +0000 http://www.orrill.com/blog/?p=1776#comment-19 Well, the kicker is that (to my understanding) there is a filesystem on both platforms. It's just completely hidden. If I'm not mistaken, one of the selling points on jail braking an iPhone is to get at the file system. In theory, you could do the same with the iPad... Well, the kicker is that (to my understanding) there is a filesystem on both platforms. It’s just completely hidden. If I’m not mistaken, one of the selling points on jail braking an iPhone is to get at the file system. In theory, you could do the same with the iPad…

]]> Comment on Political pendulums by James http://www.orrill.com/blog/archives/1761/comment-page-1#comment-18 James Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:04:18 +0000 http://www.orrill.com/blog/?p=1761#comment-18 Put that inside my stomach and you get an approximation of the effect of politics on my emotional state over the past decade or so. Put that inside my stomach and you get an approximation of the effect of politics on my emotional state over the past decade or so.

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]]> Comment on Failing the Dover Test by Sigh… – Orrill Reports http://www.orrill.com/blog/archives/221/comment-page-1#comment-16 Sigh… – Orrill Reports Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:20:46 +0000 #comment-16 [...] one of these days my little 30-second spot will become irrelevant. Today is not that [...] [...] one of these days my little 30-second spot will become irrelevant. Today is not that [...]

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