I changed this blog’s theme to K2-lite…


...And now some photos and paragraphs aren't formatting quite right. WordPress.com themes should be interchangeable, but they aren't... Still, I was getting tired of the old look, so I'll keep this theme up for a while.

A review of EMC Retrospect 8.0 for Macintosh Beta 1


I downloaded the public Beta 1 of EMC Retrospect 8.0 for Macintosh. History For years, I used Retrospect to back up my Windows machines. When I switched to Macs at home, I looked for a better backup tool, and eventually tried Memeo LifeAgent for Mac. It was terrible. Chastened, I switched back to Retrospect, this time … Continue reading A review of EMC Retrospect 8.0 for Macintosh Beta 1 →

I might try EMC Retrospect 8.0 for Macintosh


I've been using EMC Retrospect for Macintosh, version 6.1 to back up our MacBook Pro and iMac. They're backed up to a RAID NAS. I've been happy with it, with these caveats: Its UI is un-Mac-like. It's single-threaded, and its control window is completely unresponsive when it's thinking real hard about something. Its file-analysis phase is slower … Continue reading I might try EMC Retrospect 8.0 for Macintosh →

The beginning of Plone muscle memory


I'm doing some theming work on my team's first Plone-based site. It's the first real (i.e., useful, concrete, for-my-job) Plone work I've done. For the first time, just now, I knew how to find a viewlet's linkages and guts. Without thinking, I went looking for the configure.zcml and common.py files... I'm starting to know what … Continue reading The beginning of Plone muscle memory →

while listening_to(Plone): code(Plone)


Most of the technical people in my division (Fisher Interactive) use Apple Macs. They're all MacBook Pros, except for a Mac Pro used by Andrew. I sometimes listen to music via iTunes when I work. I've rediscovered classical music, so my library has some of that (e.g., a London Symphony performance of Holst's The Planets, … Continue reading while listening_to(Plone): code(Plone) →

On the growth of home computes


I just bought a new iMac for my wife. Like my flash drive post, I'll try to compare what's in our home today against our first home PC. I won't make the same mistakes I did in that post. But I may make different ones. Our first system was a standard PC with a Nanao … Continue reading On the growth of home computes →

QA Lead & Release Manager job at Fisher Communications


My team has an opening for a QA Lead & Release Manager, for our Plone project. Here's an excerpt from the full job description: Location: Seattle, WA Reports to: Director, Web Development Fisher Interactive Network is a new division within Fisher Communications, and we need your help in changing the face of web news and … Continue reading QA Lead & Release Manager job at Fisher Communications →

New Year’s Resolutions


In 2009, I want to... Become more familiar with Plone and Zope. Heretofore, I've read, experimented, attended a Bootcamp, and attended a conference. I now want to become nuts-and-bolts familiar with them, so that I intuitively understand their internals. (Well, OK, so that I start to intuitively understand their internals.) This will come from touching many … Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions →