Various Node.js gurus explain and explore the power of this server-side framework in this collection of videos. Two years later, the videos age pretty well, considering they cover Node.js 0.4.x and 0.5.x, and today’s current version is 0.10.x. The speakers …
Read more →Steps to Lock Up Linux Using Sublime Text 3: Log in to your Mac OS X machine. Install VirtualBox. Install a Linux virtual machine. Boot that Linux virtual machine. Install Sublime Text 3 on that Linux virtual machine. Launch Sublime Text 3 and open some files …
Read more →TL;DR touch /etc/apache2/httpd.conf Enter /etc/apache2 as your Apache Server Config Directory Path copy the generated line from httpd.conf to apache2.conf The Story I’m no sysadmin, as will become clear rapidly in this post. I develop software, including Web …
Read more →The Imperfect Craft | Bitsplitting.org: “I’ve seen what happens to people who cling to outdated standards of craftsmanship: they become self-righteous, bitter, and delusional. Guided only by the hallowed rules of yesteryear’s geniuses, they and their work …
Read more →Cartoons owned Saturday mornings, back when I was young enough to care. The commercials that wedged their way in and between The RoadRunner and The Justice League seemed to hawk either toys or breakfast cereal, all of which I longed for. My mother decried …
Read more →I was filling my gas tank the other day and saw this sign on the pump: Apparently, it’s easier and cheaper to slap a sign on a pump than to fix the software. I puzzled over this bug a bit; why would a gas pump refer to high-ankled footwear or English trunks? …
Read more →Last Friday, the operations and infrastructure folks where I work were swinging the non-production environments to a new datacenter. The development managers decided to use this opportunity to challenge the developers to a “codefest”–a 1-day programming …
Read more →My 6th-grade daughter currently home-schools, taking her classes online with Florida Virtual School (FLVS). She started the school year using my wife’s MacBook Air, but couldn’t get the FLVS software working. My wife called Tech Support, and they told her they …
Read more →Tyler Anderson is a boy I’ve known most of his life. When he was an infant, an aneurysm burst in his brain, and he had to fight for his life. Now, he is fighting for something most people are freely given: a senior year of high school. You can read more here: …
Read more →Why your password can’t have symbols—or be longer than 16 characters | Ars Technica: “The password creation process on different websites can be a bit like visiting foreign countries with unfamiliar social customs.” (Via. @lars on App.net) When I was young, I …
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