Why Apple's restrictive iPhone 4 SDK License is a non-issue for academics

I did not know that Apple announced a new iPhone OS, let alone a new software development kit (SDK). So when I heard about it, I looked it up in Google News and saw the restrictive license as a trending topic. I read the Daring Fireball article [link] that most people are referencing and agree with his interpretation of the license, but, I don’t think any of it will matter. ...

April 10, 2010

Using Aluminum Foil for a better camera flash

I was looking around on the Web the other day and saw a product for your SLR camera that bounces the light up so your in-door pictures look better. It was $34.99 which is way too expensive for a “reflective piece of material” especially when I have a whole roll of reflective material, aka aluminum foil, in our cabinet. I used this on my film camera which has a pop-up flash and I’m sure it would work with a digital one as well. ...

April 7, 2010

Happy Belated New Year

Hello. I apparently haven’t posted on my blog since sept 2009. I remember disengaging my twitter feed to my blog because of tweeting the wrong thing and realizing it was in a bunch of places (facebook, twitter, my blog, identi.ca, friendfeed). Last semester was good. I earned my first B+ in stats II, but, now classwork is done and I’m working on my integrative paper (iPaper). Once I successfully complete that, I will be a PhD candidate and ready for my proposal and then dissertation. ...

January 28, 2010

An open letter to Governor O'Malley

The following is a letter that I e-mailed via the Governor’s feedback form, as well as sent to my state senator George Della, and state representatives Peter Hammen, Carolyn Krysiak, and Brian McHale. So far, I have only heard back from Della and McHale. I tried to customize it for each delegate as I hate form letters. Governor O’Malley, My name is Greg Walsh and I am a resident of Patterson Park in Baltimore City. After ten years of working in the e-learning industry in Maryland, I am now a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park and my wife is an employee at the State Health Department. ...

August 25, 2009

Test post...please forgive!

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July 9, 2009

New RSS Feed

I just moved my RSS Feed from the Retrofit default to Feedburner (a google company). Let’s hope it works!

July 9, 2009

Wired Gallery list Things to fill my basement with

I’m surprised this list doesn’t have a slide rule. I would love to be able to use an abacus. Gallery: Low-Tech Computers From Prehistory to Today | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.

July 7, 2009

New Janey Pics are up!

Attention Janey Fan Club Members$, there are new pics up at: Flickr Page

May 18, 2009

Bike Jam 2009 across the street from my house

For every year that I have lived here, there has been a Bike Jam. I’m not sure why, but, we never went to one until today. It was pretty cool. Blue Cross was giving away bike helmets for kids, a guy from Bike Baltimore gave me a map, an insurance salesmen was giving away water bottles, and the music was pretty good. Plus, we got to see some pro teams race around the park that we run and bike in. Very cool… ...

May 17, 2009

Bike Baltimore

I met a rep from Bike Baltimore today at Bike Jam 2009. I’m not sure who it was, but I think the dude gave me his personal copy of a bike map because I asked if he had one with road grades on it and he pulled one out of his bag and gave it to me. Thank Bike Baltimore! You saved me $6 that I was going to send to UMBC to order my own. ...

May 17, 2009