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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Book Review: Getting Real by 37signals
A few weeks ago, I found 37signals’ book “Getting Real” online. I had heard/watched DHH’s infamous “How to Make Money Online” presentation so the idea of a book written by the people at 37signals sounded interesting. The cool thing is that you can read the entire book online, for free. After reading about one third of it online I decided I need my own physical copy to keep on my bookshelf. Seriously it’s that good. Continue reading
Learning the Ruby Programming Language
I’ve set out to learn a new programming language (for several reasons that will be disclosed at a later date), the language of choice was Ruby, so that eventually I could learn some Ruby on Rails for the purpose of getting back into web development. I have found a couple of nice ways to help with learning the Ruby programming language. Continue reading
FourSquare Wises Up, Now Useable
Since this change, FourSquare’s iPhone application has seen more use from me. It’s still not on my first iPhone screen (Gowalla’s not going away anytime soon), but it’s on my second and I have found the overall experience of FourSquare to be much more enjoyable then before. Gowalla still has a better overall user experience in my opinion, its more consistent. Continue reading
Beekin – All That’s Left Behind
Today marks an important day for both a close personal friend of mine and myself. The release of my friend’s band Beekin’s album entitled “All That’s Left Behind” is today. Why you can probably see the immediate importance for my … Continue reading
Nine Inch Nails Continues to Prove They “Get it”
Yesterday I randomly found out about a NIN fan project entitled “The Gift” from the fan group This One is On Us/Another Version of the Truth. What this is, is a a full length concert video created from over 450 gigabytes (GB) of video footage shot from HD cameras by the NIN crew that was released by NIN.com to see what their fans would produce. The end result is a full length concert video containing 32 songs, 5.1 surround sound, and released in a variety of formats (including a single layer Blu-Ray). All variations are available via BitTorrent downloading for free. Just to be clear, the video is professionally shot, the completed Blu-Ray/DVD/video files are fan made from that video. Continue reading
Warner Bros. is Run by Idiots
Engadget has an article about Netflix reaching a deal with Warner Brothers Pictures (people who bring us Harry Potter, Batman, and the Matrix films) where Netflix will delay shipping new release rentals out for 28 days. The idea here is that Warner Bros. hopes that this will encourage people to buy a DVD or Blu-Ray rather than just renting it. It’s a horrible idea, brought about by people who apparently don’t even understand their customers. For this reason, I claim that Warner Bros. Pictures is run by idiots. Continue reading →