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November 24, 2013 12:29:46.505

In my daily trawl through realcleartechnology.com, I cam across this odd demand from David Braue:

Previous versions of iWork had promise as an alternative, but I have a long-running feud with Apple over iWork for one simple reason: Apple refuses to give it the ability to simply load and save files in Word's .DOC format. That's right: the only way to handle documents in Pages is by saving your working documents as .pages files which are, inexplicably, often 10 or more times larger than their Word .DOC equivalent and then exporting .DOC versions as and when you need them.

Right, Apple should cede control of their future feature set to whatever the doc format can support, and they should be willing to live at the mercy of whatever MS decides to do with it. Sure, Sure. I've used Pages for years now; the extra five seconds to export into .doc format is not a problem. Oh, and news flash, David - Pages does, in fact, read .doc format. Either that, or I've been imagining things for a decade now.

Can we find some tech writers who know something about the topics they natter on about? There are plenty of things to complain about with Pages, believe me. This isn't one of them.

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IM 152: Teaching Smalltalk to Newbies

November 24, 2013 15:32:06.622

Welcome to episode 152 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week david and I talk about teaching Smalltalk again - but to new developers, as opposed to experienced ones who just don't know Smalltalk.

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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IM 152: Teaching Smalltalk to Newbies (AAC)

November 24, 2013 15:32:36.192

Welcome to episode 152 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week david and I talk about teaching Smalltalk again - but to new developers, as opposed to experienced ones who just don't know Smalltalk.

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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ST 4U 497: IP Country Lookups in Pharo

November 25, 2013 10:11:03.220

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at a package in Pharo that can match IP addresses to regions - possibly useful for web projects. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

IP lookups

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PY 4U 21: While Loops in Python

November 26, 2013 10:56:54.371

Today's Python 4 You looks at while loops in Python. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

While Loops

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ST 4U 498: Store on Azure

November 27, 2013 10:14:08.009

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the support for Azure (Microsoft's cloud) in Store for VisualWorks. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Azure and Store

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PY 4U 22: Basic File IO in Python

November 28, 2013 9:47:02.783

Today's Python 4 You starts looking at file i/o. If you want more details, the Python Doc Pges provide that for you. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Python I/O

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ST 4U 499: More Editor Config Options in VA 8.6

November 29, 2013 2:48:23.376

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the configuration options for the new editor in VA Smalltalk 8.6. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Editor Config in VA 8.6

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Stupidity Squared

December 1, 2013 2:40:07.052

Here's another reason not to bother with an XBox One - you have to install every game - but MS figures that you have no need to know how much free space you have left. Their explanation?

Xbox One was designed to make storage management automatic. For saved games, settings, and other information that Xbox One customers save to the cloud, space is virtually unlimited. On the internal hard drive in each Xbox One, games and apps can be uninstalled or reinstalled instantly with the click of the Xbox One menu button. Saved games and settings information is retrieved from the cloud for any game as its being reinstalled. By being smart about how storage is managed, Xbox One keeps everyone playing, watching, and sharing their entertainment content rather than worry about limitations. You can also see how much storage any app uses by pressing the menu button on that app.

So they'll let me see how much space any individual thing is taking - but they expect me to whip out paper and pencil to sum it up. Which set of morons came up with this?

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IM 153: Pharo is For You

December 1, 2013 21:04:43.253

Welcome to episode 153 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week we have a recording from Smalltalk 2013 - Stephanne Ducasse talking about Pharo Smalltalk

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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IM 153: Pharo is For You (AAC)

December 1, 2013 21:05:37.454

Welcome to episode 153 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week we have a recording from Smalltalk 2013 - Stephanne Ducasse talking about Pharo Smalltalk

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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