February 2012
4 posts
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January 2012
8 posts
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kennethreitz / OSX GCC Installer →
Downloading and installing the massive Xcode installer is a huge hassle if you just want
GCC and related tools.
The osx-gcc-installer allows you to install the essential compilers from either pre-built
binary packages or helps you create your own installer.
Upgraded to Lion yesterday, typed make, it doesn’t exist. Installed this, problem solved.
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“It’s piracy when the RIAA lobbies to change the bankruptcy law to make it more...”
– Courtney Love does the maths for us. A great article outlining the artists side of the music industry in the fight to get payed.
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Bryan: I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for a ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
Marko: … Good luck.
December 2011
6 posts
3 Albums for 2011
We’re New Here by Jamie xx & Gil-Scott Heron
Don’t get me wrong I’m New Here was great, but this took it to a whole new level. It single handedly (almost) laid the ground work for the rest of the year’s electronic releases.
Black Up by Shabazz Palaces
A hip-hop album which sounded nothing like it’s peers, after the infiltration of “club” beats...
“They say if Europe goes ahead with it’s solution then Britain will be left...”
– Ian Hislop on last week’s Have I Got News For You
WatchBlack Up by Shabazz Palaces has got to be the album of 2011. I don’t think there’s enough time left to better it. They brought a totally different vision to hip hop.
Bradley Wright: Using Dropbox as a Git repository →
So last month I wrote a bit about setting up your own personal Git repositories on a Linux box, and how to use that for sharing code.
I’ve had a slight epiphany since then: what if I just used the awesome Dropbox (my referral link, if you’re likely to sign up) to share Git repositories…
This is great for when you’re working with someone who doesn’t want to sign up for an...
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
September 2011
4 posts
Testing multiple rubies with rbenv
A solution I’ve created based on issue #69, for a rake task which runs rake with each version of ruby installed with rbenv. gist
desc 'Run tests on for all versions of ruby'
task :test_all do
`rbenv versions --bare`.split("\n").each do |vers|
run_for vers, ['bundle install', 'bundle exec rake']
end
end
def run_for(vers, commands)
system "RBENV_VERSION='#{vers}' sh -c...
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August 2011
1 post
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July 2011
8 posts
“A top-level domain name of up to 63 characters of just about any string of...”
– Internet body opens way for new domain names - MarketWatch (via pieratt)
So Color could have just bought http://color/ and saved around $200,000?
June 2011
5 posts
“Worrying is for fools!”
– Topiary — in an interview with Gawker on LulzSec.
May 2011
6 posts
April 2011
3 posts
The Problem With Coursework
Coursework is a magical piece of work, usually in the form of a project for a course, for example Computing (as I’m doing at the moment). It usually (and does in my case) contain a massive written portion. This is usually done over the period of a term (or two).
The problem is that as you get closer to the deadline; and of course the realisation that you are not finished yet, you feel the...
WatchMobi Grumbles - End Of Line [Original Tron Re-score]
This is amazing, an original re-score of Tron. The album is just perfect as well and should be downloaded immediately. Totally captures the feeling of the film.
March 2011
6 posts
“I heard there’s a book that, if you read it very carefully, turns you into an...”
– (via fuckyeahatheism-)