January 2009
120 posts
I just fell down the rabbit hole of Wikipedia for 45 minutes. I don’t even remember what I originally was looking up.
StarCraft 2 Gameplay →
lazyweb: Is there a way to print out the public key for an SSH server on command line? Right now I’m copying/pasting from ~/.ssh/known_hosts
It sounds like the apt. next to me is playing organ renditions of every Coldplay song. Or maybe muzak?
Waiting for the CI to pass, so I can officially be done for the night.
Sweet, Gmail offline is now available for my account. I’ll be turning my Wifi on and off repeatedly for the next few minutes.
Getting ruby-growl to work
I was trying to get ruby-growl to work with Growl 1.1.1 on OS X 10.5 in order to use this cool timer script by Jeremy Hinegardner to work.
When I ran the following script:
I got this error:
ruby-growl.rb:187:in `send': Connection refused - send(2) (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)
Here’s how to fix that on OS X 10.5
Go to System Preferences and click Growl
Choose Network
Check ‘Listen...
A simple delay timer for sending growl... →
echo “Go look at system 42” | alert_me in 2 hours
Arrgh I don’t have access to offline Gmail yet. I want to play with it! I’ve been waiting a long time for this feature.
What’s your policy on employees’ personal or open-source projects? http://tinyurl.com/d4z95j
Finally figuring out a nasty bug is a unique combination of relief and frustration that I’m not sure non-programmers can truly comprehend.
Just got back from a Nuggets game. It was a lot of fun. Go local sports team!
Applications are now open for TechStars! http://www.techstars.org/
Give Boulder props for being a good startup community at news.yc http://tinyurl.com/bam58w
Boulder CTO January Lunch with Sanjiv Bhargava -... →
Anyone ever stayed at the the Boulder University Inn (or know someone who has)? http://www.boulderuniversityinn.com Is it decent?
#myfirstjob Submitted designs for the cover of my dad’s book. I was 12 and the designs were terrible but my dad was really nice about it
exists? site that let me sell domains to others who would use them? I’d sell some cheap if they were used for good not evil (i.e. squatting)
My copy of Things (culturedcode.com/things/) just expired. Ironically, I can’t even save a ‘Go pay for Things’ to-do item until I pay.
OH:”see my mind is just a big mess of knowledge and random regex replacements thrown through it all” @wastedbrains on mixing up proj names
New @lighthouseapp UI doesn’t seem like a huge improvement … and they made it harder to see the overview for a specific milestone. Ack!
Git experts: how could I push my exact current working dir to a remote? Files may have been deleted or added (I know its unsafe). Ideas?
I’m sure MS has its reasons but if I had $20.7B in cash, I’d be hiring all the smart people laid off from other companies http://is.gd/gTlH
Strong Bad strikes again: http://twitter.com/hom Awesome.
At boulder.rb, @ubermajestix played some awesome Ninja Turtles clips (incl. Ninja Rap) reminding me of my favorite moment http://is.gd/gNpF
Wanna put movies on your iPhone or save previous laptop power by not using the DVD player? Rip it w Handbrake: its awesome http://is.gd/fEi
lazyweb: Any way to use Unix globs to express the following regular expression? [a-z]+
Sys Admin > Dangers of SUID Shell Scripts →
linsec.ca - Using Sudo to Limit Access →
CNN video player sux. When u click the icon/text for “full screen,” it says ‘Click video for full screen’. Is it not simpler to just do it?
At @devver, we’re building some awesome tools for Ruby developers. You should join us. Check out the details at http;//devver.net/jobs
Good post by @kristapaul about @techstars http://is.gd/gCY4 Check it out if you’re considering applying
Graph of Presidents’ approval ratings over time http://is.gd/5Ss
Deer chillin in our yard http://twitpic.com/158b0
Comic Book Movies - Superhero Movies, Watchmen,... →
Hulu - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart →
Just got back from AWS group here in Boulder. If you’re using AWS and are interested in attending future meetings, DM me.
Am I the only one who is completely creeped out by the savethepig.org pig? No really, I’m scared. http://is.gd/gw0P
How to create a profitable Freemium startup... →
lazyweb: Any way to send duplicate msgs to multiple recipients in Gmail? Should appear to be coming from me to them (and not anyone else).
fuschlberger.net - Howto Setup a chroot-jail for... →
scie.nti.st ยป Hosting Git repositories, The Easy... →
InfoQ: Archaeopteryx: A Ruby MIDI Generator →
Whoa, just got around to watching this. Amazing.
Want to concentrate in a noisy place and can’t do so listening to music? Try pink noise. It’s a bit jarring at first, but u get used to it.
‘The Wrestler’ was haunting. Can’t stop thinking about it today.
Deer chillin in our yard
Went to Wrestler and only available seats were in the front row … we bailed. I guess we need to show up way earlier.
Very excited about seeing ‘The Wrestler’ tonight
Wow, I’m trying to reloan some $ on http://kiva.org and there are literally 0 loans avail. Every single one is funded (3,399 loans this wk!)
When you’re running commands may take an undetermined amt of time to complete, “say” is a useful cmd so you don’t have to keep checking