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Mar 19th

Responsable Disclosure

I’m sure you’ve heard about the GitHub hack today. Some guy (I refuse to give him any more credit than that which he’s already stolen) used mass assignment to commit to Rails as @dhh. (As an aside - who hasn’t pretended to be @dhh? I know whenever I’m out at the bar…) There are a lot of people up in arms because the offender’s account was suspended by...

Mar 5th

Ruby 1.8.7 via RVM on OSX Lion 10.7.3

There is a special dance that you need to do if you want to use Ruby 1.8.7 (ruby-1.8.7-p357) with rvm (http://beginrescueend.com/) on OS X 10.7.3. Why, you ask? Well: 10.7.3/Xcode4.2.x no longer has gcc without LLVM. gcc-4.2 AKA gcc-4.2.1 needs to be installed separately. Ruby 1.8.7 only compiles for i686 and won’t compile with x86_64 for your ARCH. The solution: Make sure if...

Feb 16th

Buildpacks | Heroku Dev Center →

Feb 7th

Goodbye, Things.

After using Things since its release I’m switching to a combination of iOS apps and Google Tasks. It is not a great experience, but it means I don’t have to remember to sync before I turn off my computer or leave my house. Cultured Code customers have been waiting more than a year now for “Cloud Sync” and really it is just time to move on. The frustrating part for me is...

Jan 8th

How to develop a teaching curriculum | Merbist →

I am re-blogging this because I know I have at least one opinionated expert that follows my twitter and I’d love to know what he things about this.

Dec 21st

9 reasons you should try Sublime Text 2.

I won’t go as far as saying you need to switch. But, Sublime Text 2 is very interesting. Worth a try at least. 1p1e1: Hello, fellow code monkeys. Look at your editor. Now back at mine. Now back at yours. Now back to mine. Sadly your editor is not like mine. But if you stopped using noob-scented editor, and switched to Sublime Text 2, your editor could look like mine. Look down. Back up....

Dec 15th

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A better solution to Themes/Fonts in TextMate 2...

The TextMate team has a much better solution! Preferences → Bundles → Click Themes → Check Solarized Put the font preferences in the preference file ~/.tm_properties #settings fontName = "Anonymous Pro" fontSize = 14

Dec 13th

TextMate 2 Themes

The TextMate 2 Alpha is great. Evolutionary, not revolutionary, but a solid upgrade to a real workhorse. So that you can run TextMate and TextMate 2 at the same time the default location for bundles has changed: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles Themes now live in a Bundle. Once you created the directory you can either try and customize the existing Themes or add new ones to...

Dec 13th

Android UI Utilities - Google Project Hosting →

If you are an Android Developer, this is probably something you should take a look at.

Dec 5th

Compile Ruby 1.9.2 and Ruby 1.9.3 with Clang... →

This one had me stumped for a bit installing 1.9.3…

Nov 23rd

Command to reset the sequence on a PostgreSQL...

select setval(‘public.users_id_seq’,(SELECT max(id) +1 from public.users));

Nov 16th

MagLev →

It stores Ruby code and objects. But the real question is will I fit in there too?

Nov 1st

Thanks, Steve.

Thanks for changing the world, Steve.

Oct 6th

Windows 8

Windows 8 Metro I’ve had a small amount of time to look deeper into Windows 8 today and I think it is a huge step in the right direction for Microsoft. HUGE. For the past 3 or 4 years I’ve been complaining about the fact that Microsoft hasn’t been forcing developers to re-write software (new tools sometimes require new programming paradigms and that means throwing out old...

Sep 15th

MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.1 →

From the notes: … and resolve issues with Apple Thunderbolt Display compatibility and Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode performance on MacBook Air (mid 2011) models. The target disk mode performance was embarrassing when I tried it a couple weeks ago. Hopefully this gets it up to the speed one would expect from Thunderbolt connecting to an SSD.

Sep 13th

RMagick (from source) on Snow Leopard →

The script also worked for me on 10.7.

Jul 18th

Android Developers Blog: Android 3.2 Platform and... →

Just what it says: get your Android 3.2 SDK here!

Jul 16th

Watch

My MacRuby talk from RubyConf India. (Part 2)

Jun 25th

Watch

My MacRuby talk from RubyConf India. (Part 1)

Jun 25th

May 13th

My Talk at RubyConf India 2011

I will be speaking on MacRuby at RubyConf India 2011. I have two really cool examples that I intend to code up during the talk and if you are coming - BRING YOUR LAPTOP! :talk => “MacRuby” My intent is to deliver a functional talk on MacRuby that not only introduces features and capabilities, but gives attendees a quick path to practically using MacRuby in their everyday...

May 13th

Oracle Submits Proposal to Make Hudson an Eclipse... →

This would feel more sincere had it been done immediately after the acquisition.

May 5th

Update on PlayStation Network and Qriocity –... →

Unbelievable. Sony has just admitted that the attack on PSN compromised ALL user data. EVERYTHING.

Apr 26th

Creative Interaction Design Tools & Experiments -... →

This stuff is awesome.

Apr 13th

Node Nerd - Node.JS links and tutorials. →

Apr 7th

Pow: Zero-configuration Rack server for Mac OS X →

This. Is. Awesome.

Apr 7th

ThinkGeek :: PLAYMOBIL(TM) Apple Store Playset →

The images are hilarious. This is so funny I’d buy it. Make sure to check out the “line pack.”

Apr 1st

Google keeping Honeycomb source code on ice, says... →

So, let’s get this straight. Open means open when they say it’s open. Otherwise, not so much… You can say whatever you’d like about Apple, but at least they don’t pretend to be something they are not.

Mar 25th

Mar 11th

Xcode 4 shortcuts from Pragmatic Studio. →

via @clarkware

Mar 10th

How to Deploy a Rails app to EC2 in less than an... →

Mar 10th

The Pragmatic Bookshelf | iOS Recipes →

@drance is an author. So you should read it. I bought my copy already.

Mar 9th

“Finally, a note on 4G: While there is confusion about what constitutes 4G...”

– Rogers Redboard

Mar 8th

Get your own #dickbar →

LOL

Mar 7th

“It’s a shame, almost, that we squandered the term “personal computer” 30 years...”

– Daring Fireball

Mar 4th

CSS3 Buttons →

Great little framework for making some nice looking buttons.

Feb 28th

Smurfberries

Virtual Goods, Real Money Let me start by saying that I don’t agree with the business model that requires you to purchase virtual goods with real money. It is a bit shady if you ask me. Sell a license, sell a subscription, but don’t take advantage of people. The Solution is Simple, Don’t Install the App There has been recent talk of governments getting involved with in-app...

Feb 25th

Official Details of the 4G LTE Upgrade Process for... →

Simply put, I hope they are wrong.

Feb 24th

Windows Phone 7 is Doomed

Do you remember PlaysForSure? Let me refresh your memory. Plays for sure was supposed to be Microsoft’s way of competing with iTunes. It was an ecosystem of devices and content services that would work together. Microsoft killed it. They introduced the Zune in direct competition with their “partners.” And most decided they didn’t want to compete with Microsoft and got...

Feb 16th

Using Twilio with Node.js →

Feb 16th

BlackBerry - PlayBook 4G[sic] →

It is not bad enough that the carriers are calling everything 4G, now tablet manufacturers are… 4G == 100Mbps. There is no way you’re hitting 100Mbps on HSPA+ or WiMax for that matter. You might not even make it on LTE initially. RIM, quit propagating this crap.

Feb 14th

Not saying that they didn't independently come up... →

Feb 14th

Apple Outsider » Microsoft Buys Nokia for $0B →

Drance is a smart guy - this rings true to me.

Feb 12th

The real news from the HP Event.

There has been a lot of talk about HP killing off the Palm brand at the “Think Beyond” event. There has also been a lot of talk about the new devices and webOS 3. Every article I’ve read so far misses the real punchline. HP now has their own OS. webOS. HP is going to get notebooks, printers, tablets and phone running webOS to market in the next year. And lets be honest,...

Feb 11th

4G[sic] Network | TELUS Mobility →

Telus announces a 4G3.75G Network. As previously ranted, the ‘4G’ moniker REQUIRES max speeds of at least 100Mbps. Telus is around 58Mbps short. 4G has been defined. And this ain’t it amigos.

Feb 10th

Feb 9th

Nook Color rooted on NookDevs.com - Chicago... →

STEP 4. The crucial step needed to get ADB access to your nook color running Honecomb. modify ~/.android/adb_usb.ini file sudo sh -c “mkdir -p ~/.android; echo 0x2080 > ~/.android/adb_usb.ini; adb kill-server; adb devices” Password: daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 * daemon started successfully * List of devices attached

Feb 7th

Jenkins! | Jenkins CI →

The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin Oracle, the more star systems Open Source Projects will slip through your fingers.

Feb 1st