Still Wrestling with OAuth and VW

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   5:23 AM ON THU JUL 29 2010
I'm still trying to get things going with VisualWorks and OAuth - I just realized that the timestamp needed to be in terms of GMT, not whatever my local time is. Makes per ...

Smalltalk Daily 07/29/10: Updating the Debugger's Ins ...

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   4:42 AM ON THU JUL 29 2010
Today's Smalltalk Daily llooks at a package that adds code completion to VisualWorks and ObjectStudio. It's contributed code, so it could do more than it does - but it's ...

A Smalltalk Thread Pool

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   4:22 AM ON THU JUL 29 2010
Ramon Leon talks about his implementation of a thread pool for Smalltalk (in the context of a Seaside app): I had a search result page in Seaside that launched about 10 ...

AidaWeb on Pharo

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   3:46 AM ON THU JUL 29 2010
Smalltalkers have more choices than ever in terms of platform (dialect) and framework - AidaWeb now runs on Pharo (it already supported Cincom Smalltalk and Squeak). From ...

It's not just iPhones

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   3:42 AM ON THU JUL 29 2010
Tim Bray would like more choices for development on the Android platform: And finally, as a citizen primarily of the Web, I can’t help but notice that in recent ye ...

It's the False Positives, Stupid

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   3:34 AM ON THU JUL 29 2010
This is why I dislike DRM so much - it doesn't hit pirates at all, but it periodically slaps legitimate users in the face: Valve, the company responsible for the game Mod ...

Understanding Optical Slaves, Pt. 2

STROBIST   5:16 PM ON WED JUL 28 2010
Editor's note: There are enough questions coming in via the comments that I am prepping a slave-related Q&A for later this week. If you have a question that has not yet been ...

Sunbathing iPads?

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   6:31 AM ON WED JUL 28 2010
I wonder about the lawsuit claiming that iPads should work better (i.e., not overheat) in the sun - take this rationale from PC World: This may actually be a very real pro ...

Smalltalk Daily 07/28/10: Auto Complete

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   5:14 AM ON WED JUL 28 2010
Today's Smalltalk Daily llooks at a package that adds code completion to VisualWorks and ObjectStudio. It's contributed code, so it could do more than it does - but it's ...

Do I Get a Membership Card?

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   4:29 AM ON WED JUL 28 2010
Apparently, we're (my wife and I, that is) members of the selfish elites - and no one even gave us membership cards: It’s not exactly official, but should also surpr ...

The Future of TV

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   4:25 AM ON WED JUL 28 2010
Netflix is available on every major computing system - Macs, Windows, iPads - and on all the gaming systems - Wii, Xbox, and PS3. I think the on-demand thing is going to e ...

StarCraft 2

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   5:18 PM ON TUE JUL 27 2010
I may still be obsessed with Mass Effect 2, but I've been waiting for Starcraft II for a long time Technorati Tags: starcraft, blizzard ...

OAuth Progress

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   7:40 AM ON TUE JUL 27 2010
I decided to take a serious look at OAuth again - since I have a Twitter account and a set of application keys, I'm using Twitter as the service to test against. I had pro ...

Smalltalk Daily 07/27/10: Setting BreakPoints with Code

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   4:59 AM ON TUE JUL 27 2010
Today's Smalltalk Daily looks at inserting a breakpoint programmatically. To do that, you need to grab this code and file it in, and then use code like this: "get the ...

Pharo 1.1 Released

SMALLTALK WITH JAMES ROBERTSON   4:55 PM ON MON JUL 26 2010
Looks like the Pharo sprint at Camp Smalltalk London paid off: Pharo 1.1 was released on July 26, 2010. This is the second release. It provides bug fixes, system cleanup, ...