Harper Reed: Tech, Phones, Yo-yoing and Death Metal

Harper Reed: Software, PHP, MySQL, YoYo, Juggling, Baphomet

Desktop Linux….

I am a linux mad man recently. I was noticing today that almost all of my devices i enjoy using are unix and mostly linux based. Pretty insane. So with that thought i decided to unshackle myself from the man and attempt desktop linux for the first time.
I am scared. Hold me!
I am currently installing [...]

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, [...]

Mac telephony mailing list

The OSX/Mac voip community has a new mailing list. It is located the The Macintosh Telephony Mailing List site. The list will cover all sorts of interesting voip/mac topics and won’t be just a bunch of asterisk peeps talking about asterisk. It should have a bundle of information about turning a mac mini into a [...]

p2ptv client for osx

Is there no p2p tv client for osx. You would think the chinese woudl be able to port something fancy like tvu or tvants or even pplive to osx easily enough. It would certainly make my life easier. hah. well. if anyone knows of any - let me know. and democracy player isn’t really what [...]

OSX Asterisk updated

As yall know i have been playing and hacking with the Asterisk open source PBX. In my exploration time i have been looking at some great sites on asterisk and came across this relaly great asterisk guy named benjk. He runs the sunrise-tel.com site that releases and maintains some OSX Asterisk packages. Quite amazing. The [...]

So i haven’t really been posting to my blog as i would like. I have instead been coding ruby on rails applications. it is fun. i am kinda bored. sorta. not really. i was bored. then i discovered the ajax helpers. haha. so much fun. unfortunately a site such as harperreed.org doesn’t lend itself [...]

where the deer and the antelope play. where seldom is heard a discouraging word. and the eyes eat cowboys all day. Oh yea. it is the weekend. I am soooo sleepy. I am going to have a meet and greet. and then have a meet and sleep. and t…

Mac Mini! oh yea. part deux

so I got my mac mini. it came during my last blog entry. I was excited.
of course. apple had to pack it all nice and such. I appreciate how minimal a…

iBook picture frame

I have always wanted a digital picture frame. I originally thought that the audrey would fulfill my need - but it became apparent that i needed something much more powerful. I needed something that i could manage remotely and could run reasonable programs on. I needed a technology that would allow me to use [...]

i hate my new phone.

i just hate the fact that I am unable to use MMS. i seriously need to save my money. I am always running out of money. wtf. I guess my fasion lifestyle I established when I was a baller doesn’t transcend well to the non-baller status I am currently exhibiting. doh! or lack there of. :(i say this rant as I prepare to go out to sushi and a super (hah) club with my friend…

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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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