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Monthly Archives: May 2012
web: automating bits of Sprint Picture Mail
(The good programmer is lazy; instead of typing something over and over, she writes a script to automate the steps. The wizard programmer writes a set of object classes that model the problem at hand, and tells those objects to … Continue reading
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web: getting your pictures off Sprint Picture Mail
Sprint Picture Mail was an easy way to upload pictures on a feature phone to a web site where you could organize them into albums. But Sprint was never a serious player in the “online photo site” business. I criticized … Continue reading
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Anthony Lane, funniest writer at The New Yorker (more!)
Irrepressibly droll. On 20-kilometer walk competitors at the Beijing Olympics: They will continue to propel themselves, year in, year out, as if learning to moonwalk too soon after a hip replacement. On Yoda (Space Case, “Star Wars: Episode III”): Also, … Continue reading
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