I'm doing 12 things
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3 years ago
got a copy from city lights book store in san francisco and read it my first year in the area.
bdmcnitt's Life List
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1. finish an ironman
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2. expand my business
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3. update my website
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4. eat more organic foods
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5. keep living areas clean
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6. patent an invention
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7. travel to europe
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8. Learn Flash
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9. learn ruby
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10. Learn AJAX style programming
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11. Learn to whistle with my fingers
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12. learn ballroom dance
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Recent entries
expensive but worth it
4 years ago
I’m still somewhat in the switching process and will never fully “give up” Windows (not an option for a web developer), but I do very much prefer the Mac. I’m sure you will too.
Cheers,
Brian
Ordered a 15" High Resolution PowerBook
4 years ago
After years of developing PHP/MySQL based web sites on a Windows machine and deploying to Linux and FreeBSD servers, I finally decided it would be beneficial to work in an environment closer to Linux and FreeBSD—Darwin/OSX. That said, I still rely heavily on applications like PhotoShop and Dreamweaver and don’t really want to experiment with Wine (an environment to run Windows apps on Linux) so a switch to a Mac seemed like a decent (if not expensive) option.
As I start to learn Ruby on Rails (a newer open source scripting language and framework) it will be nice to learn RoR in the context of FreeBSD verses Windows. The great OS, clean non-M$ applications, and sexy hardware will be a nice bonus.
It sounds silly but one of the features I most look forward to is a backlit keyboard. I often code late at night and many times find myself squinting down at my Dell laptop keyboard and bending the screen in for light trying to find various shift characters. No more!
I will still keep my Windows machines around for various tasks but look forward to the increased usability of the Mac. My PC’s make coding efficient; my Mac will make coding fun. :)
