Wesley Miaw - Blog

Good-bye Asuka

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:17:27 +0000

Asuka died tonight on April 17, 2012 at 10:35pm. She was born on July 7, 2003. She was the brave one. When she came home with Chie and Niea, she was the first one to come out of the downstairs...

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Software Development Best Practices

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:22:37 +0000

Here are some development process best practices and their benefits. Of course, best practices are generally good ideas but are not rules. Document While Coding Comments explaining the purpose and operation of code should be written while coding. Special cases...

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Intuit GoPayment's Invasive Signup Procedure

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:55:16 +0000

I started looking into Intuit GoPayment which has a service offering very similar to that of SquareUp. There are some minor differences in the general fee schedule with GoPayment offering slightly better rates for those who pay a recurring monthly...

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Fixing NFS Trash + Keychain on OS X Lion Upgrade

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:15:54 +0000

I just upgraded my primary desktop at home to OS X Lion. During this process, a couple of things got messed up. First, after logging back in Keychain Access could not find my login.keychain, and any attempt to add keychains...

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Arizona Rep. Giffords Shot

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:38:59 +0000

I'm very disturbed by what just happened today, when a gunman opened fire at an event in Tucson, Arizona. It appears his target was Arizona Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords or Judge John Roll, and possibly both. I'm not disturbed so...

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A Different Form of Life

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:15:36 +0000

It turns out a new bacterium was found in California's Mono Lake that does not use phosphorus as one of its building blocks. Instead, it replaces phosphorus with arsenic. Not only is this interesting in and of itself, but it...

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Constitutional Rights vs. TSA Procedures Tested

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:40:11 +0000

Matt Kernan recently returned to the United States from a business trip to Europe. Flying back in, he decided he did not wish to go through a backscatter X-ray machine or submit to the new TSA enhanced pat-down procedures. It...

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TSA Rules in Review?

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:00:11 +0000

I'm very interested in following the situation that seems to be unfolding regarding one traveler's incident with the TSA at SAN, where he is potentially facing a civil suit and/or $10,000 fine. Apparently, the current rules regarding flying in the...

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YouCut

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:57:55 +0000

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No Gene or DNA Patents

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:49:35 +0000

Looks like the Department of Justice has decided patenting of genes or DNA discoveries is invalid, as these are indeed discoveries of something that already exists in nature. I agree with this but it remains to be seen if the...

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The Guardian Iraq Report

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:47:21 +0000

The Guardian has analyzed the over 390,000 documents leaked via Wikileaks and put together an amazing brief interactive analysis in their Iraq: The war logs report. There is a tremendous amount of information contained in those records, which document in...

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Big Brother Privatized

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:18:36 +0000

As if Blackwater (now Xe Services LLC) wasn't proof enough of how private companies performing federal duties without oversight is a bad thing, an agency called the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR) has been caught performing domestic surveillance...

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FBI Tracking in my Neighborhood

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:49:02 +0000

Wired is reporting on a 20-year old student in Santa Clara (where I live) that found an FBI tracking device on his car when getting auto service. Turns out the device was indeed installed by the FBI and he was...

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901 Tequila Branding

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:30:33 +0000

I clicked on a banner advertisement for the first time in a long time, and ended up at a web site that I think has done an excellent job of creating an emotional atmosphere and connection with its audience. 901...

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SamBakZa's There She Is!

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:35:45 +0000

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