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And before that, I did this

stearns — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:15:26 +0000

Five other jobs that have fallen off the end of my resume:

Made salads & bread baskets, & worked the snack bar; Sandcastle restaurant, Malibu, 1978-1979
Parking attendant, Paradise Cove, Malibu, 1978-1979
Census taker, United States of America, 1980
Shipping/receiving & answering the phones, The Computer Store, 1979-1981
(Turned down by McDonald’s, 1978: hair too long.*)

* I know, doesn’t count, but I needed a fifth to honor my inspiration for this post.

Remote debugging with Wing

stearns — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:27:01 +0000

I just wrote up a bunch of notes on the Chandler wiki about remote debugging with Wing (the Python IDE), having just finished a session where I fixed a problem that only occurred on an automated-build machine hundreds of miles from here (with two firewalls between me and it).

The Wing docs treat remote debugging as an “advanced topic”, but it really works well once you get over the setup hurdles. Even if you’re just doing remote debugging from a different machine on your desk, it’s a real boon when working on UI code to not have your debugger’s mouse and keyboard interfering with the target’s mouse and keyboard… so give it a try.

Photos!

stearns — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:59:44 +0000

I just got back from an OSAF Sprint Week in San Francisco — all the remote folks “come home” every so often to work together in the office, and we were celebrating the Preview release of Chandler.

I took my new camera along, and shot a few photos of my coworkers at lunch, and more just walking around the city — mostly during an evening walk with Ted Leung, who I’m learning a lot from. (Those are links to my new Flickr account – you can get to all my pictures using the new link over there in the sidebar.)