Harper Reed: Tech, Phones, Yo-yoing and Death Metal
Which laptop should I get
06 May
Posted by Harper in Technology at 01:06 AM
Tags: apple, desktop-development, development, laptops, lenovo, linux, mac, macbook, osx, purchase, t60, Technology, ubuntu
So I am in the market for a new laptop. I am currently using a Dell Inspiron 700M which I purchased a couple summers ago when I was doing freelance work. It has been a really good laptop and has gotten a lot of stuff done. So now that the customary 2 years has past, [...]
so damned busy
07 Jul
Posted by Harper in General at 05:32 PM
Tags: agile, blogs, books, coding, development, engineering, firefox, gtd, hiromi, management, projects, rails, ruby, yoyo
Yes. it is true. i am freakishly busy. and of course while being freakishly busy i find the most time expensive hobby ever. So matiss and i have been playing quake 3 again. We were playing the requiem mod for hours, but it got kinda boring so we switched to the urban terror full conversion. [...]
check out my new tool
17 Mar
Posted by Harper in General at 10:28 PM
Tags: code, csharp, development, google, hacking, Technology, tools
I wrote a new tool after work today. Check it out:I needed a way to view what keywords woudl display what ads with Google’s incredible adsense tool. However - I didn’t really like the adnse preview tool for IE. it was annoying for some reason. so I did some poking about and made this. the ads displayed are using the test flag with no client id specified. so no one is getting …
by the time I get to arizona…
04 Mar
Posted by Harper in General at 06:56 PM
Tags: blogger, development, dylan, family, harper, itunes, itunesblogger, phone, reed, screensaver, symbian, war, watership, wordpress
Those are my cousins. of course they are awesome. and I will be hanging out with them tomorrow. it should be fun. I am flying out tonight….
hehe. i love bush
01 Mar
Posted by Harper in General at 12:07 PM
Tags: action, author, colorado, cripple, design, development, mobile, nokia, phone, php, politics, school, Sites, smash, Technology, vacation
check out this comic. so very very true. unfortunately it is being banned by newspapers all over. too bad it is true. heh. I love shit like that. Some really exciting thing…
when showers attack
01 Sep
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 04:51 PM
Tags: apple, cell, chicago, development, haxored, juggling, laptop, nerd, nokia, phone, search, travel, war
so today - I am chilling - taking a shower and my wall attacked me. I was just brushing my teeth in the shower and I turned around and the wall that was facing my back lost all the tiles. It was …
it has and it will be. ghosts in my eyes
27 Apr
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 02:27 PM
Tags: blogger, books, development, fear, food, hiromi, humor, india, insane, matiss, music, nokia, phone, phones, rock, travel, war, women
the last couple days have been pretty weird. I didn’t feel like posting at all. which is in itself pretty different. usually I post as a decompression activity - or because I want to say something. however in the last couple days I have really felt that my motivations for posting on my ‘blog’ were not exactly legit. hah. they were not really illegal - just not necessarily in the same vein as …
online communities
21 Aug
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 03:58 PM
Tags: community, development, friendster, social, tones, war
i guess I still need to write that paper on online communities and the socialization of online relationships. Especially in light of friendster and the development of virtual “ubermensch.” heh. I guess I wasn’t clear in what I was saying. I am naive enough to jump to the conclusion that I can use the idea of the ubermensch when …
Hi. My name is Harper. I am an engineer and software architect involved in social networks and the open source software. I am very happily employed as the CTO to the awesome skinnyCorp in Chicago, IL. We make some really cool stuff. This is obviously my blog. I write about everything from being a professional yoyoer to hacking the newest Internet appliance. Be sure and check out my homepage at harperreed.org. If you are so interested, my resume is located here. I love getting emails and what not so feel free to contact me through here.
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