Monthly Archives: December 2008

Dear Nintendo: A Wii Storage Solution, Please!

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Joey Gibson

We have a Wii. We’ve had it pretty much since they hit the market. We love it, yes Wii do. Except for one thing: the unbelievably small amount of internal storage the thing has. It only has 512M of storage … Continue reading →

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Objective-C 2.0 Properties Are Needlessly Verbose

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I’ve been working in Objective-C for a little while now; not quite two years, off and on. I was really excited when Apple announced that Objective-C 2.0 was going to have generated properties, but the syntax they gave us leaves … Continue reading →

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Christmas Kindness At Red Robin

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Joey Gibson

Tonight Thomas and I needed to get some victuals, so we decided to go to Red Robin. You may remember the last time we went there and were less than impressed. But Thomas wanted to go there and I was … Continue reading →

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Socialized Trash Hauling Derailed – For Now

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Release Windows Suck

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Joey Gibson

A couple of weeks ago I extolled the virtues of my new Netflix Player. I’m still thrilled with it, but the other day I happened to be looking at my instant queue from a web browser, and I noticed several … Continue reading →

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Three Days With the Roku Netflix Player

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Joey Gibson

My Netflix Player arrived on Wednesday. It was supposed to be a family Christmas present, but you know how those things go. When something this cool arrives this early, there’s no way it’s going to stay boxed up for three … Continue reading →

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