http://mike.kruckenberg.com/ One other thought on open source technology, recreation, society, etc en-us Copyright 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:01:40 -0500 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:20:45 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.0-beta7-20070717 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Some time ago we had a dinner discussion that got onto the topic of ear sizes. Heidi made some statement about ears being full size early on, or never stopping growing, or some interesting piece of ear trivia that... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/04/the-kruckenberg-ear-index.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/04/the-kruckenberg-ear-index.html Recreation Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:01:40 -0500 We're about halfway through a trip to Puerto Rico, somewhat aligning with a break in the kids school. It has been fantastic, we've had a chance to see a lot of different things on the island. We're enjoying the culture... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/04/a-week-in-puerto-rico.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/04/a-week-in-puerto-rico.html Recreation Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:13:21 -0500 If there ever was a year to be at the MySQL conference, this seems to be it. The keynote lineup has always been excellent, and this year looks to be no exception. I'm guessing there will be quite a round... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/04/all-the-reasons-to-attend-2008-mysql-conference.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/04/all-the-reasons-to-attend-2008-mysql-conference.html MySQL Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:23:27 -0500 The SXSW Conference seems to be coming up on my radar more this year than it ever has in the past. Came up again yesterday when R.E.M. did a show at Stubbs as a part of the conference, which was... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/03/rem-plays-sxsw.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/03/rem-plays-sxsw.html Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:52:41 -0500 I'm tackling a project where we're trying to simplify the way users add attachments to various parts of our site. This involves some reorganizing of workflow, but also could benefit from a more modern mechanism for uploading files. Our art... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/02/inline-web-browser-file-upload.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/02/inline-web-browser-file-upload.html Technology Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:50:47 -0500 Saturday we went and paid for this little guy, picking it up on Wednesday.... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/mini-cooper-coming-soon.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/mini-cooper-coming-soon.html Recreation Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:39:51 -0500 It has been a good week here in San Francisco at Macworld 2008. The Moscone West was once bustling with folks but is now very quiet with only a few folks lingering. Looking down to the street there are still... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/macworld-2008-comes-to-a-close.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/macworld-2008-comes-to-a-close.html Technology Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:42:02 -0500 Listening to Nathan Shedroff at Macworld 2008 talking about sustainability as it pertains to designers. Some designers have direct impact on sustainability due to product manufacturing, packaging etc. But designers also have an impact on sustainability in how they deliver... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/the-designers-role-in-sustainable-practice.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/the-designers-role-in-sustainable-practice.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:21:47 -0500 A lot is being said about Sun's acquisition of MySQL. I think it is great news. Congratulations to the MySQL folks. I have a lot of respect for Sun from using their systems for many years. In recent years they... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/fantastic-news-for-mysql-and-sun.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/fantastic-news-for-mysql-and-sun.html MySQL Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:22:42 -0500 I will not be providing ongoing updates like macrumors and many other sites, but I am sitting in my seat waiting for the Macworld 2008 keynote to start. Got to Moscone West this morning about 7:30 and got in almost... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/at-macworld-2008-keynote.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/at-macworld-2008-keynote.html Technology Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:26:22 -0500 First day of MacWorld 2008 is sitting in a Photoshop tutorial with Michael Ninness (Adobe Systems). Back in the days of Photoshop 3 and 4 I knew everything there was to know about Photoshop. As I transitioned from graphics and... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/professional-photoshop-macworld-2008.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/professional-photoshop-macworld-2008.html Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:17:20 -0500 Late afternoon flight from Boston puts me in San Francisco tonight to get ready for MacWorld starting tomorrow. I am staying somewhere near Nob Hill for the week, will be getting plenty of exercise walking to and from the convention... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/made-it-to-san-francisco-for-macworld.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2008/01/made-it-to-san-francisco-for-macworld.html Technology Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:51:32 -0500 While the new 3D dock that comes with Apple's OS X Leopard is flashy, I find it hard to quickly understand what the dock is supposed to tell me. The two problem areas are (1) that it reflects things that... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2007/12/remove-mirror-effect-on-leopard-dock-cleaner-look.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2007/12/remove-mirror-effect-on-leopard-dock-cleaner-look.html Technology Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:23:01 -0500 And just as I was saying I rarely get to fiddle with databases at work, this morning I resolved an issue with replication. One of our database machines got rebooted yesterday without properly shutting down replication. The slave server had... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2007/12/fixing-broken-mysql-database-replication.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2007/12/fixing-broken-mysql-database-replication.html MySQL Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:42:47 -0500 Have been thinking about my lack of postings . . . there are two reasons why posting about MySQL (and in general) has become rare in recent months. First, and primarily, it is because of life changes. Where I used... http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2007/12/wheres-mike-and-mysql.html http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2007/12/wheres-mike-and-mysql.html MySQL Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:07:45 -0500