http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com Let's stay informed, shall we? Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:06:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Man, I"ve had a ton of stuff happen in the last little while. It's worth saying that the last week has been among the most productive I've ever had. I've generated nearly 600,000 lines of code, documentation, and other material. Talk radio version 2, a version 3 rewrite, the space ... http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2009/01/crazy-good-symfony/ There are times when really really really neat pieces of software appear out of nowhere and take you by surprise. OS X Leopard was like that. OS X Server too. Joomla, Dreamhost's panel. Symfony, Coda, Photoshop, iLife, iWork, iTunes...really really high quality, rock solid applications that make you remember why ... http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2009/01/mogulus/ This is a wikibook I compiled painstakingly into a PDF for download, printing, etc. It's a fantastic guide to entrepreneurship, including a lot of ins and outs of getting started, finding money, organizing people, and making things work. If you're interested in entrepreneurship, download and read or check out the ... http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2008/12/entrepreneurship-101-a-la-wikibooks/ Holy wow. Apple has done it again. http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2008/12/coolest-ad-ever/ This is an advisory warning against the "Pictures" application. It looks like the Photos app built into facebook, but it's been created by a malicious software distributor. The app itself automatically tags people and has been reported to install malicious software on some computers. Simply put: check out apps that ... http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2008/12/facebook-security-advisory-4-ish/ Tis a sad commentary on your existence when you're able to burn through 3AM knowing full well that you have no alternative, but that at the same time you're going to regret it in the morning when you have a dance final to pass, a philosophy paper to turn in, ... http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2008/12/3am/ I'm right now debating a switch from Computer Science to Information Systems. I've always been more of a business-minded, goal oriented, project leader that's also been unusually good at computers. When it comes to the science behind it, however, I've always opted to just make something that works, works well, ... http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2008/12/computer-science-versus-information-systems/ I've been cleaning up my HD for the last hour or so, removing unwanted apps, slimming binaries and deleting useless language translations. I've reclaimed 18 GB of disk space. Wow. That's pretty crazy. In other news, I have some mockups I'd like to share with people. Below are some mashups for ... http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2008/12/disk-cleanup/ There we were, in our seats at the Energy Solutions Arena at 7:30. I'd been to once concert before (Collective Soul at Brainshare '08) but never a *real* concert that you buy tickets for. 7:30 hit and Sleepercar, the opening act, hit the stage. They were decent, however nothing spectacular. ... http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2008/12/coldplay-concert-part-ii/ [Reader: you are witnessing a rather unique event for this blog. An excerpt, straight from my journal. Although typically held under 2048-Blowfish lock and key (that's military grade encryption for the uninitiated), this is coming out of the vault and into your hands for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!] Wow. It's been an ... http://planetbrent.juicydevelopment.com/2008/11/coldplay-concert/