December 2011
1 post
November 2011
7 posts
Copy pastable ps1
Often I want to copy/paste a line from my bash terminal and re-run it. Rather than hunt for the $ and copy only the command, I set my ps1 to be a comment. Bash makes this hard so I use the : operator to create a NOP command, and ; to signify that a second command on the same line should be run.
my ps1 looks like this now:
: [bbeecher@Iago workspace]$;
so I can now do...
The Entrepreneurial Generation - NYTimes.com →
Today’s ideal social form is not the commune or the movement or even the individual creator as such; it’s the small business. Every artistic or moral aspiration — music, food, good works, what have you — is expressed in those terms.
It’s so true - every time I talk to a friend or acquittance and creativity, or passion, or some kind of desire to turn the world into a better place enters...
For developers, it’s technologically more manageable to build one mobile web app than a half-dozen or even just two native apps. And given the state of mobile web standards, we’re quickly approaching a point where end users can’t tell the difference between the two. All that’s really left is a business model for mobile web apps, Sullivan contends.
I could not agree more. It’s been a...
First True value in a list in python →
I needed the first true value in a list, and someone challenged me to some code golf:
»> reduce(lambda x,y: x or y, [False, False, 1, False, 2])
1
October 2011
12 posts
How to draw the Atari logo with 100% CSS. No... →
This is absolutely insane - 100% pure css
““Perl users were unable to write programs more accurately than those using...”
– An Empirical Comparison of the Accuracy Rates of Novices using the Quorum, Perl, and Randomo Programming Languages - It will never work in theory
The Enigma of Amigara Fault by Junji Ito - Page 1 →
Getting ready for Halloween is the best part of the holiday.
“More importantly, the vast majority of these interactions will be a one shot...”
– Mobile apps must die! | Opinion | .net magazine
BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in... →
All Work and No Play: Why Your Kids Are More... →
Not only does this article give detailed info on _why_ play as children is important, it makes a clear comparison to the play of yesterday to the play of today.
A Sociology of Steve Jobs - Kieran Healy →
“The most exciting engineering challenges lie on the boundary of theory and the...”
– Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction
True story: Contagious zombies infect college... →
Great article on HvZ that tries to answer the question: “So what makes this game so popular?”
3 tags
Watchmaxistentialist:
After about two years of design, development, and testing, we have launched version 1.0 of the new HvZ SOURCE software.
HvZ SOURCE is the game hosting software that helps players organize Humans vs. Zombies on six continents.
To arrive at the final design for the new SOURCE, we interviewed dozens of Humans vs. Zombies moderators from around world to learn how they have...
September 2011
7 posts
Mobile HTML5 - compatibility tables for iPhone,... →
“Cool Tech for Transparent pngs”
– αlphaPun.ch
Cooper Smith →
Awesome Visualization of running data
The 10 Golden Principles for Successful Web Apps →
Great presentation
Exposing religious fundamentalism in the US -... →
Good article on the rising influence of religion on politics
Motion/Emotion →
Great presentation on the use of animation and movement in design, and how to derive value from it rather than just flash.
The “designers should code” bullshit and a not so... →
In my experience it’s important for designers to code. I don’t really believe that it’s that different than a painter actually putting paint to canvas. The heart of the debate I think, is what constitutes “done” - is a design done when it’s on paper/psd? Or is it finished when it’s an html page. I don’t believe that any creative work is finished...
June 2011
2 posts
Why the philosophical father of libertarianism... →
April 2011
5 posts
Guest Blogging: A Bourdain Throwdown | Michael... →
On Rachel Ray:
“Wallowing in your own crapulence on your Cheeto-littered couch you watch her and think, “Hell…I could do that. I ain’t gonna…but I could–if I wanted! Now where’s my damn jug a Diet Pepsi?”
November 2010
3 posts
Porpoises rescue Dick Van Dyke →
October 2010
16 posts
Wednesday's daily show →
WatchThe Time of Revenge Has Come! Beat Down Iron Cross Group!
http://www.theonion.com/articles/my-opponent-knows-... →
Get exfm
If I haven’t already pushed this on you, I’ve been derilict in my duty - I use it every day.
The ability to browse while listening to embedded music is SO USEFUL.
http://extension.fm/
it’s made down the hall from me, by http://j2d2.tumblr.com/
That pingpong challenge is still on the table - startup v startup.
I can’t seem to get enough of these guys...
