Software release is such a pain. Better it remained hidden, cozy and safe, in our development environment.
Some months ago I wrote about Mallcity 14, a broadly painted caricature of a society that depends on people going into debt - even soldiers are supposed to pay for their own equipment. Things have absurdly gone beyond that point:
Former Army Specialist Rodriguez started getting bills for $700 for lost or […]
Job not getting you up in the mornings?
Very detailed article on automating server backups using Amazon’s S3 system, which I’ve recently trying out using myself for one of my Assembla-hosted projects.
PS: Yes, I’m making the Assembla backups myself. I’m not too keen on giving someone else the secret access key.
I just spent a few hours tearing my hair out at an peculiar behavior with JAI, and thought to briefly document it in case anybody ran into a similar situation.
I started off from the code on this relatively old article, adapting it to my needs on Groovy. The intention was to:
Get an image
Crop it […]
A very good page on setting up Postix as a mail server on OS X, including fixing a broken launchd script.
Set the org.postfix.master.plist file exactly as it is on that page. If you leave out the last two keys, it might tell you that it was launched but you won’t be able to […]
AT&T has a statement on their site where they (kind of) respond to the allegations that they helped the NSA in spying on American citizens.
The news media have carried reports alleging that AT&T is participating in an unlawful NSA terrorist surveillance program. Unfortunately, the law does not permit AT&T to respond to those allegations.
The U.S. […]
I’ve been keeping quiet lately, partly occupied with other projects but mainly out of disgust with the general news that have been coming down the pipe. Two news items in a row have shaken me out of my self-imposed apathy.
First, an executive order allows the government to seize financial assets of anyone who’s deemed […]
Great speech by Clay Shirky about how much people love doing something is an indicator of if it will succeed.
Originally found via BoingBoing.
Olbermann rips into Bush on occasion of his pardon of Lewis Libby, puts him well below Nixon, calls him a peril to democracy and ask him to resign. I’m surprised Olbermann hasn’t had a terrible shower accident yet.
The video is cut off a few words before it ends. Transcript can be found here.