July 18, 2011 at 4:03 pm

The old "sketchy" blog...

This is it: what I refer to on the main samoff.com landing page. This blog made it about nine years before Twitter came along and obliterated my notions about the social web. So, if you’re here just to look at what I was able to accomplish back in 2006 using Prototype.js and a few other Javascript goodies (see the “Support Them” section in the sidebar), then welcome... Have a look around — I’ve also got some good writing tucked away in this fair blog.

Blogging is dead, long live the blog… Right?

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July 14, 2009 at 01:46 am

Forgotten anniversaries...

Somehow, I forgot about this fair blog’s 9th blogiversary (which was June 15th). But, now that I look back in the Archives, it appears that I missed the 8th one as well. Something’s got to change… And soon.

I’m working on it.

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June 22, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Patent #2 (finally)...

Just got an email that began like this:

Dear Inventor(s):


Re: System and Method for Generating Flash-Based Educational Training (Docket 11259)

It is my pleasure to announce that Embarq recently filed a patent application with the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) for the above referenced invention on which you are named as the (an) inventor.

This has been a long-time coming and I’m so glad it has finally gone through!

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June 09, 2009 at 12:00 am

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(Photo by Tom Magliery.)

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March 20, 2009 at 07:01 am

The votes are in...

Thanks to everyone in the Maemo community for voting me into another term of the Maemo Community Council. I’m honored to have had Dave Neary‘s nomination and I’m honored to be serving the community once again.

There is a lot happening for Maemo during the next six months. If you’d like to participate, please join the conversation on the maemo-community mailing list!

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March 04, 2009 at 09:27 am

Flickr Clock...

Nice work, Flickr!

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March 02, 2009 at 09:15 am

Maemo Community Council: In the mix...

After the nominations were opened for the next Maemo Community Council, I wasn’t completely sure that I’d jump back into the mix. While I’ve had an extremely rewarding time being a part of the Council, these things — as you may know — have a tendency of becoming more than originally expected. To explain further, I must divulge a little personal information.

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