http://benjaminchristen.com my blog about tech stuff - some of it relevant Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:00:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Announcing: reminderss - retro browsing for the rss reader era! Last week I launched a small project - http://reminderss.com/. This is both a utility that I wanted for my own browsing and also a project to learn ruby on rails. If it's something that I can use, chances ... http://benjaminchristen.com/2008/07/30/reminderss-alpha-is-live/ I'm at JavaOne (my first, wooo!) and blogging about it on java.net here. http://benjaminchristen.com/2006/05/19/javaone-2006/ I'm lusting for the new MacBook. Perfect size for traveling and easily powerful enough to hack away on some RoR (rails), Java and Cocoa (really fun, I've heard). I've been envying all the mac laptops at tech conferences and this may be the right entry point for me. ... http://benjaminchristen.com/2006/05/19/macbook-13-black-i-want-it/ Google Toolbar for Firefox they added better gmail and personalized google homepage integration, et. al. the best way to keep up on google's product announcements is the Official Google Blog, but you already knew that http://benjaminchristen.com/2006/04/06/google-toolbar-for-firefox-20-beta/ throwing the ajax gang sign with the ajax godfather Originally uploaded by benchristen. I'm at sxsw now -- wow, Austin is a fun town. Here I am throwing the Ajax sign with none other than Jess James Garrett - the originator ... http://benjaminchristen.com/2006/03/12/sxsw-is-a-blast/ None. Well, some, but I don't think they're all that exciting. Maybe I can talk about GTD (and my text file/svn system). I had thought to talk about how to name your applications, but then someone went a did a blog on the same topic (qwerky). ... http://benjaminchristen.com/2006/02/28/i-have-no-idea-what-to-present-at-barcampla/ Do: Flattery. We all LOVE to hear about how great we are, especially when it's sincere. Don't: After giving said flattery (and your site/product pitch), do not ask me what my name is. Wow. I can't believe that actually happened. For one, all flattery is now voided, ... http://benjaminchristen.com/2006/01/22/networking-dos-and-donts/ Real-time Domain Search is my favorite domain search site/util. Simple, real-time, ajaxed (fast) and a direct link to purchase the domain on godaddy -- awesome. They only search .com and .net, but, that's probably all you want anyway. The next question is, what other domains should I ... http://benjaminchristen.com/2006/01/21/best-domain-search-so-far/ This happens (surprisingly) quite a bit (and I know it happens to some of my friends too). What do you do when you've run out of Internet? I've read all my rss (bloglines) feeds, checked in on my fantasy sports teams, browsed flickr (no new pics from friends), ... http://benjaminchristen.com/2005/12/10/what-to-do-when-you-run-out-of-internet/ I'm learning Ruby! It's fun to do simple things in a new (for me) language. Hello worlds are always fun. Here's what I just did! lyric1 = " bottles of beer on the wall" lyric2 = " bottles of beer" lyric3 = "take on down, pass it around, " beers = ... http://benjaminchristen.com/2005/12/03/learning-ruby/