Field Notes

A corrupted repeating event spawned 12,000+ calendar instances, clogging iCal. TextMate regex saved the day.

Paragliding Mount Tiger for Emma's birthday: only 5-10 minutes airborne, but a memory that lasts forever.

Four-inch spider rearing up inside glass, screeching profanities - definitely not your garden-variety house guest.

Apple's service beats the competition: overnight shipping, email updates on every step, real-time tracking.

Two iptables rules throttle brute-force SSH attacks: three tries, then a three-minute lockout that bots can't bypass.

Government lawyers claim the president can arrest any citizen and imprison them indefinitely without charge.

Cafe Besalu in Seattle bakes croissants nearly as good as France - worth the drive to Ballard.

Multi-core licensing doubled software costs without proportional performance gains - a trend harming customers everywhere.

ATG license validation checks /etc/hosts hostname mapping, not JBoss IP binding - counterintuitive and easy to misconfigure.

ATG project roles: client rep, PM, architect, analyst - a baseline team structure that adapts to your needs.

Commerce sites demand speed, quality, and budget flexibility - pick two, but compromise intentionally.

Best practices guide for ATG development: starting assumptions, roles, processes, and quality delivery.

Indiana Jones movies hide Star Wars references: Club Obi Wan, identical Millennium Falcon engine sounds.

Strip jsessionid from URLs entirely instead of redirecting - prevent Google from indexing session chaos.

Jamie and Adam from MythBusters appeared on CSI Las Vegas - yes, we're definitely geeks for noticing.

GWT In Practice delivers practical guidance for building advanced web UIs - and includes a real author endorsement.

Google crawlers skip jsessionid parameters, diluting your rank. Mod_rewrite strips them cleanly without breaking sessions.

HowGoodIWas beta lets ex-athletes reconnect, share memories, and relive competitive glory through social media.