Comments for romkey.com http://romkey.com Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Getting Around Same-Origin Policy in Web Browsers by romkey http://romkey.com/2011/04/23/getting-around-same-origin-policy-in-web-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-29 romkey Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:52:26 +0000 http://www.romkey.com/?p=236#comment-29 Unfortunately the device I'm talking to doesn't use JSON in its web API, and my past experience with jQuery was that it became unhappy when I lied to it about whether something was JSON. Maybe that's changed or there's a work-around, I haven't tested that in quite a while. It won't matter when I'm running the app on iOS, I just don't want to write and test the Javascript under iOS. Unfortunately the device I’m talking to doesn’t use JSON in its web API, and my past experience with jQuery was that it became unhappy when I lied to it about whether something was JSON. Maybe that’s changed or there’s a work-around, I haven’t tested that in quite a while.

It won’t matter when I’m running the app on iOS, I just don’t want to write and test the Javascript under iOS.

]]> Comment on Getting Around Same-Origin Policy in Web Browsers by Foldedfish http://romkey.com/2011/04/23/getting-around-same-origin-policy-in-web-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Foldedfish Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:30:28 +0000 http://www.romkey.com/?p=236#comment-28 I'm assuming there was a good reason to not use JSONP? I’m assuming there was a good reason to not use JSONP?

]]> Comment on A Reason I Like Apple by romkey http://romkey.com/2011/04/11/a-reason-i-like-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-23 romkey Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:14:42 +0000 http://www.romkey.com/?p=202#comment-23 I may not have run into that problem since I rarely go to an actual Apple Store. When I was there were a lot of customers but there were also a lot of salespeople and my only delay was figuring out what I was supposed to do since it was such a different setup from a normal store. Then I had a moment of "I'm really going to walk out of the store carrying my cable in my hand without a receipt and not get tackled and dragged off to prison?". The emailed receipt is definitely classy. I hope that this model takes over quickly. I may not have run into that problem since I rarely go to an actual Apple Store. When I was there were a lot of customers but there were also a lot of salespeople and my only delay was figuring out what I was supposed to do since it was such a different setup from a normal store. Then I had a moment of “I’m really going to walk out of the store carrying my cable in my hand without a receipt and not get tackled and dragged off to prison?”.

The emailed receipt is definitely classy. I hope that this model takes over quickly.

]]> Comment on A Reason I Like Apple by Foldedfish http://romkey.com/2011/04/11/a-reason-i-like-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Foldedfish Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:50:54 +0000 http://www.romkey.com/?p=202#comment-22 Interestingly, I've had the opposite reaction: the lack of a register means that I've spent 5 minutes standing there, waiting for just one sales rep to be free, so that I can simply <em>give them money for the thing I want</em>. Instead, I have to lurk nearby, letting the "Genii" finish their respective sales pitches to other people, then hoping I can get their attention. I find this quite frustrating. (This is not to say I don't appreciate the lack of unnecessary bag, imposing RFID gate, etc.) Interestingly, I’ve had the opposite reaction: the lack of a register means that I’ve spent 5 minutes standing there, waiting for just one sales rep to be free, so that I can simply give them money for the thing I want. Instead, I have to lurk nearby, letting the “Genii” finish their respective sales pitches to other people, then hoping I can get their attention. I find this quite frustrating.

(This is not to say I don’t appreciate the lack of unnecessary bag, imposing RFID gate, etc.)

]]> Comment on Whenever I Go Away, I Want to Start Anew… by luke.ethersmith.com/ http://romkey.com/2009/05/13/whenever-i-go-away-i-want-to-start-anew/comment-page-1/#comment-18 luke.ethersmith.com/ Thu, 14 May 2009 02:59:16 +0000 http://romkey.com/2009/05/13/whenever-i-go-away-i-want-to-start-anew/#comment-18 My home directories over the years have been littered with half-finished projects that I never found the motivation to "polish and publish". I've found that having a few users on a system can be both a blessing and a curse; when I want to work on it, I feel like I'm doing something useful for other people, but when I don't, it's a monkey on my back. My brother described it as "seeing there is being there", in the context of a daily jog; he noticed that he'd let himself start his cool-down walking when he got within sight of home rather than running all the way to the finish. " My home directories over the years have been littered with half-finished projects that I never found the motivation to “polish and publish”. I’ve found that having a few users on a system can be both a blessing and a curse; when I want to work on it, I feel like I’m doing something useful for other people, but when I don’t, it’s a monkey on my back.

My brother described it as “seeing there is being there”, in the context of a daily jog; he noticed that he’d let himself start his cool-down walking when he got within sight of home rather than running all the way to the finish. “

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