November 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
August 2010
3 posts
“A screenshot of the TextMate interface is like a photograph of snow.”
– Zeldman
July 2010
1 post
Inbox Unicorns With Gmail & IMAP →
It’s possible to bend Gmail, IMAP and Apple Mail to your will. The following steps describe how to configure things so that Delete acts like Archive: one click (or keypress) archives messages in Apple mail on the desktop and the iPhone.
June 2010
1 post
stonesoup →
a blog that helps people become better home cooks by using a minimalist approach in the kitchen.
May 2010
1 post
April 2010
3 posts
“C is not a big language, and it is not well served by a big book.”
– K&R
March 2010
1 post
Google: ‘Our Philosophy’ →
Focus on the user and all else will follow.
It’s best to do one thing really, really well.
Fast is better than slow.
Democracy on the web works.
You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer.
You can make money without doing evil.
There’s always more information out there.
The need for information crosses all borders.
You can be serious without a suit.
Great just...
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
How to write fast code →
“The CPU,” he said, “runs at a certain speed. It can execute a fixed number of instructions per second, and no more. There is a finite limit to how many instructions per second it can execute. Right?”
“Right,” I said.
“So there is no way, really, to make code go faster, because there is no way to make instructions execute faster. There is only...
November 2009
8 posts
“Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others.”
– The robustness principle (re: Beautiful Soup)
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in...”
– Socrates (via mnmal)
October 2009
13 posts
Intermediate and Advanced Software Carpentry in... →
The first step in programming is getting stuff to work at all.
The next step in programming is getting stuff to work regularly.
The step after that is reusing code and designing for reuse.
Somewhere in there you will start writing idiomatic Python.
Reasons to use a static site generator instead of... →
Creating Teensy ELF Executables in Linux →
Half of the values in this file violate some part of the ELF standard, and it’s a wonder than Linux will even consent to sneeze on it, much less give it a process ID. This is not the sort of program to which one would normally be willing to confess authorship.
On the other hand, every single byte in this executable file can be accounted for and justified. How many executables have...
F.lux →
During the day, computer screens look good—they’re designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn’t be looking at the sun.
F.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day—warm at night, and like sunlight during the day.
“When you’re looking at nothing but numbers — a numerical field painting of sorts...”
– Douglas Coupland
“I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry as I need it.”
– John Cage
September 2009
27 posts
“In life, as in music, the pauses make all the difference.”
– Meditation Oasis
“I find it very liberating to have a format that allows you to store a few years...”
– Hugh MacLeod
Petrovich →
An operating system based on reward and punishment.
Petrovich> do something with HalleBerry001.jpg
file deleted
Petrovich> punish
Petrovich> do something with HalleBerry002.jpg
searching web for similar images...
downloading...
Petrovich> reward
Petrovich>
Subtract and Branch if Negative →
