iPhone and iPod support

My dear brother and sister Mac enthusiasts,
We’ve got the Mentat iPhone browser back online and now you can browse Mentat with that interface using an iPod touch as well! We’ve touched up the interface a bit and improved load speeds where we can. For now things are a bit spartan, as we are primarily just […]

Mentat BlackBerry Update: SMS to task

We just deployed an updated version of the Mentat BlackBerry client to both download links on our site: http://gomentat.com
Here are the fixes:
* Itallics should be working correctly now for both 4.1 and 4.2 users. If you are in a project viewing tasks, the ones in your agenda will be itallicized until you highlight them 9to […]

Going to MacWorld!

We won’t have a booth at MacWorld this year, but I will be there next week, representing for the Brainiacs. Anyone interested in hooking up with me can either D message me on twitter (dlpasco) or email me at daniel AT brainmurmurs DOT com.
See you next week!
-Daniel

Mandelbrot - Jiva

Over the past few months, we have been spreading all our manpower over numerous projects, including our own product development, as well as contract work for Twisted Pair Solutions. The work load that weighs upon us has left us with little to no time to keep our lively fans up to date with our […]

JIVA redux, request for proposals

From CEO Daniel Pasco’s blog:
Brain Murmurs and Giant Campus are going to do a Cyber Camps grid computing project for the third year running!
Last year our focus was more on measuring how much work the system could do: we were able to handle all of the 600+ computers participating in the exercise. […]

J2MEUnit, continued

I have found that good unit tests typically result in much higher quality code, which is why I try to do them whenever possible.
Unfortunately I have also found that writing high quality unit tests typically takes considerbly longer than writing the actual application code. Furthermore, although I can frequently nail a function I’m writing […]

Leopard Server is Fantastic

We’ve been working with it since January and I honestly can’t say enough about it. It is hands down the best unix administrative experience I have ever had.

Looking for OS X Proxy Beta Testers

We need some volunteers to help us test out the OS X Proxy. Interested parties should send email to proxybeta AT nospam.brainmurmurs.com. Please put PULSE PROXY BETA in the subject line.
As usual, please replace the word AT with @ and remove the ‘nospam.’ from the email address.
-Daniel

BMI in San Francisco

I spent this morning on the beach at Bandon with my family. After building some sand castles, playing in a driftwood hut, and wading in some COLD water we decided to hit the road at about 12:30.
My son, who is not quite 3 years old, has discovered The Who, and we ended up playing […]

BMI at the WWDC

I’m on my way down to San Francisco with my wife and son to represent Brain Murmurs at the Apple World Wide Developers Conference. Tonight we’re staying in Bandon, Oregon, which is foggy and cool (very nice). I’ll post updates on the conference as the come.
-Daniel