February 2011
1 post
We're moving!
But not far, don’t worry!
I’m moving with Michelle to her house in Encinitas on Feburary 21 (which is also President’s Day). I’ll be saying goodbye to beautiful Mission Valley, which has become somewhat less beautiful over the years.
Her place has two bedrooms, so Honest Code will have an actual office for the first time ever. We’ll also be within walking...
June 2010
1 post
“If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with...”
– Frank Perdue, via @mediatemple
May 2010
2 posts
1 tag
Robert Palmer is now Honest Code
For new projects beginning after today, you’ll be seeing a new name on your emails and estimates: Honest Code.
I guess I’m growing up: I proposed to my girlfriend on Saturday (she said yes!) registered a new DBA with the county (they said yes too!), and opened a new business checking account (three for three!) to keep all the books organized. This little story — and the...
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She said yes!
Those of you who follow my Twitter account (or know me in person) probably know that I proposed to Michelle on Saturday. The good news is that she said yes!
But for those wanting more details, here they are.
Michelle’s birthday was Saturday. For her birthday, her friend Christina bought tickets for us (Michelle and I) and for her and her boyfriend, Nick, to ride the Flightline, a zip-line...
December 2009
1 post
Client Alert: Dec 7 - 11
I’m out of the office this week for a conference, and then for a long pre-Christmas getaway weekend. I will have limited access to both phone and email for the week, so your patience is appreciated. I will return to the office December 14. Cheers!
November 2009
1 post
Client Alert: Thanksgiving Holiday
Happy Thanksgiving all! The office will be closed for the rest of the week. I’ll be back at my desk on Monday, November 30.
October 2009
2 posts
Client Alert: Monday and Tuesday
Please note that I will be away from my desk with limited access to telephone and email after about 1 p.m. on Monday (Oct. 26) and all of Tuesday (Oct 27). I have a meeting out of town Monday afternoon, and I’m spending the day with family on Tuesday for my birthday.
Apologies for any inconvenience. I will be back at my desk Wednesday (Oct 28).
September 2009
3 posts
It's rather quite hypnotic
(Heavy lifting by Eric Spiegelman.)
TUAW: Pantone offers color libraries for iPhone,... →
While it’s been in the App Store for the last few days, Pantone is officially launching its color discovery and management app for iPhone today, called myPANTONE.
The Pantone Matching System,…
A note about a Twitter message (about me) you may...
On Twitter, someone by the name of @jlbc3 posted messages to about 85 percent of the users I follow, saying:
You know Robert Palmer? He’s one of the biggest arseholes you’ll meet. I’m going to call his boss & ex boss to say so.
The user isn’t following anyone, has no followers, and otherwise has no metadata (a location or URL, for example).
While I’ve grown...
August 2009
1 post
Just say no to Socialism
(Pasting in an anonymous post on 4Chan [I know, but bear with me] that I first saw here. -RP)
This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the Municipal Water Utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see...
July 2009
9 posts
TUAW: Retrospect 8.1 brings back PowerPC support,... →
EMC announced today an update to its popular Retrospect network backup software; version 8.1 brings back support for PowerPC-based workstations and improves performance for Intel-based Macs.
…
TUAW: Behold! My Mac mini media center →
I know! A media center!
I had cable service, a DVD player, and a TiVo Series 2. My goal was to combine all of those things into one set-top-box — the Mac mini — and maybe even unsubscribe from…
TUAW: Developer Color Picker: For your pickiest... →
Wade Cosgrove, code ninja over at Panic, has released a freeware Developer Color Picker that helps developers of all stripes pick and paste color declarations for a variety of languages.
Any…
TUAW: Apple distributes 1.5B apps in App Store's... →
Apple announced today in a short press release that it had sold distributed 1.5 billion iPhone and iPod touch applications during the App Store’s first year of existence.
Despite the slow…
“Make something intended not for your own use, but for use by dummies, and you’ll...”
– Daring Fireball
TUAW: Byline, others offering anniversary sale... →
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! One day only! You may buy the whole app — but you’ll only need the edge. Sorry about that. Nevertheless, Byline — Phantom Fish’s flagship Google Reader app and…
TUAW: TUAW Tip: Paste without formatting by... →
Here’s something I know affects plenty of users out there. Have you ever pasted text in a document or email message, only to have it formatted differently than all the text around it? Irritating,…
TUAW: VLC 1.0.0 released →
While being a useful tool for several years now, VLC has finally reached that first pinnacle of software development: 1.0.
VLC is an alternative media player for Mac, Windows and Linux that…
June 2009
18 posts
TUAW: From Firefox to Safari (and back again) →
I realize I may not be your average browser user. As a web developer, a browser to me is two parts daily use, two parts testing, and one part challenge. Since 2005, I’ve been using Firefox in some…
TUAW: Spell it out with your Dock →
For your early-afternoon entertainment, I have the story of Mike Giepert, who happened one day to spell something clever with the icons in his dock.
His website, in fact, has a whole raft of…
TUAW: Apple: Paranoid →
Do you remember the teaser ads for the iPhone 3G? Two uniformed guards carried a locked metal crate through a labyrinth of secure tunnels, keycard points at every door, and monitored by…
TUAW: 3.0 is here, but where's the free security... →
Jim is worried that security updates made available via the iPhone OS 3.0 updates last week will only be available to iPod touch users through the obligatory $10 upgrade. “Please use your power as…
TUAW: Dell cites Apple's 'green' claims in Better... →
In a display of environmental posturing on both sides, Dell lodged a complaint with the advertising industry’s self-governing oversight board: The National Advertising Division of the Council of…
TUAW: 3.0 update brings Street View, 'Find'... →
iPod touch users are finally getting a taste of what iPhone users have had since iPhone OS 2.2: Google Street View. iPhone 3.0 Software Update for iPod touch includes an update to the Maps…
TUAW: TextMate 2: He's working on it →
For fans of Macromates’ flagship text editor, TextMate, the current version may be all they need. For the last three years, TextMate has been stuck at version 1.5 (and change). In a blog post…
TUAW: Think you're good at Flight Control? →
Just a few hours ago, a user named TommyRoissy landed 14,439 aircraft before two of them collided. Ridonkulous. Our own Mike Rose speculates that some are playing the game inside the iPhone…
TUAW: Palm and Verizon looking to take shine off... →
In a minefield of failed “iPhone killers” one is making some headway on fulfilling that murderous promise: the Palm Pre.
Perhaps it’s no surprise: the Palm Pre was conceived by a team that…
TUAW: Trains for iPhone: For lovers of Flight... →
I have a particular affinity for trains. My father and grandfather both worked on the railroad, presumably all the live-long day. When a train rolls by, I’ll make a comment about the engine or…
TUAW: iPod touch: Always a bridesmaid ... →
With all the fanfare this week surrounding the iPhone, let’s not forget the famed handset’s red-headed stepchild: the iPod touch.
Hardware updates to the line weren’t exactly expected just now….
TUAW: Numbers game: 75M Mac OS X users, 1M SDK... →
As with most keynote presentations, Apple released a lot of numbers about just how many people are adopting the Mac and iPhone platforms. First, over the last three years, the active Mac OS X…
Client Alert: Communication This Week
I’m having new floors installed here in the home office this week, so I may be intermittently unavailable to either travel or take phone calls (the latter due to loud noises in the background). If you have anything urgent, email works best. Thanks for your understanding.
TUAW: Photoshop Phun: 'iPhone 4G' rumor pic... →
Well! Our tips line has certainly been a beehive of activity with WWDC just around the corner. We’ve gotten several purported iPhone 4G images, which range in quality from meh to ludicrous….
TUAW: Google Chrome developer preview... →
Digg’s Kevin Rose, perennial purveyor of information that just “fell off the back of the truck” shared a link early this morning to Google’s new, supercharged, Webkit-based browser — for Mac…
TUAW: WaPo: DOJ preparing antitrust probe for... →
Apple, Google, Yahoo! and Genentech are subjects of a fresh antitrust investigation surrounding hiring and recruiting practices among companies in the tech industry, according to Washington Post…
TUAW: MobileMe control panel for Windows helps... →
Yesterday, Apple released MobileMe Control Panel for Windows 1.4, recommended for users on corporate networks that use proxy servers. Some users were reporting errors when trying to sync contacts…
TUAW: Evom beta takes up iSquint's mantle,... →
While still in beta, Evom (from The Little App Factory, makers of iPodRip) looks ready to pick up where iSquint left off. It easily and quickly converts videos to formats compatible with…
May 2009
16 posts
TUAW: Future iTunes versions could block the Pre,... →
Yesterday, Megan noted a Fortune story saying that iTunes syncs flawlessly with the new Palm Pre. This, of course, got the water-cooler talk bubbling: “How did Palm pull it off? Will Apple allow…
TUAW: Labor dispute with Apple display supplier... →
After gathering in front of Apple’s offices in Taiwan earlier this week, protesters are now demanding a substantive response from Apple by the end of the month regarding alleged workplace…
TUAW: iBiz 4 adds new invoice templates, iCal sync →
Yesterday, IGG Software announced iBiz 4, an update to its flagship timekeeping and billing software that adds several new features for freelancers and small groups.
iBiz 4 includes an…
TUAW: Apple's back to school promo about the same... →
Apple announced the details of its back to school promotion today, and it looks almost the same as its deal last year: A free iPod touch with the purchase of a qualifying Mac.
Every Mac except…
He read 'How to be a douche in the exercise room'...
INT. EXERCISE ROOM - DAY
OUR HERO uses a stationary bicycle. He notices DOUCHE hanging around outside the door, noisily chatting on his cell phone. DOUCHE enters the exercise room. OUR HERO then watches as DOUCHE:
Turns on the boom box to a talk radio station.
Crosses the room, rifles through the old newspapers in the exercise room’s recycle bin, and finds the Sports section.
...
TUAW: Munster: Apple suppliers negotiating parts... →
In a research note to clients, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggested that Apple is developing a 7-to-10-inch tablet priced at $500 to $700, perhaps ready for the public in 2010. According…
TUAW: Chicago Apple Store bricked Tuesday night →
Police say an inebriated man threw a brick at the front window of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile Apple Store on Tuesday night. The man also broke another window a short distance away. A Tribune…
TUAW: Palm Pre takes aim at iPhone, launches days... →
In a shot across the iPhone’s bow, Palm is launching its new Palm Pre smartphone the weekend before Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. This means any iPhone announcements at WWDC will be…
TUAW: Mac 101: Learn more about your files at a... →
Welcome to another edition of Mac 101, TUAW’s series for beginners. Today, we show you how to get more bang for your desktop real-estate buck with Finder icon labels.
Have you ever wanted to…
TUAW: Troubleshooting Roundup: Mac OS X 10.5.7... →
While Jason D. O’Grady considers anything more than ordinatrix inflagrante to be success when he’s installing a new operating system, he and others are still reporting on the various and sundry…
TUAW: TUAW Tip: Moving your home folder to another... →
In ye olde times, with “Mack OSe 9,” many users chose to keep their personal files, work, and documents on a different physical disk from their startup disk. It was a safety measure: If one disk…