Being an “Open Source” guy there is a certain stigma that goes along with that title, one being that everything you use has to be Open Source. Where I take great pride in the knowledge there isn’t really any aspect of my digital life I couldn’t do without an Open Source solution, I personally don’t [...]
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Jimi continues to dominate my #Last.fm library
http://www.last.fm/user/Shocm Posted via email from shocm
Powerful Validation from Respect
All developers have had to, and one time or another, write a validation class. Over the years, I’ve personally tweaked my own validation class and it has become a pretty standard part of all my coding project; However that may all change now. Respect is not the first PHP validation class to hit the tubes [...]
Getting Git to work in Textmate, Resolving “sh: git: command not found” error
I’ve been doing a lot of work with Git lately and its great. I downloaded and installed the Git Bundle for Textmate but it didn’t seem to work, always returning the error message “sh: git: command not found”. Since I did most of my Git work from the command line I just ignored it but for [...]
SSH AutoComplete on OSX
I am a very heavy user of SSH, like everyday all day type of user. I know a couple cool SSH tricks like port forwarding and mapping remote drives. One thing that always bugged me was the lack of auto complete when I was on my OSX machine. You see with SSH, you can define [...]
Goodbye OpenOffice, Hello LibreOffice
See and download the full gallery on posterous After years of being an advocate for the for the Open Source approach and philosophy behind OpenOffice, which for years lead the way as a alternative solution to more proprietary office suites, I’ve forced to reevaluate my recommendation of the OpenOffice suite. After Sun was acquired by Oracle, Oracle’s direction for [...]
Darwin’s Finches, 20th Century Business, and APIs: Evolve Your Business Model
via blog.apigee.com This is a really good talk about APIs and their place as a real business model. It’s a little long but has a lot of great point and examples for both the very geeky and the very business minded individuals. I’ve often had discussion around the open API approach vs Open Source approach [...]
Whisky Rocks look cool (pardon the pun) Going to have try them in my Lagavulin
via i.imgur.com Saw this on Reddit and had to track down where I can buy some. Looks like I might be making a Amazon order. Perfect as a stocking stuffer http://www.amazon.com/Rocks-Whiskey-Stones-Set/dp/B002GZX2DE Posted via email from shocm
The wife’s holiday “Skittle Popcorn” making process has begun
It has become somewhat of a holiday tradition around our house that the wife makes her famous "Skittle Popcorn" in which she infuses the wonderful taste of Skittles onto light and fluffy popcorn. It's all sorts of goodness I assure you. This year she is channeling the "mad scientist" in her and will experiment with other candy and popcorn combinations such [...]
Two of my favorite things in life, Sony and Batman
Nice article posted on the Sony Electronics Blog ( http://blog.discover.sonystyle.com/interview-with-comic-book-legend-jim-lee ) that has an interview with Jim Lee from DC Universe Online which is going to be a cool game that lets you be a hero (and maybe even a villain) in the DC Universe. I am a huge Batman fan so there is no question I will be [...]
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