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Interview with Andrew over at LoadStorm

kinabalu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:10:36 +0000

Scott Price over at LoadStorm interviewed Andrew about his experiences in the software development arena. A lot of really great questions asked, and thoughtful answers on where we’re at as an industry today, and what the road ahead might look like. Check out the interview and enjoy!

Über Conf 2010 and Apache Wicket talks

kinabalu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:18:43 +0000

Andrew has just accepted speaking at the first Über Conf 2010 being held in Denver, Colorado. A quick description of the conference: Über Conf 2010 will offer over 100 technically focused sessions on Java the Platform including hands on workshops centered around Architecture, Cloud, Security, Enterprise Java, Languages on the JVM, Build/Test, Mobility and Agility. [...]

Opera mini for iPhone shown at Mobile World Congress

kinabalu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:39:35 +0000

At this year’s Mobile World Congress there have been a number of really fun announcements. The latest in the string, is that Opera decided to put up instead of shut up. In a recent post I talked about the brouhaha over the lack of Flash on the iPad, and the continued whines coming [...]

MysticPaste gets a launchbar plugin

kinabalu — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:01:05 +0000

Our Wicket based pastebin has gotten another plugin for pasting your content! A lot of the folks at Mystic love the Launchbar product for navigating the filesystem, launching applications, searching, and much more. After perusing the forums for Launchbar a bit ago we came upon a post detailing an applescript for posting to [...]

Lack of Adobe Flash on iPhone / iPad devices

kinabalu — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:14:05 +0000

The debate has been raging since the once mythic and fabled iPad was finally announced by Apple. Why has Adobe’s Flash been “banned” from these devices? The posturing over the last few weeks by the Adobe camp has been interesting to watch. We’ve seen Lee Brimelow and his now infamous grid of [...]

Project Kenai’s Demise and Migrating MysticPaste

kinabalu — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:19:21 +0000

I’m assuming all folks who were project owners received unfortunate news of the imminent shutdown of Project Kenai. Apparently after Oracle finished acquiring Sun, the Kenai fell under the bus. It’s unfortunate, as it seems like Project Kenai was the only easy way to get access to 3 different repository types, and a [...]

Calling via Skype using Launchbar with AppleScript

kinabalu — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:19:03 +0000

Being a small business owner, I do a lot of talking on the phone. It could be on the iPhone, but if I’m at the computer it’s usually via Skype. I like to limit my usage of the mouse to as little as possible, so Launchbar is another absolute must. Enter Skype [...]

The Mac Pro in 2009 that wasn’t

kinabalu — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:31:12 +0000

The box came a day early, on the 29th … and even an hour earlier than originally stated, neat. The machine was unpacked, hooked up to the existing equipment and booted. I should have known what the rest of the experience with this machine was going to be like, by that first boot. [...]

Happy Holidays

kinabalu — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:50:56 +0000

It certainly has been an extremely fun year here at Mystic! Lots to come in the new year, and we wish all of you a safe and happy rest of the year. To our success!

MysticPaste gets Gravatar’s in the comments

kinabalu — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:37:30 +0000

Since comments were added many months ago, we’ve been meaning to make them a little more … pretty. So last night one of our guys spent a little time creating a custom component to represent a Gravatar. If you have a Gravatar go check out MysticPaste.com and play with the functionality. It’s [...]