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Andrew Troelsen’s “COM and .NET Interoperability” is the cream of the crop. Other texts are “Programming VB.NET: A Guide for Experienced Programmers,” by Cornell and …

::: {.Section1} Oh, man! These guys have figured out how to tap into the accelerometers inside their Apples! And here, my M200 sits with its accelerometers locked away behind undocumented device drivers…

Apple's PowerBook laptops now have a little accelerometer inside that's used to protect the hard drive if you drop …

Eric Gunnerson links to a video of “tree-skijumping” in which Norwegians, um, skijump into a tree. Oh, what fond memories of “shrub-skateboardstopping” and “bush-swingleaping” this brings back. When I was a kid, I relied on the gentle stopping power of foliage in all my favorite sports. And I have the …

So I says to myself “You know what would rock?”:

1. You're watching Oprah on Tivo (yeah, I know, but bear with me)
2. You click your little Thumbs-Up a couple times (still bearing with me, right?)
3. And the Tivo says “People watching this episode of Oprah have bought: 'My Heroic Struggle …

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::: {.Section1}  Rory picks up on the fact that Python isn’t really object-oriented and wonders if it’s overrated. (But, for Rory, he does so in a very tentative manner. He hardly uses the words “sucks” at all.) Python gets a lot of buzz, but Rory’s criticisms are right …

My latest column for SD Times praises Indigo's programming model and teachability, but questions some of the areas, such as typing and visibility, where it conflicts with .NET. Did you know that you can expose private methods as public Indigo services? Can that be a good idea?

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Heh. Open Source definitely gets a… well, not a “free …

::: {.Section1} Rory wants Reader for his Audiovox SMT5600. Me, too!  :::