Category Archives: Computers

Update 2: See my newer blog post. Update: We’re working hard to fix some bugs, and we’re currently hoping to release this on November 7th. Sorry to keep people waiting, we’re just EXTREMELY busy :-( On side note, if you’re … Continue reading →

I’ve been crazy busy. Here are some bullet points: Finished a version of meebo that uses libpurple 2.4.1. Up until now we’ve been using Gaim 1.5.0. The new code is very stable, it just needs a few bug fixes and … Continue reading →

I mentioned this a while ago… but meebo is hiring. We’re especially looking for JavaScript developers. If you know JavaScript insanely well, and you’re friendly, and you either live in the San Francisco Bay area or you’re willing to move … Continue reading →

It’s always bugged me that I can’t write applications for my cell phone. I mean, it supports Java ME (a mini version of Java designed for small devices), and I know Java, why shouldn’t I be able to write programs … Continue reading →

I love it when my operating system tells me that there are updates available by displaying a little explosion in the taskbar.

Remember about two years ago when some guy made a blog post saying that we needed to have a standard icon for RSS feeds, and he packaged Mozilla’s feed icon for people to download? I’m pretty impressed at how well … Continue reading →

In the middle of last week a few meebo employees made an afternoon run to the local Fry’s to buy about 10 USB web cams. Why? Because we added voice and video chatting to meebo (with the help of a … Continue reading →

FileZilla (for Windows and Linux). This is the best FTP/SFTP program I’ve ever used. It reminds me a lot of CuteFTP from when I used it in the late 90s. PuTTY (for Windows). A fantastic Telnet and SSH client for … Continue reading →

For the record, I am strongly in favor of schools teaching C in introductory programming courses rather than Java. I think c teaches the basics way better. Generally if you know c you should be able to pick up Java, … Continue reading →

Soooo, computer programs occasionally set timers when they need to do stuff. For example, “call this function every 30 seconds to check if I have new email.” Now, the CPU inside your computer isn’t constantly processing shit and crunching numbers. … Continue reading →

I updated The Songs of Summer with this summer’s song. It is Parenthesis by The Blow. That album is great. I’ve started biking to work again. It’s 2.4 miles, which is perfect. Not enough time to sweat and long enough … Continue reading →

Last night at work we finally released our next big product. It’s called meebo rooms. It’s basically just a bunch of chat rooms. What’s good about it? Completely web-based, no need to download anything Can be used anonymously, no need … Continue reading →

Call me crotchety, but I feel like C is the only language that should be used for software that could ever be required to be scalable. So like, servers and stuff. I guess I’m ok with C++, too. I just … Continue reading →

The Beryl window manager (geeky Unix computer stuff) is freaking incredible. It’s one of those new-fangled 3d window managers. You know how OS-X has the fancy expose stuff and all that jazz? It’s sort of like that, but for Linux. … Continue reading →

I ripped 12 CDs yesterday. I encoded them in the FLAC format instead of mp3. It’s a lossless audio compression format, so the files are a bit bigger than mp3s. The average comes out to about 330MB per album. With … Continue reading →

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but meebo, the company I work for, is hiring! We’re looking for rad C/C++ developers. If you’ve contributed some stellar code to any large C or C++ project, and you know your … Continue reading →

Sometimes people ask how they can get started working on an open source project. Start off small! It’s much easier to get acquainted with a hoard of source code if your goal is to change something small. If you try … Continue reading →

I’ve finally gotten around to fixing my music server. One of the four hard drives died on my gourney out here, but thanks to the excellence of RAID 5 I haven’t lost any data (yet, anyway). Well, technically there are … Continue reading →

The IBM/SCO ordeal brought to light scary problems about copyright infringement. Namely, what happens if someone contributes copyrighted code to an open source project without permission from the copyright holder? Some months ago someone advised me against accepting patches for … Continue reading →