busyness, expressed in ruby
self.split(:quanta).each { |chris| chris.eat; chris.sleep; chris.hack; chris.read_research; chris.pay_attention_to_gf; chris.do_housework; … }…
scheme rant
perhaps it’s because i’m new to scheme, but the shiz is so unreadable! in ruby i can look at a block and known almost instantly what it’s doing, collecting, mapping, rejecting, summing, whatever. when i look a block of scheme i have to traverse the recursion tree…
pdftowav bash script
pdftowav bash script [http://github.com/eignerchris/pdftowav] very lightweight bash script that converts a .pdf to a .wav file…
google's venture into mobile hardware
this we week a rumor surfaced that google was working on a phone [http://www.thestreet.com/story/10614007/1/exclusive-google-plans-its-own-android-phone.html] . i know that my belief in what i’m about to tell you is driven mostly by wishful thinking and my hatred for the current contract-based business model…
vmware player + virtual appliances
tired of instability in virtualbox, lack of linux support in microsoft virtual pc, and high cost of vmware, i started poking around for a lightweight, no maintenance virtual machine. turns out vmware makes a ‘player’ that will boot .vmx files (virtual machine images). i fired up the app and was…
turning off touchflo 3d
out of curiosity i recently disabled touch flo to see if i could get a faster mobile experience. turns out its pretty snappy and its still user friendly. here’s how you do it, if you’re so inclined: 1. ‘start’ -> 'settings’ -> 'today’ 2. click the 'items’ tab…