Nathan Laan

http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/index.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/war-logs.html Worth reading.

http://sourcegear.com/veracity/ SourceGear's Distributed Version Control System (DVCS), called Veracity , has just been released. I've been following Eric Sink's blog posts on Veracity ( here and http://www.ericsink.com/entries/veracity_tech_overview.html), and I will definitely be taking a look at this.

Make your own Swiss Army Knife (well kind of): http://www.quirky.com/products/35

http://gizmodo.com/5520164/this-is-apples-next-iphone I really like how it looks. MicroSIM means you can't just upgrade from the iPhone 3GS :-( More comments and pictures here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/apples-4th-generation-iphone-revealed/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/17/iphone-4g-is-this-it/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/18/iphone-4g-proof/ http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/18/engadget-iphone http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/18/apple-ceramic-patent...

Here are some quick first impressions. In the code editor, you can now use the ctrl + mouse wheel to zoom in and out of code. It sounds kind of underwhelming, but in practice this feature i When debugging you can "pin" data tool-tips (called data-tips) to quickly keep track of variable values. It's quick, easy, and very convenient. Here is a more detailed description with pictures . The user interface has been overhauled (using WPF I believe). It feels a bit "heavier" due to the use of darker colors, and will take some time to get used to. The improved multi-monitor support...

Since a number of people have been asking me, here is a link to the HP MSDN & TechNet subscription information page .

Here are some updated instructions for getting your HP email account working on the iPhone. Signup for MMS Personal Pay: http://intranet.hp.com/HPIT/GetIT/MMS/Pages/Personal.aspx Get your manager to approve. Purchase or borrow a Windows Mobile phone (no, really, you need to do this, I’m not joking). If you’re borrowing a phone, you will need to do a factory reset (no, really, and good luck convincing the owner of the phone, I got really lucky with this). Put your iPhone SIM card in the Windows Mobile phone. Open the web browser on the Windows Mobile phone. Navigate to http://remoteaccess...

Apple today pre-announce many of the coming iPhone OS 4.0 features. Engadget had good coverage of the event , as usual. This update looks absolutely fantastic. I am particularly looking forward to the new multitasking functionality, and I am glad that Apple took their time figuring out how to do it, and how to do it right. Multitasking The one concern I have about multitasking is that it seems to me that single-clicking the home button to perform the "go to the home screen and close this app" action will mean different things now. Here is how I understand it to work: Close : In non-multitasking...

This quote from Eric Sink basically highlights why so many people don't understand the iPad. It's an appliance. "The industry is finally ready to sell things that make geeks feel frustrated instead of things that make normal people feel helpless" Jeff Jarvis has some very interesting comments about content creation and the democratization of the web. I think this comment is particularly astute: The iPad is retrograde. It tries to turn us back into an audience again . That is why media companies and advertisers are embracing it so fervently, because they think it returns us all to their...

I just recently watched the film The Hurt Locker . In case you haven't heard, it won all kinds of awards and recognition . I found it to be an interesting film, and thought the filming and acting were just fantastic. However, the premise of the film seems flawed to me. The adrenaline junkie character of William James just didn't feel like a good fit for the role of a bomb disposal technician. To be sure, actor Jeremy Remmer played the part to perfection, but I have a hard time believing that this is the type of person that would be allowed to operate in this role. The unnecessary risk he placed...