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Archive for February, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

  • chew on that regex for a while, it hurts #
  • regex = /(?-mix:"[^"]+"|'[^']+')|((?:[^\s,\|'"]|(?-mix:(?-mix:\{\%).*?(?-mix:\%\})|(?-mix:\{\{).*?(?-mix:\}\}?)))|(?-mix:"[^"]+"|'[^']+'))+/ #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-22

  • delicious egg custard at Golden Gate Bakery in Chinatown #sf #
  • 2 days after getting a land line and I already have telemarketers calling me, this is totally ridiculous #
  • #stupidinventions leaf blowers #
  • hacking some C libraries on os x, apparently malloc.h is deprecated or there is some magic i'm not aware to get at it #
  • just curious if there are any complaints or production gotchas anyone has encountered using #passenger and #nginx with #rails #
  • no voting buttons in Entourage, that's totally lame #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

  • fun finding people I know on the software craftsmanship manifesto http://bit.ly/dtTMXt #
  • 16/100 best companies in Fortune magazine were California based companies and out of those 11 were tech based companies (of course) #
  • @mattokeefe looks awesome but the registration is steep, I'm totally interested in the NoSQL, no Join, no RDBMS talk in reply to mattokeefe #
  • Google trying to "be the internet" with Buzz, it is just a matter of time before they reveal their true identity – _Skynet_ #
  • @mattpulley the Ricketts have already decided the playoffs aren't worth the Cubs time :P in reply to mattpulley #
  • @p4sam also irksome Perforce making all my files read only upon check out in reply to p4sam #
  • @p4sam coming from Git and SVN one of my biggest dislikes is the way things aren't handled on the local file system in reply to p4sam #
  • @mattokeefe coming to Cali soon? in reply to mattokeefe #
  • philosophical #software blabbering ad nauseam, too much "Confucius says" – we respect, we admire, we know you're awesome #
  • wondering – the popularity and production of electric cars and how that will impact the energy sector – oil vs electricity #
  • I set a 2 wk timeframe not to pass hasty judgement on Perforce, since everything needs a fair trial. Perforce you've got 3 days to shape up. #
  • selenium browser startup on mac with ruby client not very intuitive, *custom /browser/path didn't work, had to use *chrome /browser/path #
  • wrangling javascript test failures after upgrading blueridge #
  • Selling our place back in IL and just saw the online MLS pics…feeling homesick? Totally unexpected #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

  • Our stuff arrived today! Do we really have this much stuff? Good grief #
  • Ate at Refuge last night the beers and cheeses are indeed top notch, lamb burger was especially good #