Rocket Plumes

I'm a software developer. with over 15 years experience, living in Salt Lake City, Utah. I have written a few articles and presented some talks on Java, Ruby, and their use on Mac OS X. Here you will find random thoughts from a not so random guy about software, entertainment, American culture, and anything else I feel like writing about.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Developer Preview of RubyCocoa 0.90

This is good news. Follow the link above to find out about the changes happening to RubyCocoa. It has jumped from 0.50 to 0.90 and the changes are good. And with RubyCocoa being included in Leopard and with Apple giving it support, RubyCocoa is on its way up.

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Monday, December 18, 2006

MacSanta

As a Christmas present to all, infiniteNIL is participating in the MacSanta promotion. So now's your chance to get PackRat at 20% off as well as PhoneWord. Just enter the coupon MACSANTA when you purchase. Merry Christmas!

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Basecamp Client: Any Interest?

I'm considering developing a client for Basecamp similar to PackRat. If you'd be interested in such a product, let me know. I'd also like to know what you think it should do and what features it should have. I think this product has even more potential than PackRat and I'd love to get some feedback.

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Freddy Adu is coming to Salt Lake

Freddy Adu, the teenage soccer star of the MSL, has been traded from D.C. United to my local team, Real Salt Lake. This is great news. Freddy hasn't received much playing time in D.C., but of the little time he has had, he has shown flashes of brilliance. In Salt Lake, I'm sure he'll receive all the playing time he wants and we'll see him grow into a true superstar. I know I'll be going to some Real Salt Lake games next year.

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Friday, December 01, 2006

PackRat 0.94: Now with reminders

I just released PackRat 0.94. The big thing for this release is
editing reminders. Now you can add, delete, and edit your reminders.
A lot of people have been waiting for this and I hope you like it.

At this point in PackRat existence, you can now view and edit all
your Backpack data, with the exception of your Backpack calendars. We
are very near a 1.0 release. All that remains is to polish up some
things.

Going forward I want PackRat to take full advantage of the the Mac
platform. This means things like Spotlight support, Applescript
support, Address Book and iCal integration, iPod syncing, and
whatever else makes sense. I love the Mac and want to take full
advantage of the platform. That is why PackRat is Mac only.

I also want to add things that Backpack doesn't do right now. Things
like searching and deleting all completed list items and anything
else you and I can think of to make it more fun and easier to use.

I've also decided that releases past 1.0 will continue to be free
updates. The price of PackRat is meant to reflect its potential to
take advantage of the Mac platform and it hasn't done that yet. Until
I think it has, updates will continue to be free. If you haven't
purchased a license yet, I encourage you do so and support me in this
endeavor. You will get your money's worth and if enough of you do, I
will have more time to make PackRat better and in less time.
Eventually, I will be able to write other applications that you and
others will enjoy.

Enjoy editing your reminders offline.

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