Nov 30, 2011
If you’re going to this weekend’s Random Hacks of Kindness, it’s worth your time to familiarize yourself with some collaboration tools. Read on for an introduction to some common tools.
I like to-do lists. Every day I’m either making one or maintaining one. I don’t trust my brain to remember lists, so I write them down. Big whoop, you say, and so do I. Lists are nothing special. And yet, many people don’t take advantage of lists and instead keep their to-do items in their … Read more
Nov 8, 2011
For years my personal site has been an embarrassment. I avoided writing new posts so I wouldn’t have to link to them, its design was that bad. Having quit my job last month, I spent some time working on a design I could be proud of. Last Friday I silently launched that design.
This new … Read more
Recently I’ve been debating between a Macbook Pro and a Macbook Air for developing on-site. They’re nice machines. I like the portability of the Air but want the power of the Pro. I also want a tablet device for its portability and to explore touch interactions. Ideally, I’d have all three for leisure use (iPad), … Read more
I hate non-deterministic tests, which is why I strive for a completely fresh testing environment for each and every test. In-memory databases make this much easier (and faster). Python makes it easy to construct file-like objects for tests instead of relying on files on a filesystem. When testing an application which must hit the filesystem, … Read more
I’ve often wanted to try making ginger beer at home. My Dad sometimes spoke about having a ginger beer plant in his childhood farm home in England. They kept it in a closet.
An old document on OpenSSO. I’m not sure how it still applies to OpenAM.