October 2011
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“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each...”
– Steve Jobs
August 2011
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July 2011
3 posts
“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be...”
– John Adams
June 2011
8 posts
10 Myths About Introverts →
World War II: Before the War →
First part of a 20 part photo essay on WWII.
Letters of Note: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO PLAYERS →
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May 2011
6 posts
i make shiny things: Not cool Urban Outfitters,... →
imakeshinythings:
One of my lovely customers sent me a message today with this link.
And here is my United/World of Love line:
My heart sank a little bit. The World/United States of Love line that I created is one of the reasons that I was able to quit my full-time job. They even stole the item…
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Pycco: literate-programming doc gen for Python →
Pycco is a Python port of Docco: the original quick-and-dirty, hundred-line-long, literate-programming-style documentation generator.
April 2011
9 posts
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Yes, You Can Get Leprosy From an Armadillo →
In case you were wondering.
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Error installing PyODBC on Snow Leopard →
If you are trying to install the latest PyODBC on Snow Leopard, and are seeing an error that includes “for architecture ppc not installed”, try this:
ARCHFLAGS=”-arch i386 -arch x86_64” python setup.py install
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How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things... →
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Sorcery: Magical Authentication for Rails 3 and... →
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March 2011
4 posts
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Resort: positionless sorting for your Rails 3... →
Using linked lists as a simple alternative to sorting Rails models with acts_as_list.
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Inherited Resources for Rails Controllers →
Inherited Resources speeds up development by making your controllers inherit all restful actions so you just have to focus on what is important.
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Bill Simmons: Greed is good in NFL labor talks →
A great article by ESPN’s Bill Simmons on the NFL labor dispute. Really puts things in perspective.
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So a Wall Street banker, a teabagger, and a teacher all sit down at a table. On the table is a plate with 11 cookies. The banker promptly grabs 10 of the cookies and turns to the teabagger and says “I’d watch out for the teacher, she wants some of your cookie.”
February 2011
2 posts
The Loneliest Whale in the World →
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January 2011
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“They’ve had six Super Bowl trophies. If they want to put them on the...”
– Rex Ryan, head coach of the New York Jets, when asked about the Pittsburgh Steelers
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December 2010
3 posts
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Macports Cheat Sheet
Getting info
List currently installed software:
port installed
Get info about a specific package:
port info <package>
Search for a specific package:
port search <package>
List all variants for a package:
port variants <package>
List all outdated packages:
port outdated
Installing
Install a package:
sudo port install <package>
Installing a specific version:
sudo port...
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factory_boy: like Ruby's factory_girl, but for... →
Under the covers, this is one of the most beautiful pieces of Python code I’ve seen in a while.
PuDB: the less crappy Python debugger. →
February 2010
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Easy document revisions with RelaxDB
I’ve been using CouchDB/RelaxDB for a project I’m working on, and I wanted an easy way to access CouchDB’s document versioning for my models. Here’s what I came up with.
Without going into too much detail, CouchDB doesn’t update documents in place, instead it creates a new document with the same ID and a new revision string. This gives you access to a rudimentary...
January 2010
3 posts
The Parrot AR.Drone is the first quadricopter that... →
December 2009
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November 2009
6 posts
Is your Johnson Rod broken? In need of a quality... →
