Other · Calvin Correli · Apr 16, 2001
User Interface Fashion

Looks Are Deceptive

When I bought my last car, I thought it looked slick, fresh, cool. But then, a couple months later, a friend of mine bought a ne…

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Other · Calvin Correli · Apr 8, 2001
Subway Sounds

New subway cars were recently put in service in New York city. I had my first ride with one of them today, on the 6 line from Astor Place to 59th st. …

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Other · Calvin Correli · Apr 4, 2001
MetroCard Mess

MetroCard Vending Machines, Brooklyn Bridge station, New York

Metrocard Vending Machines. If you’ve been on a subway station in New York during the last year or two, you know what I’m talking about: The hum…

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Other · Calvin Correli · Dec 8, 2000
A Humidifier by Tom Wolfe?

This past Moday, i ordered a humidifier from drugstore.com. (I didn’t know then that I could have saved the shipping fee and gotten instant gratificat…

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Other · Calvin Correli · Sep 24, 2000
The Future of the Database

New Groups of Users

Within the last few years, relational database management systems (RDBMS), such as Oracle and Sybase, has seen a whole new class…

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Other · Calvin Correli · Sep 18, 2000
Datastructures in Tcl

This document will teach you a little about building more complex data structures in Tcl. I’m assuming you already know basic Tcl stuff. If you don’t …

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Other · Calvin Correli · Jun 19, 2000
Upgrading an ACS Installation

This document will walk you through upgrading ACS from one major version to the next. If you need to upgrade across several major versions, take them …

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Other · Calvin Correli · Jun 8, 2000
Task Manager

Yet another software design proposal.

The Big Picture

I need a tool to help me manage my time. It’s my time, and the tool should recognize that fa…

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Other · Calvin Correli · May 20, 2000
Task Board

Humans work best when they can concentrate on one task at a time. But very often, in order to accomplish your task, there are a number of subtasks tha…

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