January 2008
41 posts
“What I do know is that they have set up a system that allows me to rent my...”
– Tyco Brahe, Penny-Arcade regarding World of Warcraft
Stopping Twitter feed in Tumblr
If someone subscribes to me on twitter and on tumblr, madness ensues.
Terraminds →
Bare bones twitter Search
Prepping for a ‘welcome back to maine’ party. Twenty-five of our closest friends are coming over for beer and treats.
@CoreyDotCom - songza ftw! Found (really) obscure Silverchair cover of Paranoid by Black Sabbath: http://tinyurl.com/3yq9pj
Songza - The music search engine and internet... →
This thing finds all kinds of obscure music and audio. You can link directly to songs and create playlists. The quality can vary wildly — but it’s still bvery cool.
Intro to Distributed Version Control (Illustrated)... →
James on Software: Why Distributed Version Control... →
Down 10% this year on my 401k.
4am - heading to bed after a bug run for a client deadline. IE is killing me quickly.
I guess I expected something a bit more professional. http://tinyurl.com/ysnygu - My lofty expectations, it seems, were misplaced.
Waiting for iPhone web apps to use apple-touch-icon.png
Cutsie Dreamhost Reply to a $500 Billing Error
I (and apparently thousands of other Dreamhost customers) were over charged by an entire year and were threatended with account suspension this morning. This is the response that just arrived in my inbox:
Hi Adam! Ack. Through a COMPLETE bumbling on our part, we accidentally attempted to charge you for the ENTIRE year of 2008 (and probably 2009!) ALREADY it was all due to a fat finger)!...
Dreamhost just charged me a future past due balance of $438.90. Just one more reason to finish the transition over to my Slicehost account.
Dreamhost mistakenly bills customers for multiple... →
Dreamhost has had a billing glitch and has billed hundreds of customers for as much as 2 years in advance, with debits/charges up to $400 in some cases.
Swedish prosecutors dump 4,000 legal docs on The... →
Swedish prosecutors are reportedly close to bringing formal charges against the admins of BitTorrent portal The Pirate Bay. Admin Peter Sunde tells Ars that he’s not concerned.
“A Mac-only game that windows ‘kids’ would die for is called...”
– breakerjump [on the lack of new mac games]
Wondering what kind of work/fun awaits @svante in Stockholm…
iTransmogrify, embedded Flash converter for iPhone →
iTransmogrify! is a bookmarklet for iPhone which transforms embedded Flash content into direct links to natively supported formats. That means YouTube videos and MP3s can now be played from the iPhone’s Safari web browser with just a few clicks. Seeing it work is the best explanation.
Reasonable dialog about mod_ruby →
Peter argues (gently) that the community indeed should assist the shared hosting market when it comes to the simplification of Rails deployments. I’m not in disagreement. I just feel that Dreamhost could use a little tact when addressing the community instead of taking out it’s frustrations in the form of demands.
wondering what @hungryeddie is doing on the west coast :)
Dreamhost is whining because they can’t get their shit together when it comes to Rails. http://tinyurl.com/yuqao8
Dreamhost complains about Rails (ugh) →
I knew it would only be a matter of time before people would piggyback on Zed’s critique on the Rails community; the attention he received pretty much guaranteed copycats. Dreamhost - how about this: stop writing blog posts demanding solutions from the community (most of whom have no vested interest in shared hosting) and develop your own solutions. If you find Rails so difficult to support...
10 Creepiest Old Ads →
The one with the pig is just disturbing.
@josephgrossberg all this talk about CS skill vs theory makes me curious about what happened today… (I feel the same way though)
rake svn:commit m="safe svn commits" →
Safely commit to you repository with this simple rake task I whipped up. This will display the files to be committed, update your working copy to the latest code, migrate your database, run your specs, and commit if everything is all set. Another side effect is that you have a larger window in which to cancel your commits — which can be a good thing.
TED - Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should... →
As a relatively new father, I found this quick talk (5 mins) interesting as it encapsulates a few of the lessons I want to instill in my children. [ Gever has a book in the works called ‘50 dangerous things you should let your kids do’ ]
@josephgrossberg - Re: Burts Bees and Toms of Maine, I had no idea they were owned by Clorox and Proctor and Gable (respectively). Bummer.
@marchdoe @duck_typer - It’s cool that TwitterTale is getting more press. http://tinyurl.com/yt643z (downloadsquad)
Baby boomers are being forced out, in a... →
Politics aside, the assessment of young careerists is a good read.
@marchdoe/gabe/jason/min - Congrats for the mention on Mashable regarding Twittertale. http://mashable.com/2008/01/02/twittertale
“You hear that? The #1 money maker for 2008 years will be Rails cleanup.”
– Zed Shaw - ZSFA Rails is a Ghetto
Twittertale tracks your naughty tweets →
ok nobody likes a tattletale, so it’s probably better for you to find out about this site before your mom does.
You have to love multiple IEs (that sounds odd doesn’t it?) http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
Rare color photograph of Hitler's birthday →
While the dictator does not look in the best of physical health, the shiny-faced Ayran boys and girls are immaculately dressed in bright pastel colors.