December 2009
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November 2009
72 posts
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Regex style in Ruby →
Learn something every day - I have always avoided delving into the Ruby way of handling regexp’s, and just used the Perl-like approach. Good to know.
Viruses of the Mind →
An older work by Richard Dawkins on memes. It’s good.
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How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time →
Everyone around the water cooler knows that meditation reduces stress. But with the aid of advanced brainscanning technology, researchers are beginning to show that meditation directly affects the function and structure of the brain, changing it in ways that appear to increase attention span, sharpen focus and improve memory.
One recent study found evidence that the daily practice of meditation...
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griffmusic:
Here’s a song I wrote based partly...
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Ulysses 2.0 →
This looks like an amazing aid for writing.
I don’t think I can justify the cost or myself and my needs (the Core version might be more my style), but for any serious writers who may be reading, you may want to give it a spin.
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“This is the point in the semester when I figure I have failed the Christians—but...”
– The Christian Century
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Setting up your Git repositories for open source... →
Didn’t think that there was going to be anything interesting here, but Michael Hartl’s demonstration of proper branching and forking on GitHub makes it worth the read.
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Report Says Police and Catholic Church Hid Abuse... →
LONDON — The Roman Catholic Church and the police in Ireland systematically colluded in covering up decades of child sex abuse by priests in Dublin, according to a scathing report released Thursday.
The cover-ups spanned the tenures of four Dublin archbishops and continued through to the mid-1990s and beyond, even after the church was beginning to admit to its failings and had professed that it...
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wedontneedroads:
Michael Stipe with Coldplay -...
William Blake: Patron Saint of Makers →
A while back, Make Magazine had a full article dedicated to some of the production techniques employed by Mr. Blake.
Judging by my past few posts, William Blake is on the fast track to becoming the patron saint for One More Cup of Coffee.
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Ram Horn'd with Gold - A Blake Hypertext... →
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Aww. I got a dedication.
“Drama...
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re: Coffka
griffmusic:
A friend of mine, Glenn Allyn made his first feature length film entitled Coffka. The film is currently being submitted to film festivals so be on the lookout for it. I had the chance to see it a couple weeks ago and it was hilarious. Check out the Facebook page for the film here.
Congrats to Glenn! I haven’t had the good pleasure of seeing him in quite a few years, but wish...
A Question of Integrity: To MD5 or Not to MD5 →
Some useful notes on committing data to Amazon’s S3 buckets. Perhaps it is best to calculate an MD5 signature, and check it after the PUT.
Hat tip to Shawn for finding this.
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griffmusic:
Here’s a newer song I recently...
“The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, ‘Write something...”
– lorrie moore (via meaghano)
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The One in Which Griff Tells Us How Awesome 2012... →
Follow the link to read on.
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re: python or ruby?
awongh:
I’m starting to work on a little project for myself, and I’ve been wading through some ‘python in ten minutes’ tutorials, but now I’m thinking about ruby….
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Well, it’s starting to sound like I’m trying to convince myself of something I already know. Too bad no one reads this or I could ask ‘everyone’ by saying: what do you think?
Ruby ;-)
But seriously, you’ll only...
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Why Tumblr?
Last night, I decided to finally pull the trigger and begin tearing down an old blog of mine and begin writing here as I feel the need. The reasons are varied, but when it comes down to it, I’m mostly tired of the amount of pretending required to keep it all up.
When I try to regularly write about a single topic, say technology, it seems to often begin with good intentions. I’m...
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"It's like twitter. Except we charge people to use... →
drawohara:
This is *easily* the funniest thing I’ve seen online in *years*
Gah. Too many quotes tonight.
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“A lot of folks get excited to build an application only to become discouraged...”
– Build an Application (Even if it Already Exists) - Caleb Brown
“By launching you are setting yourself up for the inevitable drop off in users,...”
– Never Launch, Just Iterate - Eric Friedman
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SHODAN - Computer Search Engine →
Shodan is a search engine that allows one to easily scour the internet for machines running specific versions of software, be it an HTTP, FTP, TELNET, or SSH server.
Like about every other piece of technology, it can be classified as ‘dual use’, in that it can be employed in both benevolent and malevolent works. I’m guessing that this one will be used for the latter.
The...
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Epoch: podcast of my story about the death of the... →
Cory Doctorow’s latest project. I like what I’ve listened to so far.
Rich Cooks: Cold-brew Coffee →
Awesome. Now I too can produce cold-brew coffee.
“As more people start realizing that there are better reasons to write blogs...”
– Marco.org - Avoiding the blogger trap
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First Iteration of One Cushion is Live →
Why Rational Thinking Is Not All It's Cracked Up... →
My obligatory commentary:
Yes, yes, yes. Although we always talk about how important it is to engage the rational side of being, contemplative practice reveals that our reasoning brain rides on top of an irrational foundation. Whatever you plug into that foundation greatly influences your thoughts.
Ultimately, what we call consciousness seems to more or less be a lens for the material that the...
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“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee or read bad blogs. Make the effort to care.”
– Marco (via meaghano)
Three things about Marco Arment →