February 2012
1 post
January 2012
2 posts
“Women don’t want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they...”
– Bill Cosby
November 2011
3 posts
“My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”
– Mark Twain
October 2011
3 posts
“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects...”
– Aristotle
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
September 2011
5 posts
“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I...”
– C.S. Lewis
“In a regular poll conducted by political scientists Robert Putnam and David...”
– http://www.alternet.org/story/152395/10_myths_many_religious_people_hold_about_atheists%2C_debunked
“My philosophy is that losers have goals and winners have systems.”
– Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
2 posts
“Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing...”
– Edward Blake/The Comedian
WatchJonathan Blow on writing software: “I’m a big fan of good enough”
June 2011
8 posts
“[I]gnorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those...”
– Charles Darwin
2009 Art Prize winner on being supported
Nicole Caruth: You’ve expressed that you are able to place more energy into making work since winning the prize. Has the prize changed the way that you and your assistants work in the studio?
Ran Ortner: Well, I never had assistants before. That’s ridiculously wonderful. To extend yourself through the energy of people who are helping you is such a gift. I was able to be an artist when I was dirt poor and I’m able to do that now with resources. That is exquisite. It has taken a lot of heaviness out of my soul. I think what we have to learn from deprivation is very limited. I think struggle is common in our notion of “paying your dues.” And, yes, there is that. But at a certain point we need to be supported. It is just so lovely to be supported …You cannot give the fullness of your life to your work if a large percentage of it is spent on survival. I can just feel the energy. The acceleration is exciting, because you see the world appearing quicker. What you’re pushing for happens faster.
“Some public stations, as well as commercial stations, program the...”
– Mr. Fred Rogers arguing in favor of allowing people to record TV shows and play them whenever they choose
“I’ve always wanted to be smarter than I was. I’ve never been that...”
– Penn Jillette
http://bigthink.com/ideas/20812
May 2011
2 posts
April 2011
8 posts
“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”
– Mark Twain
"Because those people aren't English majors....
This is written by an English major as if it’s something most people from his or a similar major never stop to consider. This echoes a lingering thought I’ve had over my years of interacting with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
In my world, software development, the attitude presented here taken for granted. The people I work with are all like this, and the ones who...
“The romantic image of an über-programmer is someone who fires up Emacs, types...”
– John Cook
“Man’s unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than...”
– Prokhor Zakharov (SMAC)
“Beyond the grave they will find nothing but death. But we shall keep the secret,...”
– Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov
March 2011
1 post
From the manufacturer's FAQ:
Q: My cat, dog, child, wife, husband or myself just ate the desiccant, should I be worried?
A: No. The desiccants are non-toxic and you should not have any ill effects. As always if you are having symptoms seek medical attention.
Q: If it's not harmful why do you print “Do not eat” on the package?
A: Because it's not food.
February 2011
2 posts
Saved 5 characters...
Guest Post at Engine Yard: Introducing Gem Testers →
January 2011
2 posts
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but...”
– William Shakespeare
Getting started with Rake::RemoteTask
Given the docs for Rake::RemoteTask are virtually non-existent, here’s a quickstart for this simple gem for handling server tasks.
A simple task
Lets just get something working so we can see the basics.
Set up pubkey authentication with your server
For details: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ssh-password-less-login-with-dsa-publickey-authentication/
If your server’s username is...
December 2010
4 posts
I like unit tests
Bash Event Designators →
“Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both...”
– Edward V Berard
October 2010
7 posts
“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are...”
– Bertrand Russell
Red Queen's Race
Red Queen: Now! Now! Faster! Faster!
...
Red Queen: You may rest a little now.
Alice: Why, I do believe we've been under this tree the whole time! Everything's just as it was!
Red Queen: Of course it is, what would you have it?
Alice: Well, in our country, you'd generally get to somewhere else — if you run very fast for a long time, as we've been doing.
Red Queen: A slow sort of country! Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, 2010
cameronmoll:
Some day I may grow tired of posting well-produced, tilt-shift, fast-forward films. Today, however, is not that day.
Coachelletta by Sam O’Hare.
“If it were really all about protecting marriage, you’d be making divorce...”
– FCKH8
Oh my.
Today I:
Woke up.
Went to work.
Left work.
…
Got in a car accident while standing still at a red light
Sold $120 worth of Wood Elves to a guy on a street corner
Smashed my fingers in the trunk of my car after said sale
Found an iPhone in the middle of the street with a smashed up screen
Found the owner of said smashed up iPhone via the internet and the label on the iPhone’s...
Failure of Rails Syntax:
Ruby Rails is not always perfectly readable.
@list.created_at > 15.minutes.ago #=> true, if list was created less than 15 minutes ago.