August 2009
95 posts
Sometimes, Rails’ Gem inclusion method frustrates me. #dealing_with_old_code
What started off as a nerd-rock morning has shifted in to a Jazz-y midday. J.J. Johnson makes Monday better. :)
Adding a little extra creepy factor to the Bellevue art museum… http://yfrog.com/50mwvj (via @driftcafe)
OH “Flatstock, that’s good right? It’s like Woodstock for flat things?” #qp
Up WAY too late mucking around with my personal site. It looks 100x better, though. :) (Even if it *is* an old design, at least it’s mine).
Sharing some of my Git workflow, here’s Git Demote: http://panpainter.com/p/6 (a companion to Git Promote - http://panpainter.com/x/a )
It is so totally 5:30 on Friday afternoon. I can’t focus on anything for longer than 5 minutes.
A High Point →
Last weekend I participated in Rails Rumble ‘09 (along with some really awesome teammates), and today we found out that we made it in to the Public Voting stage! It really makes that…
Git Demote →
I’m a big fan of Trevor Squires’ Git Promote script, but one thing that’s bothered me about it since I started using it is that it tends to clutter up my .git/config file. So, I made a…
Stubbing/Mocking for ThinkingSphinx and... →
One of the things that I love about Rails development is the emphasis on Test Driven Design (and BDD, but that’s another topic entirely). As someone relatively new to Rails, however, it’s…
Also, really stoked to see people I *don’t* know using @quippopotamus ( http://quippopotam.us )
My favorite discovery this week? IE8’s Web Developer Tools. It’s basically MS’s appropriate of Firebug, and it makes life SO MUCH EASIER.
Pingdom now offering free service (for single site): http://www.pingdom.com/ (via @ilovetypography)
Ugh. IE-issue SORTED. Took WAY too long for such a simple solution to the issue. #mustbefriday
Plotting, again … this time I blame #railsrumble
Feelin’ feisty this morning. This could make the day interesting.
Beating IE7 in to shape. It *will* do my bidding.
To finish off yesterday’s news of CP+B’s spec work nonsense, here’s the AIGA position on spec work: http://panpainter.com/x/9
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Andrew van der Merwe | The Ministry of Type →
Really cool Sand Drawings.
Vote for Quippopotamus (http://quippopotam.us/) for Rails Rumble 2009! http://r09.railsrumble.com/teams/onehub
Crispin Porter is “crowdsourcing” an identity job on a spec site: http://bit.ly/19ijzL — very poor form. (via @swissmiss / @danrubin)
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A High Point
Last weekend I participated in Rails Rumble ‘09 (along with some really awesome teammates), and today we found out that we made it in to the Public Voting stage!
It really makes that weekend of hard work worth it (although we all really wanted to build Quippopotamus anyway). Congrats to my teammates, and to everyone else - go vote for us! :)
On pins and needles, waiting for #railsrumble results.
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in Bb 2.0 - a collaborative music/spoken word... →
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Decline and Fall of the Ligature - What is a... →
Ligatures get nowhere near the love they deserve. Here’s an article (a couple years old, but still great nonetheless) from one of my favorite blogs, i love typography.
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LOVE the html comments on http://makephotoshopfaster.com/ Hilarious! Thanks @danrubin! (via @Anton) || I second that! Too funny.
“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.” - Patrick Henry #quippo
“Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody.” - Piet Mondrian #qp
I think I’m an Illustrator-favoring designer alone in a world of PS/FW users… #myowndrum
My favorite part of this graph is the steep upswing of commits towards hour 48. http://panpainter.com/x/7 #railsrumble
“I’ve got the pistols so I ‘ll keep the pesos. Yeah that seems fair.” - The Refreshments (from ‘Bandito’) #qp
is my computer running? how can i tell? oh! http://www.computerpowertest.com/ (via @technoweenie) // Ha! Too funny.
In case you’ve been avoid my tweets all weekend - the @onehub team built a #railsrumble app. Check it out! http://quippopotam.us
Fantastic write-up about the new @typedia logo! http://panpainter.com/x/6
This is fantastic: http://xkcd.com/627/
Also … in need of sustenance. Should probably tend to that.
Actually using our #railsrumble app! Woo!
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read.” - Groucho Marx #quippo
“If you paint a man leaning over, your own back must ache.” - N.C. Wyeth #quippo
Need to stop forgetting my hash-tags, though.
5PM: #railsrumble ended. 5:01PM: nap. Now? Playing with all the cool apps!
Finished our #railsrumble app! Now for a few hours of sleep. :)
I’m on the loose! http://quippopotam.us #railsrumble (via @quippopotamus) (via @WanderingMatt)
Pants? Check. Coffe? Check. Donut? Check. Let’s do this! #railsrumble
Hackety hackety hack on the quippity @quippopotamus
is dealing with the whole “it’s 8 in the morning” thing.
Input styl-ee! #railsrumble
“The enemy’s gate is down.” -Ender Wiggins #quippo
I love watching ‘Ice Road Truckers’ — the narrator has such an awesome accent. :)