Monthly Archives: April, 2010

Transmit 4 has a brand new look (and icon)

Transmit is my favorite FTP client for the Mac. It has been ever since I bought Transmit 3 back in 2006. Well folks, the day has finally come for Transmit 4! I won’t be commenting on its features at all—for that, you can go to their website—but I will be pointing out their awesome new app icon. Even that got an upgrade!

The TypeMatrix Keyboard: First Impressions

In my quest to learn Dvorak and reduce my wrist and hand pain, I ordered a TypeMatrix keyboard (in Dvorak) last week. It arrived today! I’ve only been using it for an hour or so, but I figured a blog post would be a good way to practice on it and give my first impressions.

Aliso the… Blonde

Need I say more?

The switch to Dvorak

When I got my first stick shift, we (my family) had to sell my automatic to afford it. My only option for driving, then, was the new stick shift I hadn’t learned yet. I sucked at it at first, but I quickly got a lot better. It’s like learning a foreign language by living in a foreign country. And so begin my adventures in learning Dvorak.

You know you’re a gamer when…

I’m blogging from 30,000 feet again, on my way home from NYC. I feel like I got to see a lot more of the city compared to the last time I was here. Even though I was very unfamiliar with the subway, or had never been to Little Italy before, I recognized buildings and details everywhere I went—recognized them from video games.

On my way to NYC

I’m on a plane to New York right now, along with my boss, Damian. (It’s his birthday today, by the way. Happy Birthday, Damian!) We’re headed out there on a project for Brave New Media in which I’ll be making a custom Flash app for USB drives. I’d say more, but I’m not sure what [...]