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The Phone Screen Works Both Ways
A phone screen is typically used to screen applicants for a job, but it gave me enough information to make a decision about not wanting to work for the company.
read on »Known Defects and FindBugs
(Download KnownDefects) I ran into a bit of a quandary the other day. I had to modify a piece of legacy code in our system – one that has no tests written against it. My first task was to write as many JUnit tests as I could to document the behavior of the component to [...]
read on »Not Quite Christmas, But Apple Delivers Anyway With iTunes 7.6
Earlier, I wrote about the fact that it was hard to watch TV series on my iPhone because of the limited options that iTunes allowed for syncing video. Other people must have had the same complaint, since the newly released iTunes 7.6 has settings for syncing “least recent” videos.
read on »All I Want For Christmas Is One Little Tweak To iTunes
With Apple’s push to deliver video on more and more portable devices, I’m surprised that I haven’t seen this complaint yet.
read on »Leopard First Impressions
So, I knew I should probably wait, but I installed MacOS X 10.5 Leopard on Friday.
read on »Find the Beat
I’ve been trying different “BPM” apps off and on for quite while with little to no results. Either they’ve crashed, or they’re marginally associated with iTunes and expect you to use their interface. Enter Tangerine, by Potion Factory. This slick little app will scan your iTunes library, determine BPM for everything it can, and let you create iTunes playlists based on BPM and beat intensity.
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