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Archive for February, 2009

Phelps gets suspended, A-Rod gets … nothing

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Phelps gets suspended, A-Rod gets … nothing
Simply put, it’s the difference between having a huge union behind you and nothing at all.  Rodriguez has the Players Union, Phelps has himself.

Lucene and me at ApacheCon EU in Amsterdam March 23-27

Monday, February 9th, 2009

If you’re into Lucene and/or Apache techologies and will be in Amsterdam, check out all the Lucene happenings at ApacheCon Europe: Lucene and me at ApacheCon EU in Amsterdam March 23-27

Let the partisan fear mongering begin! Gotta love change!

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Obama demands speed on stimulus – Yahoo News
Obama said quick action on the package was imperative to avoid catastrophe and praised the group of moderate senators from both political parties for coming up with a compromise
Ah, the sounds of fear mongering.  Sounds a lot like W. in the pre-Iraq buildup.  “Don’t think, just pass the [...]

iTunes App Store Pricing Bug?

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Was looking at the newly added “Hellfire” game today.  On the landing page for the app, the price is $4.99, as seen here:

Clicking the reviews section, I see:

I bought from the “reviews” page, but haven’t seen my receipt yet, to know which value I was charged.