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Google + Keyhole = Google Earth
Google just released the next version of their Keyhole software. It’s called Google Earth, and of course it’s a beta release. (Update: All I got was a message from a Google email address saying that...
View ArticleGoogle Earth, Second Beta
Update: Looking for the latest Google Earth beta? Go here. Google has released a new version of the Google Earth beta. This is version 3.0.0178, replacing bersion 3.0.0149. I described the first beta...
View ArticleGoogle Earth Public Release
Wow! 5000 hits today! Although I’d love for you folks to stick around and check out my blog, I suspect you just want to download the latest release of Google Earth Plus—3.0.0336 (beta)—which you can...
View ArticleWhy Software Testing Is Hard
Now that I’m experimenting with video for the blog, I’m learning how to use video editing software. Currently, I’m experimenting with Sony Vegas. I like it a lot, it seems intuitive and fairly...
View ArticleFollowup On Sony Vegas Problems
When I figured out that my Sony Vegas video editing software was crashing because of a bogus file date, I filed a detailed problem report with Sony Creative Software, and I emailed a short description...
View ArticleThe Only Known Requirement
There’s an animated video making its way around the legal blogosphere in which a cynical older lawyer tries to convince an idealistic prospective law student not to go to law school. As a non-lawyer,...
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Google’s New Reader Mess
It looks like Google has decided to screw up Reader with a new design: I guess they wanted it to have a more modern-looking design, and I suppose it looks nicer, but it’s kind of goofy from a usability...
View ArticleObamacare Day One Doesn’t Matter
I’m very skeptical about the effectiveness and long-term benefits of the healthcare system put in place by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). However, I’m not going to join in with the people who are...
View ArticleIn Software Engineering, Sometimes Failure Is the Only Option
On day one of the HealthCare.gov roll-out, I explained that first-day glitches in a large production web site are meaningless. With only a few specialized exceptions (and some lucky ones) things always...
View ArticleMore Interesting News About HealthCare.gov Problems
Lena H. Sun and Scott Wilson in the Washington Post have a pretty good article about the HealthCare.gov mess that tells us more about what’s going wrong. Let’s start with the specification for the...
View Article500 Million Lines of Code?
500 million lines of code. That’s how big the source code is for HealthCare.gov, according to this article at the New York Times. That number has since been repeated in a CNN editorial by Julianne...
View ArticleModel Justice — Stalled On the Learning Curve
The “Model Justice” series of posts (starting here) is chronicling my attempts to build a software model of certain aspects of the criminal justice system. As I explained in the most recent post, my...
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