Automatic Reference Counting to replace Garbage Collection?
All signs point to yes. Only a few years after I converted from manually reference counting (retain/release) to garbage collection in order to reduce code, it looks like Apple maybe…
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The used car market sucks for buyers
While shopping for a car this last month, I started to realized that buying a used car didn’t look very attractive. For some reason prices were, really, really high —…
Increasing cost of groceries
Check out this graph of our monthly grocery bill over the last decade: I did a five month moving average to get rid of the noise. To interpret this graph,…
Total cost of car ownership
My wife and I went from two cars when we moved in together in 2002, down to one car when we moved closer to our jobs in 2004, down to…
Car seat to the moon
Conversation with my two year old this morning: Me: “Are you going to go to the moon?” Tevian: “Yes, rocket ship, Tevian.” He points to himself, then pauses…. and finally,…
Apple & Digital Cameras
Remember the QuickTake 100? I sure do. That’s marked the beginning of Apple’s short lived venture into the digital camera business. Personally I think it was a really good idea…
The value of elite colleges
The best predictor of your earning potential after college is not your SAT scores or even which college you attended, but the average SAT score at the most elite colleges…
Demand based pricing for parking
I absolutely love the idea of demand based pricing for parking, and it looks like San Francisco has officially kicked off their pilot program. The basic assumption is this: if…
Bluetooth issues with Early 2009 Mac Pro
I got a shiny new magic mouse for my birthday only to discover that it doesn’t really work with my early 2009 Mac Pro. The symptoms are a stuttering mouse…
Replacements for Quicken
With the release of Mac OS X 10.7 imminent, Quicken 2007 will be dead. Knowing that this day has been coming, I’ve been periodically checking out Mac financial software over…