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	<description>You're reading Jeff Watkins' thoughts about Web application design and development with a little bit of technology ranting thrown in for free.</description>
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		<title>Flash Is A Mess</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2010/03/flash-is-a-mess</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Lynch of Adobe made some interesting claims recently while trying to defend flash and explain why it should be included on the iPad and iPhone:


  Regarding crashing, I can tell you that we don&#8217;t ship Flash with any known crash bugs, and if there was such a widespread problem historically Flash could not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wil Shipley on the MacBook Air</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2008/01/wil-shipley-on-the-macbook-air</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Apple announced the new MacBook Air. As I was reading the specs for it, I thought this would have been the perfect machine for me back when I commuted to Manhattan by ferry or Path train. Or even when I travelled frequently to give JavaScript training classes.

I simply can&#8217;t believe people are complaining about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Me Laugh</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2007/07/make-me-laugh</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a post about running Mac OS X apps on Linux on Slashdot this morning:


  I have the urge to commit my 24&#8243; Core 2 Duo iMac to a single Linux operating system, thus giving up the goodness of my beloved Mac OS X. I am not a stranger to Linux, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beaming Up To The Mothership</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2007/02/beaming-up-to-the-mothership</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

It&#8217;s now official: I&#8217;ve been offered a position as part of the UI team for the Apple online store.

Naturally, I&#8217;ve accepted.



Of course, this means we have to move again. Fortunately, I have a very patient wife&#8230; I&#8217;ll be scouting apartments down in Los Gatos, Campbell, and Mountain View. Basically, towns that have a town rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cocoa Drinking Fool</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2006/10/cocoa-drinking-fool</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending most of my spare time building Web technologies lately, I&#8217;m
finally going to switch gears to building a Cocoa application.



I can&#8217;t tell you much about the application &#8212; yet &#8212; but I do plan to present
weekly status-like reports. For example, do you know that Quartz uses floating
point coordinates? You probably did. But did you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HP Laptops</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2006/05/hp-laptops</link>
		<comments>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2006/05/hp-laptops#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 14:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading an interesting article in the NY Times about the problems plaguing Dell Computer. The article makes a big deal about HP&#8217;s new The Computer Is Personal Again campaign, so I thought I&#8217;d check out the laptop offerings from HP.

No. I&#8217;m not in the market for a new PC laptop. My employer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Won&#8217;t Purchase NetNewsWire Again</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2006/05/why-i-wont-purchase-netnewswire-again</link>
		<comments>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2006/05/why-i-wont-purchase-netnewswire-again#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 11:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Version 2.1 of NetNewsWire is now available and as a registered user, the upgrade is free. That&#8217;s a good thing, because if I had to pay for it, NewsGator (new owners of Ranchero software) wouldn&#8217;t get a dime.

Is there something wrong with NetNewsWire? Not that I&#8217;m aware of. From all accounts it&#8217;s still as fine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Buy From Apple?</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/12/why-buy-from-apple</link>
		<comments>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/12/why-buy-from-apple#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several people have questioned my policy of buying all my Apple equipment directly from the Apple store (whether in person or by mail). I might be able to get a better deal from Amazon or someone else if I shopped around.

But there are advantages to purchasing from Apple.

Three weeks ago, my Airport Express arrived. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Searing Pain of Using Windows</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/12/searing-pain</link>
		<comments>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/12/searing-pain#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At long last, I&#8217;ve purchased a cell phone. I held out as long as I could. My claim was that there weren&#8217;t any good cellphones that had all the features I wanted. My list included:


Worked with Apple&#8217;s iSync to synchronise contacts, schedule, and tasks
Supported world-wide GSM
Wasn&#8217;t made by Motorola, because their phones suck


I kept checking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing Spots</title>
		<link>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/11/changing-spots</link>
		<comments>http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/11/changing-spots#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Watkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always thought of Paul Thurrott as a Microsoft Apologist, however, in the last year or so, Paul has written articles that challenge my opinion. His latest article compares Windows Vista Beta 1 with Mac OS X &#8220;Tiger&#8221;, and while I agree with Scott McNulty of TUAW that comparing a Beta to a finished product [...]]]></description>
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