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2025

2005 Blog Archives Now Online - Cue the Cringe

Cue the cringe, 2005 edition. I've added old blog/social posts from 2005.

May 3, 2025
John Duprey is Back for 2025 Tour De Cure. Your Contribution Could Be the Catalyst for a Cure?

Announcing my Participation in the ADA's 2025 Tour de Cure

April 6, 2025
Introducing Tags and New Entries to Projects

Content filtering by tag and project portfolio updates

February 2, 2025
Introducing My Archived Blog Posts - Cue the Cringe and Nostalgia

Importing very old, very cringy blog posts from years past...

January 18, 2025
New Year, Improved Site

This site has upgraded from Astro 4 to Astro 5

January 11, 2025

2024

Scaling Thomson Reuters’ Language Model Research

Business Drivers, Research Objectives, and Scaling with AWS HyperPod

November 27, 2024
AI-Assisted Software Development in 2024

In this blog I talk about the current capabilities, emerging capabilities, where it currently excels and where it tends to falter. There are some pitfalls to using such tools and I talk about those as well the implications for the software development profession.

November 26, 2024
iDuprey.com Site Updates

Bluesky account linked, Slightly less crappy favicon/logo?

November 23, 2024
Goodbye Twitter, Hello Bluesky

I've closed my Twitter account - it is a silly place.

November 17, 2024

2005

I must not fear.

I must not fear.

December 24, 2005
They Mostly Come at Night...

They Mostly Come at Night...

December 18, 2005
Harmony Remote Blog Entry Updated

Harmony Remote Blog Entry Updated

December 17, 2005
Techworld.com - Microsoft to move graphics outside OS kernel

Techworld.com - Microsoft to move graphics outside OS kernel

December 17, 2005
Seigenthaler Defamer Tracked Down.. Moron.

Seigenthaler Defamer Tracked Down.. Moron.

December 16, 2005
iDuprey.com Was Down

iDuprey.com Was Down

December 12, 2005
The Darker Side of Wikipedia

The Darker Side of Wikipedia

December 2, 2005
JWDWeb Photo Album Upgraded

JWDWeb Photo Album Upgraded

November 20, 2005
Where Have All The Woobies Gone?

Where Have All The Woobies Gone?

November 20, 2005
LiveJournal Entries Imported

LiveJournal Entries Imported

November 15, 2005
"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came."

"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came."

November 15, 2005
New Apple Products - iMac "Front Row", Video iPod, iTunes

New Apple Products - iMac "Front Row", Video iPod, iTunes

October 13, 2005
The Internet Archived Forever - aka The "Wayback" Machine

The Internet Archived Forever - aka The "Wayback" Machine

October 12, 2005
Why I'm Switching to WordPress

Why I'm Switching to WordPress

October 9, 2005
Test Post: LivePress Plugin - LiveJournal Synchronization

Test Post: LivePress Plugin - LiveJournal Synchronization

October 8, 2005
Fight the Power - Rein in the DMCA

Fight the Power - Rein in the DMCA

September 22, 2005
My Music Becomes Portable, JHymn, or How I Became a Criminal

My Music Becomes Portable, JHymn, or How I Became a Criminal

September 22, 2005
Cringely's NerdTV Is Awesome

Cringely's NerdTV Is Awesome

September 7, 2005
SQLite Founder Received the Google-O'Reilley Award

SQLite Founder Received the Google-O'Reilley Award

September 1, 2005
"One Remote to Rule them All" or "How a Puppy Narrowly Escapes Death"

"One Remote to Rule them All" or "How a Puppy Narrowly Escapes Death"

July 20, 2005
We Finally Got That New High Performance Server at Work

We Finally Got That New High Performance Server at Work

June 30, 2005
iDuprey.com Is Offline

iDuprey.com Is Offline

June 24, 2005
iDuprey.com Style Update

iDuprey.com Style Update

June 24, 2005
LiveJournal Style Update.. Again.

LiveJournal Style Update.. Again.

June 23, 2005
Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!

June 19, 2005
OS X's Secret Double Life - Joy of Tech.

OS X's Secret Double Life - Joy of Tech.

June 12, 2005
Apple Switching to Intel CPU's 2006,2007

Apple Switching to Intel CPU's 2006,2007

June 10, 2005
Hard Drive Crashed and Burned Tuesday

Hard Drive Crashed and Burned Tuesday

June 5, 2005
I Ordered a New Digital Camera: Casio EX-Z750

I Ordered a New Digital Camera: Casio EX-Z750

June 5, 2005
Movie DB - All DVDs Have Been Logged

Movie DB - All DVDs Have Been Logged

May 29, 2005
I *am* Vindicated

I *am* Vindicated

May 28, 2005
My Technorati Profile

My Technorati Profile

May 28, 2005
Store Wars

Store Wars

May 23, 2005
Crazy People and Karma

Crazy People and Karma

May 18, 2005
The Duprey DVD Collection

The Duprey DVD Collection

May 17, 2005
TiddlyWiki

TiddlyWiki

May 15, 2005
Updated LiveJournal Style to Use Kubrick

Updated LiveJournal Style to Use Kubrick

May 15, 2005
iDuprey.com Geek Update

iDuprey.com Geek Update

April 17, 2005
How Will Companies Ever Make Money Off Open-Source?

How Will Companies Ever Make Money Off Open-Source?

April 3, 2005
Firefox Extension: Remember open windows, locations, urls, sessions.

Firefox Extension: Remember open windows, locations, urls, sessions.

March 31, 2005
Delicious (del.icio) - "Social Bookmarks"

Delicious (del.icio) - "Social Bookmarks"

March 29, 2005
User Coral's Web Distribution Network to Offload Traffic

User Coral's Web Distribution Network to Offload Traffic

March 29, 2005
FireFox - Tweak Network Settings

FireFox - Tweak Network Settings

March 23, 2005
Sometimes You *Really* Are Alone...

Sometimes You *Really* Are Alone...

March 23, 2005
Vernal Equinox - Equal Night

Vernal Equinox - Equal Night

March 20, 2005
SSH Pubkey Authentication

SSH Pubkey Authentication

March 6, 2005
Battlestar Galactica: Blogs and 'Casts

Battlestar Galactica: Blogs and 'Casts

March 5, 2005
Things That Make You Consider Being a Vegetarian...

Things That Make You Consider Being a Vegetarian...

March 5, 2005
Domesticated foxes...

Domesticated foxes...

March 5, 2005
Dirt Cheap Laser Printer: The $100 Brother HL-2040

Dirt Cheap Laser Printer: The $100 Brother HL-2040

March 1, 2005
Apple Store at Eastview? Cool!

Apple Store at Eastview? Cool!

March 1, 2005
Basic Principles of Existentialism - LS 196, Spring 1992

Basic Principles of Existentialism - LS 196, Spring 1992

February 27, 2005
The Scientist

The Scientist

February 26, 2005
Working from home...

Working from home...

February 24, 2005
I Bought Omniweb

I Bought Omniweb

February 18, 2005
What is Mac OS X? An Explanation for Technical Folk

What is Mac OS X? An Explanation for Technical Folk

February 13, 2005
How To Switch To The Mac

How To Switch To The Mac

February 12, 2005
Two-Finger-Scrolling with pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks

Two-Finger-Scrolling with pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks

February 11, 2005
Why Mac for Science.

Why Mac for Science.

February 11, 2005
My iLife 2005

My iLife 2005

February 9, 2005
Top Ten AppleScript Tips

Top Ten AppleScript Tips

February 9, 2005
HOWTO Process Images With AppleScript and jhead

HOWTO Process Images With AppleScript and jhead

February 8, 2005
LiveJournal iPhoto Exporter

LiveJournal iPhoto Exporter

February 8, 2005
STi Breaks Need to be Warmed Up

STi Breaks Need to be Warmed Up

February 6, 2005
BSG: Episode "You Can't Go Home Again"

BSG: Episode "You Can't Go Home Again"

February 5, 2005
Deepwaterdaze: Local Rochester Band

Deepwaterdaze: Local Rochester Band

February 2, 2005
The Tao of Mac and VNC

The Tao of Mac and VNC

February 1, 2005
Subaru B9 Tribeca

Subaru B9 Tribeca

January 30, 2005
Bad-Boy Sedans: Evo vs. STi Rematch [Car And Driver]

Bad-Boy Sedans: Evo vs. STi Rematch [Car And Driver]

January 30, 2005
The New Battlestar Galactica

The New Battlestar Galactica

January 30, 2005
HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a media center

HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a media center

January 29, 2005
Cross site scripting

Cross site scripting

January 27, 2005
Tivo To Go.. Finally!

Tivo To Go.. Finally!

January 27, 2005
My LiveJournal Book [2004]

My LiveJournal Book [2004]

January 24, 2005
TrackBack vs. Pingback

TrackBack vs. Pingback

January 24, 2005
Worst Drive Home.... Ever

Worst Drive Home.... Ever

January 24, 2005
Atom: Publishing API and Syndication Feed Format

Atom: Publishing API and Syndication Feed Format

January 22, 2005
iPhoto Export Plug-ins: iPhotoToGallery and Flickr Export

iPhoto Export Plug-ins: iPhotoToGallery and Flickr Export

January 11, 2005
Lyrics: Human Being

Lyrics: Human Being

January 11, 2005
The True Story of Audion

The True Story of Audion

January 8, 2005
TivoToGo Web Interface

TivoToGo Web Interface

January 8, 2005
Tivo Desktop Alternative: Java Home Media Option

Tivo Desktop Alternative: Java Home Media Option

January 8, 2005
HD Tivo .. in 2006?!

HD Tivo .. in 2006?!

January 8, 2005
2005! Happy New Year!

2005! Happy New Year!

January 1, 2005

2004

Mary Poppins: Chim Chim Cher-ee

Mary Poppins: Chim Chim Cher-ee

December 29, 2004
Got a Tivo for Christmas?

Got a Tivo for Christmas?

December 27, 2004
Ragged Old Flag

Ragged Old Flag

December 19, 2004
Oh the Arrogance!

Oh the Arrogance!

December 8, 2004
Its Really Windy Here

Its Really Windy Here

December 7, 2004
Using RSS and BitTorrent to Get Your TV Viewing Fix

Using RSS and BitTorrent to Get Your TV Viewing Fix

December 5, 2004
The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense founded

The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense founded

December 3, 2004
NewsFire RSS Reader

NewsFire RSS Reader

December 2, 2004
Mozilla Composer Extracted From Suite - Nvu

Mozilla Composer Extracted From Suite - Nvu

December 2, 2004
Damn Dirty B*st*rds!

Damn Dirty B*st*rds!

December 1, 2004
OmniWeb - A Much Better Safari

OmniWeb - A Much Better Safari

December 1, 2004
Ballmer Threatens (Litigation?) Over the Use of Linux

Ballmer Threatens (Litigation?) Over the Use of Linux

November 23, 2004
The Future Look of the WRX STi

The Future Look of the WRX STi

November 22, 2004
Introduction to Developing Cocoa Object-C Applications

Introduction to Developing Cocoa Object-C Applications

November 21, 2004
🤣 Funny Words

🤣 Funny Words

November 19, 2004
Shipwreck dating to 1873 discovered off Sodus Point

Shipwreck dating to 1873 discovered off Sodus Point

November 19, 2004
Rochester drops in economic rank

Rochester drops in economic rank

November 19, 2004
Know Your Enemy - Rage Against the Machine

Know Your Enemy - Rage Against the Machine

November 18, 2004
Rochester, NY

Rochester, NY

November 14, 2004
Test Post from Ecto Client

Test Post from Ecto Client

November 12, 2004
Times Article: Biased "History" On The Internet

Times Article: Biased "History" On The Internet

November 11, 2004
Times Article (Op/Ed): "Our Not-So-Free Press"

Times Article (Op/Ed): "Our Not-So-Free Press"

November 11, 2004
First Snow of The Year

First Snow of The Year

November 9, 2004
Speaking of Ben..

Speaking of Ben..

November 7, 2004
Another Sunny Day 12/25

Another Sunny Day 12/25

November 6, 2004
The Gadsten Flag

The Gadsten Flag

November 6, 2004
How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?

How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?

November 5, 2004
Minnesota Visit

Minnesota Visit

November 4, 2004
Halloween 2004

Halloween 2004

November 1, 2004
First Flickr Post

First Flickr Post

October 31, 2004
iPhoto Export Plug-ins: iPhotoToGallery and Flickr Export

iPhoto Export Plug-ins: iPhotoToGallery and Flickr Export

October 31, 2004
Podcasting?

Podcasting?

October 30, 2004
Flickr

Flickr

October 30, 2004
My Political Compass

My Political Compass

October 26, 2004
The Flaw in Electronic Voting

The Flaw in Electronic Voting

October 26, 2004
DMCA dealt serious blow by Sixth Circuit Appeals Court

DMCA dealt serious blow by Sixth Circuit Appeals Court

October 26, 2004
Smarty Template Engine [PHP]

Smarty Template Engine [PHP]

October 25, 2004
NY Times: After Terror, a Secret Rewriting of Military Law

NY Times: After Terror, a Secret Rewriting of Military Law

October 24, 2004
Bill Clinton - 2004 DNC

Bill Clinton - 2004 DNC

October 23, 2004
American Citizens, Make Informed Decisions

American Citizens, Make Informed Decisions

October 22, 2004
"It can't happen here". Oh yeah?

"It can't happen here". Oh yeah?

October 22, 2004
SafariSpeed Makes OS X's Safari Web Browser Even Faster

SafariSpeed Makes OS X's Safari Web Browser Even Faster

October 21, 2004
Kamikaze-QSCM Community Created

Kamikaze-QSCM Community Created

October 20, 2004
Witnessing the Demise of C++ or Its Second Wind

Witnessing the Demise of C++ or Its Second Wind

October 20, 2004
Slashdot | Jon Stewart on CNN's Crossfire

Slashdot | Jon Stewart on CNN's Crossfire

October 16, 2004
Caught in the Web of Technology: Technology and Software Report

Caught in the Web of Technology: Technology and Software Report

October 9, 2004
Movie: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

Movie: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

October 4, 2004
Powerbook Fixit Guide

Powerbook Fixit Guide

October 3, 2004
Linux Only Searching

Linux Only Searching

October 3, 2004
Anything But Last... How About First?

Anything But Last... How About First?

September 27, 2004
NX Technology To Speed Remote Desktop Connections

NX Technology To Speed Remote Desktop Connections

September 25, 2004
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."

September 25, 2004
Kamikaze-QSCM Version 0.2 Released

Kamikaze-QSCM Version 0.2 Released

September 24, 2004
Visual SlickEdit for OS-X

Visual SlickEdit for OS-X

September 23, 2004
I've Become an Open Source Developer

I've Become an Open Source Developer

September 21, 2004
XJournal Client Test

XJournal Client Test

September 19, 2004
First Journal Entry

First Journal Entry

September 19, 2004

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