January 2010
8 posts
“Let’s take away the fact that it’s lacking external features (HDMI? Seriously?)....”
– A Year Too Early · Avalonstar, the blog of Bryan Veloso
While I don’t think it’s a year until we see iPhone OS 4.0 and multitasking, I agree with the general premise. The real question I have is why Apple announced the iPad now, rather than waiting until this summer when OS 4.0 is...
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iPad
My biggest fear going into yesterday’s Apple event was that the tablet would just be a giant iPod touch. At first glance, that is exactly what the iPad seemed like – a large iPod touch with revised core apps, and a productivity suite and eBook reader/store to take advantage of the large screen (and no additional new features). Coupled with gimmicky iPhone app support, which allows...
“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s...”
– Conan O’Brien
Locust Walk Street View →
The main pedestrian throughfare of my alma mater was visited by the Street View Trike and the results are now up on Google Maps.
Gestalt: Ruby and Python in HTML →
Gestalt is a JavaScript library, based on Microsoft’s work on their Dynamic Language Runtime, which allows Ruby and Python to access the elements on the page in the same way JavaScript is able to.
A successful Git branching model →
My Git workflow consists of:
All commits go to master.
Releases get tagged.
Branches get created when I’m bored, have had too little sleep or have had too much to drink. For whatever reason, I often end up running into trouble merging and do a lot of manual cutting/pasting.
Suffice it to say, I have much to learn. I picked up quite a few tips from Vincent Driessen’s walkthrough of...
