gyrmination

I’ve been working on webaddressbook’s heretofore unannounced contact synchronization feature recently, and ran into a grindingly bad problem today trying to parse Gmail’s contact export CSV file. According to Gmail, their format is better than the Outlook format because it allows you to preserve different character encodings. Gmail CSV (for import into another Gmail account): [...]

For some reason I didn’t consider Linux compatibility when selecting the printer I would buy, and regretted it immediately. Preliminary post-purchase research on the internet seemed to indicate that most were not having much luck with the Canon Pixma MP500. I contacted Canon USA customer service stating firmly the case for linux drivers, only to [...]

Short Stop Taking the bike out on its maiden voyage this year. The sun creeping behind the mountains, less hastily than usual as we’ve become friends, and it would be impolite to leave without saying goodbye. Just a short little ride, jot of jaunt. Not what course to chart, directions spin through my brain and [...]

To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options… Stupidass IE XP SP2 Information Bar Warning It’s official, yet again – IE is the llama whose ass was whipped. When you try to view a locally saved webpage that contains [...]

Just the perfect reintroduction to the America, grace shed’t America. The setup: 12 hour China Eastern flight across the Pacific to the Los Angeles International Airport. Haw-Wen and I sit aisle-side. A beefy guy in a light blue tank top speaks with a deep voice one that suggests wisdom, but is instead spiked with sarcasm. [...]