@heckj- heckj: RT @bethrobson: Very proud to be a WA state resident! WA state senate just passed same-sex marriage bill. #LGBT
- heckj: @danimal word
- heckj: @alexvollmer :-(
- heckj: @BrianTRice where are u tonight with the #dartlang stuff?
- heckj: good night tonight - catching up with a bunch of @xcoders friends I haven't seen since before the new year
- pinboard links
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/heckj/status/161881325429727232/photo/1) January 24, 2012
- Largest Solar Radiation Storm in Six Years Headed Toward Earth- Bloomberg January 24, 2012
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/heckj/status/159742603926056960/photo/1) January 18, 2012
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/johnderosa/status/159659196428726272/photo/1) January 18, 2012
- A brief history of personal computing platforms. on Twitpic January 14, 2012
- PyPy Status Blog: Transactional Memory (II) January 14, 2012
- Creation of iPxe Bootable USB | AT@ Blogger January 11, 2012
- The Book Designer — Practical Advice to Help Self-Publishers Build Better Books January 6, 2012
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/heckj/status/152807856356331520/photo/1) December 30, 2011
- Vim Text Objects: The Definitive Guide | The Carbon Emitter December 24, 2011
Monthly Archives: August 2006
A subtle django performance hit
Wow – I’m really glad I learned about this performance hit on the Django list today. Turns out that in the process of attempting to give back from really nice error messages from the default AddManipulator’s in Django 0.95, it … Continue reading
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Is this real?
Good lord, I’ve got to wonder if this is real? Testimony that a guy was hired to “rig the elections” with voting machines? It sure sounds like legitimate testimony, but there hasn’t been anything in the major news outlets. You’d … Continue reading
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Seattle Mind Camp 3.0
Seattle Mind Camp 3.0 – coming this November…
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Michael – For the record
You had a good time putting one back at Zeitgeist. See – here you are with a few of your favorite thugs! (sorry it took so long to post)
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WORD
As seen on the Maven2 user’s mailing list: Source Control: Anything But SourceSafe And yes, that means I “get” to deal with VSS upon occasion.
How to write unmaintainable code
Ah, this is a brilliant bit of work: How to write unmaintainable code (and yes, it’s a commentary on what NOT to do when coding…)
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Converting from Django 0.91 to Django 0.95
In the 0.95 release code, the model valdiation logic can be a little shakey. In particular, I ran into this traceback today while doing a little code conversion: Traceback (most recent call last): File “manage.py”, line 11, in ? execute_manager(settings) … Continue reading
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The Peace War, by Vernor Vinge
I hadn’t read much of anything by Vernor Vinge until just recently, but man – I’ve sure been hearing the name about. When I was last in Queen Anne Avenue Books, I just went ahead and picked up a few … Continue reading
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teh suck for rails – software security
Wow – this is a beautifully detailed example of the security hole that existed in Rails version 1.1.4. I live more in the Django world, but I wouldn’t swear to anyone that similiar holes couldn’t be found there. Jeez, I … Continue reading
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The pacific northwest is good for MacOS X
Maybe it’s the weather, or the water, or .. hell, I dunno. But I think Chris has it pretty nailed when he called out the huge number of indie and professional mac programmers in the Seattle area in his WWDC … Continue reading
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