Archive for November, 2008
fix mac os x terminal ssh delete key
Whenever I use terminal to ssh into my ubuntu linux setup on slicehost, my delete key turns into a “foward delete” key. This was too much for my brain for handle because deleting the character to the right instead of the left seemed so unnatural. After about 30 minutes of googling around, I finally found [...]
Bricka Bracka Flash Flex Development in Sacramento
A long time ago I wrote about the perfect work place. Today I went to a web developer meetup at Bricka Bracka, and it is as close to the perfect work place as I have ever seen. 1. The office is a huge art studio with plenty of room, high ceilings, and plenty of couches. [...]
I need a job
Just as I start to enjoy my freelance / contractor life, the reality of this shitty economy creeps up on me. Every day I wake up and the Dow has slipped past yet another threshold, jobless claims grow, and more companies announce massive layoffs. For the first time, in a long time, I am really [...]
Idiocracy becomes a reality
Last night I watched Idiocracy for the first time. The movie itself wasn’t all that funny, and it was pretty boring at some points. However, the movie touch on one subject that resembles our current state of the economy. In the movie, the main character is tasked with figuring out why the crops are not [...]
Can’t use “type” as a database column name in Ruby on Rails
I was writing some Ruby on Rails code the other day, and one of my column, which I had named “type”, was not saving. After some googling, apparently you can’t name your database column “type”. The word “type” is part of the magic field names, so it is reserved. I thought this is kind of [...]
Transparencies in the government
I am not a very smart guy. So it freaks me out when I hear smart people tell me that there isn’t enough transparency in our government. Specifically, there have been a lot of complaints about the lack of transparencies in how the bailout money will be spent. It’s like taking your car to a [...]
How to use the linux mail command
The other night I was messing around with the mail command on my setup because I wanted to send e-mails. Some how I made it so that every time I opened Terminal, it says “You have mail.” It was very annoying, but I did not know how to get rid of it. After about an [...]
Wash your hands
The results of this study is very surprising, considering how many times I have seen men walk out of the bathroom without detouring to the sink. With all the grunting that some men do while at the urinal, you’d think at the very least they’d want to dry their hands before heading outside… Study: Women [...]
One coffee cup at a time
Today, I bought myself a new coffee mug because I want to cut back on using disposable cups. After watching a documentary on the big gyro of plastic waste floating around in our oceans ( aka “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch” ), it really freaks me out to think about how many disposable coffee cups [...]