http://joe.kueser.com Another Geek Finding His Place on the Web Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:21:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apple has finally opened the AppStore for iPhone and iPod Touch applications. Not to toot my own horn, but toot toot, I have an app available!  MPG I've also launched a new site to support my iPhone apps.  iPhoneCodeMonkey.com. Check it out! http://joe.kueser.com/2008/07/10/iphone-appstore-now-live/ A little background...I live in a small town (which will remain nameless, lest everyone in town will lynch me). The people here are some of the most polite, laid back drivers I have ever experienced. It is not at all unusual to: Get stuck behind a driver going 5 ... http://joe.kueser.com/2008/06/13/hypermiling-or-how-to-piss-off-anyone/ No, despite popular belief, the only prescription is not more cowbell. For me, the only prescription is lots of expensive toys. The fever I gots is the photography bug. I guess that makes me a... shutterbug |ˈ sh ətərˌbəg| noun informal an enthusiastic amateur photographer. It started with a trip to Hawaii where ... http://joe.kueser.com/2008/04/14/guess-what-i-got-a-fever-and-the-only-prescription/ I’m just checking out MacJournal, a fairly cheap ($22) program that not only allows you to keep personal journals (locked securely on your Mac) but also lets you keep public journals. What we like to call “blogs”. So, guess what!?! You can post these public journal entries ... http://joe.kueser.com/2008/04/07/testing-macjournal/ I won't bore you with the details, 'cause the numbers I am getting excited about would make a lot of you point and giggle, but there are a couple of stats I am getting pretty excited about. Of the millions (ok, thousands) of people that visit this site, only 22% are ... http://joe.kueser.com/2008/04/07/i-love-stats/ Anyone that knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of anything Apple. I own a MacBook Pro, an iPhone, and probably half a dozen iPods. I plan to buy a Time Capsule in the near future. I love the idea of being able to back up ... http://joe.kueser.com/2008/04/07/apple-hits-a-foul-ball-with-itunes-movie-rentals/ I thought I had been one of the lucky ones. I thought I wouldn't be afflicted. I thought I had been careful. As it turns out, I had just been naive. At first it was just an irritation, then three bright red marks. ... http://joe.kueser.com/2007/12/16/its-a-sad-day-indeed/ I've been obsessed with video games my whole life. http://joe.kueser.com/2007/11/23/rock-band-rocks/ So in Apple's ultimate wisdom, they elected not to include Java 6 in Leopard. Ooops! So there's this campain to get an official Apple release of Java 6. All you have to do is include 13949712720901ForOSX in your post Here's my vote! http://joe.kueser.com/2007/11/04/yo-apple-how-bout-some-love/ I remember a bit some comedian did a number years ago about a woman using a screwdriver to put in a nail to hang a picture frame. He went on for 5 or 10 minutes about using the right tool for the job, and convincing her to use a ... http://joe.kueser.com/2007/10/20/all-i-need-is-a-hammer/