http://snej.soup.io/ http://snej.soup.io/ http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/0108/4723_8c6e.jpeg 100 100 My name is Jens. I'm a geek. The good kind. I'm interested in many things ... {"tags":["square","squareformat","rise","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6836932561/","body":"There were two area men driving it, too.","url":"http://2.asset.soup.io/asset/2916/5874_1995.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6836932561/"><img alt="5874_1995_400" height="400" src="http://2.asset.soup.io/asset/2916/5874_1995_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>There were two area men driving it, too.</p>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:45:29 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/229746094/There-were-two-area-men-driving-iturn:www-soup-io:1:229746094imagesquaresquareformatriseiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Prinzhorn+Dance+School\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EPrinzhorn Dance School\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Astrobrite\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAstrobrite\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/One+Model+Nation\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EOne Model Nation\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Windy%2B%2526%2BCarl\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EWindy \u0026amp; Carl\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Biosphere\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBiosphere\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Prinzhorn+Dance+School">Prinzhorn Dance School</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Astrobrite">Astrobrite</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/One+Model+Nation">One Model Nation</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Windy%2B%2526%2BCarl">Windy &amp; Carl</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Biosphere">Biosphere</a> </li></ol>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/229568612/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:229568612regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","rise","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6792009117/","body":"Best. Indian. Sweets. Ever. Like swimming in a ball pit full of cardamom pods.","url":"http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/2893/1693_e493.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6792009117/"><img alt="1693_e493_400" height="400" src="http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/2893/1693_e493_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Best. Indian. Sweets. Ever. Like swimming in a ball pit full of cardamom pods.</p>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:26:33 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/227821113/Best-Indian-Sweets-Ever-Like-swimming-inurn:www-soup-io:1:227821113imagesquaresquareformatriseiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Astrobrite\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAstrobrite\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tycho\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ETycho\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Field\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Field\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Headphone+Commute\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EHeadphone Commute\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Big+Sleep\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Big Sleep\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Astrobrite">Astrobrite</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tycho">Tycho</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Field">The Field</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Headphone+Commute">Headphone Commute</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Big+Sleep">The Big Sleep</a> </li></ol>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/228474736/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:228474736regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Biosphere\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBiosphere\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELoscil\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Botch\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBotch\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Loincloth\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELoincloth\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Blanck+Mass\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBlanck Mass\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Biosphere">Biosphere</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil">Loscil</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Botch">Botch</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loincloth">Loincloth</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Blanck+Mass">Blanck Mass</a> </li></ol>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/225971820/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:225971820regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","lomofi","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6727809881/","body":"Pointy office building is pointy","url":"http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/2844/6708_6678.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6727809881/"><img alt="6708_6678_400" height="400" src="http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/2844/6708_6678_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Pointy office building is pointy</p>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:25:20 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/223319326/Pointy-office-building-is-pointyurn:www-soup-io:1:223319326imagesquaresquareformatlomofiiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":["Computers","Me"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2012/01/getting-into-modeling-with-couchcocoa/\"\u003E\u201cGetting Into Modeling With CouchCocoa\u201d\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2012/01/getting-into-modeling-with-couchcocoa/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EI gave a webcast last month for O\u2019Reilly, and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4h90TgWan0\" title=\"\"\u003Eit\u2019s up on YouTube now\u003C/a\u003E so you can watch it at your leisure. Here\u2019s the abstract:\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cblockquote\u003EIt can be very liberating to store your Couchbase app\u2019s data as free-form dictionaries, free of the rigid schema of a relational database. But there\u2019s a lot to be said for the syntactic comforts and conveniences of modeling your data as native Cocoa objects with predeclared @properties, the way CoreData does. Don\u2019t fret \u2013 the CouchCocoa framework lets you do both, even in the same database. During this webcast I\u2019ll show you how to acquire the glamor of an object model, while still letting your NoSQL freak-flag fly.\u003C/blockquote\u003E"} <p>I gave a webcast last month for O’Reilly, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4h90TgWan0" title="">it’s up on YouTube now</a> so you can watch it at your leisure. Here’s the abstract:</p> <blockquote>It can be very liberating to store your Couchbase app’s data as free-form dictionaries, free of the rigid schema of a relational database. But there’s a lot to be said for the syntactic comforts and conveniences of modeling your data as native Cocoa objects with predeclared @properties, the way CoreData does. Don’t fret – the CouchCocoa framework lets you do both, even in the same database. During this webcast I’ll show you how to acquire the glamor of an object model, while still letting your NoSQL freak-flag fly.</blockquote>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:29:28 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/223342874/Getting-Into-Modeling-With-CouchCocoaurn:www-soup-io:1:223342874regularcomputersme {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Fuck+Buttons\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EFuck Buttons\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EJacaszek\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Marsen+Jules\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EMarsen Jules\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/A+Winged+Victory+for+the+Sullen\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EA Winged Victory for the Sullen\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/beautumn\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ebeautumn\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Fuck+Buttons">Fuck Buttons</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek">Jacaszek</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Marsen+Jules">Marsen Jules</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/A+Winged+Victory+for+the+Sullen">A Winged Victory for the Sullen</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/beautumn">beautumn</a> </li></ol>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/221495912/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:221495912regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Braids\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBraids\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Erik+Satie\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EErik Satie\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELoscil\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Pink+Floyd\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EPink Floyd\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Alan+Morse+Davies\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAlan Morse Davies\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Braids">Braids</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Erik+Satie">Erik Satie</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil">Loscil</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Pink+Floyd">Pink Floyd</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Alan+Morse+Davies">Alan Morse Davies</a> </li></ol>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/216707320/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:216707320regular {"tags":["jed"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6639666003/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJed has an egg\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E2008, apparently. One of those class projects where they had to take care of a \"baby\" egg for a week.","url":"http://6.asset.soup.io/asset/2765/1478_30e8.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6639666003/"><img alt="1478_30e8_400" height="533" src="http://6.asset.soup.io/asset/2765/1478_30e8_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Jed has an egg</strong><br />2008, apparently. One of those class projects where they had to take care of a "baby" egg for a week.</p>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:44:04 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/212333246/Jed-has-an-eggurn:www-soup-io:1:212333246imagejed {"tags":[""],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6639637123/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003Eunidentified swirls\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EI think this was taken at the Tech Museum in San Jose.","url":"http://8.asset.soup.io/asset/2765/1480_ab63.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6639637123/"><img alt="1480_ab63_400" height="300" src="http://8.asset.soup.io/asset/2765/1480_ab63_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>unidentified swirls</strong><br />I think this was taken at the Tech Museum in San Jose.</p>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:36:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/212333306/unidentified-swirlsurn:www-soup-io:1:212333306image {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Antlers\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Antlers\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tino+Contreras\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ETino Contreras\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Antlers">The Antlers</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tino+Contreras">Tino Contreras</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/211772473/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:211772473regular {"tags":["Music"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/12/shiver-3/\"\u003EShiver 3\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/12/shiver-3/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70\" title=\"\"\u003EA new mix\u003C/a\u003E, sequel to \u003Cem\u003EShiver 2\u003C/em\u003E, sequel to \u003Cem\u003EShiver\u003C/em\u003E. I hope you like it\u2026\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://mooseyard.com/recordings/mub70/Cover.jpg\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://mooseyard.com/recordings/mub70/Back.jpg\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E"} <p><a href="http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70" title="">A new mix</a>, sequel to <em>Shiver 2</em>, sequel to <em>Shiver</em>. I hope you like it…</p> <p><a href="http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70"><img src="http://mooseyard.com/recordings/mub70/Cover.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70"><img src="http://mooseyard.com/recordings/mub70/Back.jpg" /></a></p>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:46:33 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/203890309/Shiver-3urn:www-soup-io:1:203890309regularmusic {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tycho\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ETycho\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Animals+as+Leaders\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAnimals as Leaders\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tycho">Tycho</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Animals+as+Leaders">Animals as Leaders</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/203323223/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:203323223regular {"tags":["Computers","Me"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/12/announcing-touchdb/\"\u003EAnnouncing TouchDB\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/12/announcing-touchdb/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E[I just posted this to the Couchbase Mobile community mailing list.]\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/\" title=\"\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETouchDB\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/a\u003E is a project I\u2019ve been feverishly working on for a few weeks. It\u2019s an investigation into the feasibility of a CouchDB-compatible database rewritten from the ground up for mobile apps. The comparison I like to make is that \u201cif CouchDB is MySQL, then TouchDB is SQLite\u201d. In fact, it uses SQLite as its underlying storage engine. You can read a \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Why-TouchDB%3F\" title=\"\"\u003Elonger justification for it\u003C/a\u003E on its wiki, as well as an \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/FAQ\" title=\"\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"caps\"\u003EFAQ\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Object-Design-And-Schema\" title=\"\"\u003Edesign document\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u2014 It speaks CouchDB\u2019s replication protocol. I\u2019m pretty serious about that; I\u2019m even \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Replication-Algorithm\" title=\"\"\u003Edocumenting the protocol\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2014 It also understands a large subset of the \u003Cspan class=\"caps\"\u003EREST API\u003C/span\u003E, enough so that it works with CouchCocoa. I\u2019ve got a clone of Grocery Sync working as one of the demo apps in the project.\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2014 The current implementation is for iOS. If the investigation pans out we\u2019ll port it to Android, and possibly other platforms.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003ETouchDB is certainly not ready for prime-time yet, but here are some current statistics to whet your appetite:\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Code size of an \u2018empty\u2019 iOS app with nothing in it but TouchDB: ~150k.\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Time to initialize TouchDB and open a database, on iPad 2: ~100ms (cold) or ~60ms (warm).\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Size of source code: ~4000 lines of Objective-C (plus another ~2500 lines from some existing utility libraries.)\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u2019s left to do? Probably a lot \u2014 that infamous \u201csecond 90%\u201d. Prominently:\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Attachments\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Reduce functions and grouping\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Filters for views and replication\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Performance tuning\u003Cbr /\u003E\nSee the \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/issues\" title=\"\"\u003Eissue tracker\u003C/a\u003E for more.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003ESo, what does this mean for Couchbase Mobile? Honestly, we don\u2019t know yet. It may be that TouchDB turns out to be so awesome that it replaces embedded-CouchDB entirely in Couchbase Mobile on iOS and Android. It may be that there are still scenarios where embedded-CouchDB works better and is worth the extra overhead for some developers, in which case we\u2019ll still support it. This is not a product announcement; it\u2019s a technical announcement of something that isn\u2019t a product yet, because we like to do our development in the open. We\u2019d love your feedback or even contributions.\u003C/p\u003E"} <p>[I just posted this to the Couchbase Mobile community mailing list.]</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/" title=""><strong>TouchDB</strong></a> is a project I’ve been feverishly working on for a few weeks. It’s an investigation into the feasibility of a CouchDB-compatible database rewritten from the ground up for mobile apps. The comparison I like to make is that “if CouchDB is MySQL, then TouchDB is SQLite”. In fact, it uses SQLite as its underlying storage engine. You can read a <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Why-TouchDB%3F" title="">longer justification for it</a> on its wiki, as well as an <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/FAQ" title=""><span class="caps">FAQ</span></a> and <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Object-Design-And-Schema" title="">design document</a>.</p> <p>— It speaks CouchDB’s replication protocol. I’m pretty serious about that; I’m even <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Replication-Algorithm" title="">documenting the protocol</a>.<br /> — It also understands a large subset of the <span class="caps">REST API</span>, enough so that it works with CouchCocoa. I’ve got a clone of Grocery Sync working as one of the demo apps in the project.<br /> — The current implementation is for iOS. If the investigation pans out we’ll port it to Android, and possibly other platforms.</p> <p>TouchDB is certainly not ready for prime-time yet, but here are some current statistics to whet your appetite:<br /> • Code size of an ‘empty’ iOS app with nothing in it but TouchDB: ~150k.<br /> • Time to initialize TouchDB and open a database, on iPad 2: ~100ms (cold) or ~60ms (warm).<br /> • Size of source code: ~4000 lines of Objective-C (plus another ~2500 lines from some existing utility libraries.)</p> <p>What’s left to do? Probably a lot — that infamous “second 90%”. Prominently:<br /> • Attachments<br /> • Reduce functions and grouping<br /> • Filters for views and replication<br /> • Performance tuning<br /> See the <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/issues" title="">issue tracker</a> for more.</p> <p>So, what does this mean for Couchbase Mobile? Honestly, we don’t know yet. It may be that TouchDB turns out to be so awesome that it replaces embedded-CouchDB entirely in Couchbase Mobile on iOS and Android. It may be that there are still scenarios where embedded-CouchDB works better and is worth the extra overhead for some developers, in which case we’ll still support it. This is not a product announcement; it’s a technical announcement of something that isn’t a product yet, because we like to do our development in the open. We’d love your feedback or even contributions.</p>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:23:01 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/201204842/Announcing-TouchDBurn:www-soup-io:1:201204842regularcomputersme {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/A+Winged+Victory+for+the+Sullen\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EA Winged Victory for the Sullen\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/A+Winged+Victory+for+the+Sullen">A Winged Victory for the Sullen</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/200967506/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:200967506regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tim+Hecker\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ETim Hecker\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EJacaszek\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tim+Hecker">Tim Hecker</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek">Jacaszek</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/198468801/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:198468801regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/196962461/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:196962461regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","hefe","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram","foursquare:venue=4dfe0a4d227185f38b9a2393"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6443825913/","body":"Day 2: A stack of books [on my desk at work]","url":"http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/2594/7315_aa6c.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6443825913/"><img alt="7315_aa6c_400" height="400" src="http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/2594/7315_aa6c_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Day 2: A stack of books [on my desk at work]</p>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:59:16 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/196450836/Day-2-A-stack-of-books-onurn:www-soup-io:1:196450836imagesquaresquareformathefeiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagramfoursquare:venue=4dfe0a4d227185f38b9a2393 {"tags":["square","squareformat","rise","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram","foursquare:venue=4dfe0a4d227185f38b9a2393"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6438868233/","body":"Leafy hedge","url":"http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/2593/4617_975f.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6438868233/"><img alt="4617_975f_400" height="400" src="http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/2593/4617_975f_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Leafy hedge</p>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:53:19 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/196336239/Leafy-hedgeurn:www-soup-io:1:196336239imagesquaresquareformatriseiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagramfoursquare:venue=4dfe0a4d227185f38b9a2393 {"tags":["square","squareformat","lomofi","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6438857511/","body":"Day 1: Reflection","url":"http://0.asset.soup.io/asset/2593/4624_142b.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6438857511/"><img alt="4624_142b_400" height="400" src="http://0.asset.soup.io/asset/2593/4624_142b_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Day 1: Reflection</p>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:50:28 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/196336264/Day-1-Reflectionurn:www-soup-io:1:196336264imagesquaresquareformatlomofiiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Rolling+Stones\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Rolling Stones\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Kate+Bush\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EKate Bush\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Rolling+Stones">The Rolling Stones</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Kate+Bush">Kate Bush</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/196242674/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:196242674regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/A+Dancing+Beggar\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EA Dancing Beggar\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Zomby\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EZomby\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Unrest\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EUnrest\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/A+Dancing+Beggar">A Dancing Beggar</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Zomby">Zomby</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Unrest">Unrest</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/194182197/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:194182197regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","hudson","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6340907783/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003ENeighbors' leftover Hallowe'en decoration\u003C/strong\u003E","url":"http://f.asset.soup.io/asset/2540/0095_60e6.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6340907783/"><img alt="0095_60e6_400" height="400" src="http://f.asset.soup.io/asset/2540/0095_60e6_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Neighbors' leftover Hallowe'en decoration</strong></p>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:53:49 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/192685860/Neighbors-leftover-Halloween-decorationurn:www-soup-io:1:192685860imagesquaresquareformathudsoniphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EGrouper\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Emika\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EEmika\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Oneohtrix+Point+Never\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EOneohtrix Point Never\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Phantogram\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EPhantogram\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/A+Dancing+Beggar\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EA Dancing Beggar\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper">Grouper</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Emika">Emika</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Oneohtrix+Point+Never">Oneohtrix Point Never</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Phantogram">Phantogram</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/A+Dancing+Beggar">A Dancing Beggar</a> </li></ol>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/192966873/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:192966873regular {"tags":["Computers","Me","Web"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/11/my-presentation-from-keeping-it-realtime/\"\u003EMy presentation from Keeping It Realtime\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/11/my-presentation-from-keeping-it-realtime/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EI gave another talk about Couchbase/CouchDB at the \u003Ca href=\"http://krtconf.com\" title=\"\"\u003EKeeping It Realtime conference\u003C/a\u003E this week in Portland. This one is titled \u003Ci\u003E\u201c_ch_ch_changes: CouchDB/Couchbase Notifications And Replications\u201d\u003C/i\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/Couchbase/keeping-itrealtimechchchanges\" title=\"\"\u003Ethe slides are now up on slideshare\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003EI had a great time. The conference itself was pretty exciting, even if some of the content was over my head (I\u2019m not primarily a web developer, server-side isn\u2019t how I roll, and I\u2019ve only just started learning about node.js this week!) Plus: Portland. \u003Cspan class=\"caps\"\u003EOMG\u003C/span\u003E, I love Portland.\u003C/p\u003E"} <p>I gave another talk about Couchbase/CouchDB at the <a href="http://krtconf.com" title="">Keeping It Realtime conference</a> this week in Portland. This one is titled <i>“_ch_ch_changes: CouchDB/Couchbase Notifications And Replications”</i>, and <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Couchbase/keeping-itrealtimechchchanges" title="">the slides are now up on slideshare</a>.</p> <p>I had a great time. The conference itself was pretty exciting, even if some of the content was over my head (I’m not primarily a web developer, server-side isn’t how I roll, and I’ve only just started learning about node.js this week!) Plus: Portland. <span class="caps">OMG</span>, I love Portland.</p>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:13:39 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/192253428/My-presentation-from-Keeping-It-Realtimeurn:www-soup-io:1:192253428regularcomputersmeweb {"tags":["square","squareformat","sutro","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6328390776/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EElectricity behind the hedges\u003C/strong\u003E","url":"http://a.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6762_08e1.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6328390776/"><img alt="6762_08e1_400" height="400" src="http://a.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6762_08e1_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Electricity behind the hedges</strong></p>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:49:04 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/192043881/Electricity-behind-the-hedgesurn:www-soup-io:1:192043881imagesquaresquareformatsutroiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":["square","squareformat","hudson","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6319569158/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELovely neon\u003C/strong\u003E","url":"http://5.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6773_b318.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6319569158/"><img alt="6773_b318_400" height="400" src="http://5.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6773_b318_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Lovely neon</strong></p>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:32:09 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/192043897/Lovely-neonurn:www-soup-io:1:192043897imagesquaresquareformathudsoniphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EGrouper\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Jean-Luc+Ponty\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EJean-Luc Ponty\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Blouse\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBlouse\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Harkonen\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EHarkonen\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Phantogram\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EPhantogram\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper">Grouper</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jean-Luc+Ponty">Jean-Luc Ponty</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Blouse">Blouse</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Harkonen">Harkonen</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Phantogram">Phantogram</a> </li></ol>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/192095314/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:192095314regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","brannan","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram","foursquare:venue=4e4c45b6bd413c4cc66821d1"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6316412388/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EWarming up\u003C/strong\u003E","url":"http://e.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6782_1399.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6316412388/"><img alt="6782_1399_400" height="400" src="http://e.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6782_1399_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Warming up</strong></p>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:01:43 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/192043917/Warming-upurn:www-soup-io:1:192043917imagesquaresquareformatbrannaniphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagramfoursquare:venue=4e4c45b6bd413c4cc66821d1 {"tags":["square","squareformat","rise","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram","foursquare:venue=4a3e755ef964a520f2a21fe3"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6315855562/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EOctopoid bent-fork necklaces\u003C/strong\u003E","url":"http://7.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6791_6b77.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6315855562/"><img alt="6791_6b77_400" height="400" src="http://7.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6791_6b77_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Octopoid bent-fork necklaces</strong></p>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:40:20 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/192043941/Octopoid-bent-fork-necklacesurn:www-soup-io:1:192043941imagesquaresquareformatriseiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagramfoursquare:venue=4a3e755ef964a520f2a21fe3 {"tags":["square","squareformat","rise","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram","foursquare:venue=42d6fc80f964a52021261fe3"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6313475804/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003ESpare a quarter for a disused sprinkler that's down on its luck?\u003C/strong\u003E","url":"http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6801_f7af.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6313475804/"><img alt="6801_f7af_400" height="400" src="http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/2533/6801_f7af_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Spare a quarter for a disused sprinkler that's down on its luck?</strong></p>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:16:04 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/192043971/Spare-a-quarter-for-a-disused-sprinklerurn:www-soup-io:1:192043971imagesquaresquareformatriseiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagramfoursquare:venue=42d6fc80f964a52021261fe3 {"tags":["square","squareformat","hudson","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6296805600/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELaser-cut Penrose tiles (with finger, for scale)\u003C/strong\u003E","url":"http://f.asset.soup.io/asset/2500/6559_466d.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6296805600/"><img alt="6559_466d_400" height="400" src="http://f.asset.soup.io/asset/2500/6559_466d_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Laser-cut Penrose tiles (with finger, for scale)</strong></p>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:31:32 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/187211178/Laser-cut-Penrose-tiles-with-finger-forurn:www-soup-io:1:187211178imagesquaresquareformathudsoniphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247829376/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003ENew house\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EThe 2nd floor office is more open, without a door or dividing wall.","url":"http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6457_9226.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247829376/"><img alt="6457_9226_400" height="535" src="http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6457_9226_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>New house</strong><br />The 2nd floor office is more open, without a door or dividing wall.</p>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:48:03 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/179722356/New-houseurn:www-soup-io:1:179722356image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247276587/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELooking into the office\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003ENo door or wall.","url":"http://c.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6460_4323.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247276587/"><img alt="6460_4323_400" height="535" src="http://c.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6460_4323_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Looking into the office</strong><br />No door or wall.</p>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:36:58 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/179722382/Looking-into-the-officeurn:www-soup-io:1:179722382image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247276259/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EIn the office\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003ENice built-in bookshelves. It feels really open, and makes the second floor seem more spacious.","url":"http://0.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6464_435e.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247276259/"><img alt="6464_435e_400" height="298" src="http://0.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6464_435e_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>In the office</strong><br />Nice built-in bookshelves. It feels really open, and makes the second floor seem more spacious.</p>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:36:50 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/179722400/In-the-officeurn:www-soup-io:1:179722400image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247795954/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELiving Room\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003ESorry about the exposure. But at least you can see that it's a hardwood floor (dark brown, not blue!), and that the windows are bigger and lower to the floor.","url":"http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6468_43f0.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247795954/"><img alt="6468_43f0_400" height="535" src="http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6468_43f0_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Living Room</strong><br />Sorry about the exposure. But at least you can see that it's a hardwood floor (dark brown, not blue!), and that the windows are bigger and lower to the floor.</p>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:35:57 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/179722420/Living-Roomurn:www-soup-io:1:179722420image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247795500/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EDishwasher\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EDefinitely a better dishwasher than the one in my place.\u003Cbr /\u003E\nAlso, you can see the headless body of my realtor (sorry!)","url":"http://7.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6471_107a.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247795500/"><img alt="6471_107a_400" height="535" src="http://7.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6471_107a_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Dishwasher</strong><br />Definitely a better dishwasher than the one in my place.<br /> Also, you can see the headless body of my realtor (sorry!)</p>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:35:46 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/179722437/Dishwasherurn:www-soup-io:1:179722437image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247794996/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERange\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EKitchenAid! Lots of buttons. It's a convection oven, and a convection microwave too.","url":"http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6473_2414.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247794996/"><img alt="6473_2414_400" height="535" src="http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6473_2414_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Range</strong><br />KitchenAid! Lots of buttons. It's a convection oven, and a convection microwave too.</p>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:35:36 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/179722448/Rangeurn:www-soup-io:1:179722448image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247272425/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EIce dispenser!\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EUnexpectedly, the owners left the fridge in the house (maybe because it matches all the other KitchenAid appliances.) Naomi is very excited that it has an ice maker with an in-door dispenser.","url":"http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6475_1ff5.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6247272425/"><img alt="6475_1ff5_400" height="535" src="http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/2461/6475_1ff5_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Ice dispenser!</strong><br />Unexpectedly, the owners left the fridge in the house (maybe because it matches all the other KitchenAid appliances.) Naomi is very excited that it has an ice maker with an in-door dispenser.</p>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:35:25 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/179722464/Ice-dispenserurn:www-soup-io:1:179722464image