Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. For me, it was pretty relaxing and it was great to see all my relatives. I rested my brain by not thinking about code, but I did talk about WebnoteHappy with some of my relatives that had heard that I was writing some software. They seemed to think it was a good idea, though alas most of them are not using Macs (yet…) I’m not planning on making a Windows version, but I’d be open to working with someone to make sure that there is some compatible format for exchanging webnotes between OS X and Windows.

Thanks to all the folks that signed up for the beta program for WebnoteHappy Pro. It is still open, so if you’re interested, let me know.

Now I thought it’d be fun to answer my answers to my beta questionnaire. After all, I eat my own dogfood by using WebnoteHappy every day.

What browser do you mainly use? What other browsers do you use?

I use Safari primarily and then go to Camino and then Firefox when I run into the rare site that doesn’t work in Safari. I have checked out OmniWeb and it seems cool. I’m also intrigued by Shiira and am going to try it out soon.

What version of OS X do you run?

10.4.3 on my main partition. I like to stay current. I also run the latest beta of OS X on another partition to check on bug fixes and new features that are coming in the future.

How many webnotes do you have in WebnoteHappy Lite?

As of right now, 3074. Mmm… dogfood.

Do you use del.icio.us? If so, what’s your username?

Yes. My username is luisdelarosa. As I’ve said previously, I’m working on adding del.icio.us support to WebnoteHappy, so I’ll likely be using del.icio.us even more in the near future.

What is your favorite movie of all time and why?

I love watching movies. I’m one of the early adopters of Netflix, starting my subscription back in 2000. I’ve rated 985 movies. So this was kind of a tough one. But one movie stood out…

The Matrix. This was the killer app that pushed me to finally buy a DVD player. It had it all: action, adventure, the mystery of what the Matrix was all about, kung fu and mind-blowing special effects. They seem to be run-of-the-mill now, but I think it was also the first movie in quite a while where you could enjoy the making of the movie as much as the real thing. I think the last one before that was the original Star Wars. I loved seeing how they storyboarded the entire movie before it was made and I try to do the same with the software that I write. Also I like the concept of being able to change the world by mastering technology, which is what Neo basically does. It’s one of the few DVDs I own and watch again and again.