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Archive for May, 2006

Service Bartering in Austin: Austin TimeBank

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Karen, Kim, Sarah, Tom, and others have been putting together an Austin chapter of the TimeBank concept, Austin TimeBank. Tonight is the first/intro meeting. Here’s the meeting info: Monkey Wrench Books, 110 North Loop in Austin, on Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at 7:30pm.
And, here’s the idea behind TimeBank:

The Austin TimeBank is a new, local program […]

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Volunteer to Code Considered Harmful

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

This is what my mind feels like after FileMaker coding
Last Fall, I volunteered to help Kim’s work with some “simple” database programming. Us coders are always overly optimistic.
Anyhow, I’ve spent almost 8 hours today doing a crazy mix-up of Java, FileMaker, XML, and CSV (!) coding.
I don’t think I drank enough coffee.
(See more advice.)

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[DrunkAndRetired.com Podcast] Episode 51 - Freestyle, Google Web Toolkit, and Inverse Analogies

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

These week we bring you two episodes! In this episode, we talk about Charles’s AJAX-y framework, Freestyle, the Google Web Toolkit, and other exciting topics.
(This episode edited by Charles.)

Tags: ajax, freestyle, google, programming, gwt, thefrontside.

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[DrunkAndRetired.com Podcast] Episode 52 - Cory’s Question

Friday, May 26th, 2006

In this episode, we answer three questions from Cory about virus scanners, spy-ware blockers, programming, and operating systems. Thanks for all the questions!
You may be wondering, where is episode 51? Good question, dear readers! Charles is still editing that episode. It’s chock full of The Front Side goodness.
(This episode edited by Coté.)

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Planet Coté

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

After discussing how suprglu sucks with Chip last night, I put in the effort to switch over to a different feed splicer: planet planet, kind of recommended by Simon Phipps…I’m using the python version. Maybe the Roller port is better. I’ll probably test out Planet Roller by creating a planet for my Work Alumni Network. […]

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