I haven’t been very good with rotating the inks in the last year. Having accumulated more than my share of inks, it is time to have fewer pens inked and rotate colors. I still couldn’t resist inking 9 pens! There are 3 pens I’m excited about – 2 parker 51 and a custom pen made out of 10000 year-old bogwood (a gift from Christina).
At any given time, I have a handful of git repositories that I work on. While typing in the command-line is great, it getting tiring when you have a several directories that you have to manually change to and check. The “git status” command can take the git repo and the working directory as input. That, and a little bash programming to the rescue. The following command, executes git status in every subdirectory that is a git repository. ...
Update: Apparently, I had accidentally hit a minor bug in pew. This has now been fixed. Every so often, we spend several hours battling an issue, fighting linux or python or people or thoughts. The solution, often, leaps out when there has been a respite in the constant search for the solution. It’s the “duh” moment, that all of us feel. There is a little self-loathing, and relief at having arrived at solution. It is a moment of great pleasure, that I have learned to relish. ...
Some interesting links for the weekend: Mr.Krugman thinks Bitcoin is evil. Why should I turn off my devices for 30 mins, while a hunk of steel and glass is hurled into the upper atmosphere? #first-world-problems Lamdba expressions: something for the nerd in you. America, you make me want to travel! NOT REALLY! We don’t really change. Let’s not blame it on tech! Truth from Gary Vaynerchuk of winelibrary fame.
If you have worked for a large company, you know you have been here. Hilarious
Vizify makes a video out of the posts you have made on twitter in the last year. Christina, you are always my #1! Thank you for bringing this to my attention. As any self-respecting nerd would do, I immediately made one for myself. Doesn’t the world need yet another summary of meee!! 2013 on twitter Thanks to my top followers Christina Ray Lian Dave Kell
Another gem from the always spot-on Dave Winer. Microsoft could have owned netbooks. The pathological need for large companies to focus on the wrong, to their own demise never ceases to amaze me. Why do dominant players lose out? Is it the incompetence of people in these companies? Is it the inability to articulate, convince, and move the masses within these companies? Most often, it is the later. Perhaps, the collective, is bound to make safer choices and very often, the simple or obvious option is not the safe one. ...
There has been an increase in security breaches this year. This past week, two services I use were compromised - Tumblr and Apple Developer Connection. Both services informed me of the security breach, and one made me feel like they cared, and the other one didn’t. Perhaps I am reading too much into this, but at the very least, it illustrates how important language is, in conveying how much we care. Apple’s mail is clear, concise and inspires confidence in their ability to take care of my information. They state the purpose of this communication, tell me what they did about it, and what they were going to do to fix it in the future. Update: Apparently, it was a whitehat security guy doing his thing. ...
Have I mentioned the long-standing obsession with stationery, especially, fountain pens? Well, it is a bit of problem, really. In the last few months, I have started hoarding them. It started with one– a Lamy. Once I discovered how one can procure junk on eBay for very little money, I quickly ended up with a selection. As these things go, I suddenly had the increased “need” for inks that are not blue, or black. Nay, simple colours won’t do for the truly obsessed. ...
Reclining airplane seats!! I shake my fist at thee. This one feature on airplanes has caused me untold miseries. Ok! I exaggerate .. a little. I live Vancouver, which is one the other side of the planet with respect to my hometown. As a result, I spend at least 30 hours on an plane, once a year. To compound, my 6’ 5" (196 cm) frame does not mix well with cramped spaces. ...