September 2009
75 posts
Githib is zingfast after moving off virtualisation. Nothing like running close to metal but glad I’m not managing the servers.
Documentary series on protected areas by pbs: http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
PostgreSQL 8.4.1 and PostGIS 1.4.0-5 for Mac available on http://www.kyngchaos.com niceee (via @jatorre)
RE: Rubyforge+Downage. You can use gem install —source http://gems.tron.name/gems.rubyforge.org/ [gemname] instead (via @standoutdavid)
listening to The Strokes. retro^2
Credit cards integrated. Boom!
Heroku’s HTTP caching is very nice to have in there for free.
WolframAlpha *really* needs an API
Good chats and food with @louislucid followed by a 3hr ride this morning. Can’t walk. Or sit.
updated infovizz about the Evolution of the size of the ozone hole http://bit.ly/2JtSOs (via @Saleiva) @datastore
Things that get made at lunchtime: http://www.working-days-left.com/
and with one simple ActiveSupport::JSON.decode, the json was decoded.
Quite pleased with http://www.working-days-left.com/. The new charting really helps draw out the underlying pattern.
aside from a few functionality quirks, the IUCN redlist site is pretty good! http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/list
First play with Tokyo Tyrant and MongoDB. This stuff is amazing. So much fun. Memcache on steroids :)
wooooh! Typekit in beta!
Oh I frikking ♡ typekit
Cancelling Spotify premium. Reason? Not enough horizontal navigation tools to discover new music. I’m a rubbish DJ.
rake task refactoring in the middle of the night… :)
Great comments on how to get speed out of Ruby: Drop to C or Java and add CUDA/OpenCL. http://bit.ly/29uAx
git branch = hackers paradise.
UX is making me dumb http://tr.im/zkAc. A great post. (via @jatorre)
sprint beard is off.
GIS on rails post online: http://bit.ly/3yogP
lightbulb: OpenCL is basically MapReduce for GPUs.
That’s frikking cool. ~1 billion trees planted in a day: http://bit.ly/3MUr19
Back from an amazing week at a sprint in the middle of Norfolk. A staggering amount of work done. Charlbury street fair up next!
Preparing a post: GIS on Rails
Out of the door and on the way to sprint manor. Yay! #ppe
loving the protx
I have $40. linode or slicehost?
loads of fireworks going off in piccadilly / St James. Either that or WWIII has started…
remembering how much I hate credit card payment gateways
Moderat + codez = ♥ http://bit.ly/44jSq
HTML5/WebGL is where Google Earth is headed. Into the browser: http://bit.ly/149stY
So far, snow leopard has been a complete and utter pain in the ass for zero noticable gain. Developers beware.
aaaaaand we’re back! Thanks for the help all the guys on freenode #rvm
oooh ‘gem server’ is an excellent command. rdocs at the ready!
Yay! @MikeG1 is a saint. Migrating to snow leopard for rails development: http://bit.ly/XxOOM
I like modal windows like this: http://bitbonsai.com/facybox/
I ♥ Scampi Fries.
This is frikking awesome. New Face of JRuby. http://bit.ly/nicksieger-javazone (via @nicksieger)
Back home safe and sound. But seriously. TDK?? End of an era. #Piccadillycircus. http://twitpic.com/h8gqd
My first time working with a top class design team. Excited.
RT @eldsjal: its an uphill battle and sometimes I will have everything to lose. But I will keep on fighting because I believe in change
Somehow I am the only one in this carriage. Total carriage ownership. Tempted to solitary waltz up and down it.
(that means you) #ppe
Finally back with sane people.
Ok, the train is leaving just now. Home is T-1 hour away. This sucks.
For all those with iTunes: you need to download the Adam & Joe podcast.