aviflax.com » tweet http://aviflax.com Wed, 23 May 2012 20:04:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Do not use “meme” as a ver… http://aviflax.com/post/do-not-use-meme-as-a-ver/ http://aviflax.com/post/do-not-use-meme-as-a-ver/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 20:04:46 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/do-not-use-meme-as-a-ver/ Do not use “meme” as a verb.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/do-not-use-meme-as-a-ver/feed/ 0 Devastating essay on the state… http://aviflax.com/post/devastating-essay-on-the-state/ http://aviflax.com/post/devastating-essay-on-the-state/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 14:25:45 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/devastating-essay-on-the-state/ Devastating essay on the state of play in video games: “The best players in the world are workers, not players.”
http://t.co/Q3X4cJqX

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/devastating-essay-on-the-state/feed/ 0 If you’re raising or helping… http://aviflax.com/post/if-youre-raising-or-helping/ http://aviflax.com/post/if-youre-raising-or-helping/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 01:19:22 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/if-youre-raising-or-helping/ If you’re raising or helping raise a girl, this seems worth reading: Legos, spaceships, breasts http://t.co/GO8MCHDY /via @kennethreitz

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/if-youre-raising-or-helping/feed/ 0 Just found this great TextMate… http://aviflax.com/post/just-found-this-great-textmate/ http://aviflax.com/post/just-found-this-great-textmate/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:11:18 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/just-found-this-great-textmate/ Just found this great TextMate tip: ⌃⇧⌘W will wrap all selected lines with <li> tags.

http://t.co/47IfCu83

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/just-found-this-great-textmate/feed/ 0 Just saw the New York premiere… http://aviflax.com/post/just-saw-the-new-york-premiere/ http://aviflax.com/post/just-saw-the-new-york-premiere/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:18:42 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/just-saw-the-new-york-premiere/ Just saw the New York premiere of @indiegamemovie — an inspiring work of art.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/just-saw-the-new-york-premiere/feed/ 0 My dad loved Donna Summer. http://aviflax.com/post/my-dad-loved-donna-summer/ http://aviflax.com/post/my-dad-loved-donna-summer/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:00:30 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/my-dad-loved-donna-summer/ My dad loved Donna Summer.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/my-dad-loved-donna-summer/feed/ 0 That thing where you’re walk… http://aviflax.com/post/that-thing-where-youre-walk/ http://aviflax.com/post/that-thing-where-youre-walk/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:56:25 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/that-thing-where-youre-walk/ That thing where you’re walking in Manhattan and you hit an orange hand at every intersection. http://t.co/hNpV57Op

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/that-thing-where-youre-walk/feed/ 0 Tonight’s Clojure NYC meetup… http://aviflax.com/post/tonights-clojure-nyc-meetup/ http://aviflax.com/post/tonights-clojure-nyc-meetup/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 00:58:14 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/tonights-clojure-nyc-meetup/ Tonight’s Clojure NYC meetup was phenomenal. Fascinating talks by @swannodette, @kovasb, and @richhickey — and I even understood >40% of it!

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/tonights-clojure-nyc-meetup/feed/ 0 My mind is currently being blo… http://aviflax.com/post/my-mind-is-currently-being-blo/ http://aviflax.com/post/my-mind-is-currently-being-blo/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:35:29 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/my-mind-is-currently-being-blo/ My mind is currently being blown by @kovasb at the Clojure NYC meetup, speaking on the future of REPLs.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/my-mind-is-currently-being-blo/feed/ 0 Nice: http://t.co/YecnGx4a http://aviflax.com/post/nice-httpt-coyecngx4a/ http://aviflax.com/post/nice-httpt-coyecngx4a/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:10:53 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/nice-httpt-coyecngx4a/ Nice: http://t.co/YecnGx4a

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/nice-httpt-coyecngx4a/feed/ 0 This is awful: “The WordPre… http://aviflax.com/post/this-is-awfulthe-wordpre/ http://aviflax.com/post/this-is-awfulthe-wordpre/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:14:29 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/this-is-awfulthe-wordpre/ This is awful:

“The WordPress Excerpt is an optional summary or description of a post; in short, a post summary.”

http://t.co/SIJgu5G4

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/this-is-awfulthe-wordpre/feed/ 0 Really cool site intended to h… http://aviflax.com/post/really-cool-site-intended-to-h/ http://aviflax.com/post/really-cool-site-intended-to-h/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 01:45:03 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/really-cool-site-intended-to-h/ Really cool site intended to help intermedia Git users level up: http://t.co/1bVDzRwQ

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/really-cool-site-intended-to-h/feed/ 0 My remote @crashplan backup is… http://aviflax.com/post/my-remote-crashplan-backup-is/ http://aviflax.com/post/my-remote-crashplan-backup-is/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:56:43 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/my-remote-crashplan-backup-is/ My remote @crashplan backup is up to 600GB. Hmm, that actually seems kinda small. Must verify if all my data is set to back up properly.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/my-remote-crashplan-backup-is/feed/ 0 Tonight Elina and I had pizza … http://aviflax.com/post/tonight-elina-and-i-had-pizza/ http://aviflax.com/post/tonight-elina-and-i-had-pizza/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 03:31:48 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/tonight-elina-and-i-had-pizza/ Tonight Elina and I had pizza for dinner, watched The Legend of Korra, and played Braid together. I hit the wife jackpot!

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/tonight-elina-and-i-had-pizza/feed/ 0 Fun URL: https://t.co/ATSg0MrV http://aviflax.com/post/fun-url-httpst-coatsg0mrv/ http://aviflax.com/post/fun-url-httpst-coatsg0mrv/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 17:36:41 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/fun-url-httpst-coatsg0mrv/ Fun URL: https://t.co/ATSg0MrV

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/fun-url-httpst-coatsg0mrv/feed/ 0 Really, Yahoo? http://t.co/hCg… http://aviflax.com/post/really-yahoo-httpt-cohcg/ http://aviflax.com/post/really-yahoo-httpt-cohcg/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 23:51:56 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/really-yahoo-httpt-cohcg/ Really, Yahoo? http://t.co/hCghKPkq

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/really-yahoo-httpt-cohcg/feed/ 0 “…inexperienced UNIX users… http://aviflax.com/post/inexperienced-unix-users/ http://aviflax.com/post/inexperienced-unix-users/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 18:39:29 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/inexperienced-unix-users/ “…inexperienced UNIX users assume that they can redirect a file into a program and use the same name for redirecting the output…” doh!

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/inexperienced-unix-users/feed/ 0 Started reading Debt: The Firs… http://aviflax.com/post/started-reading-debt-the-firs/ http://aviflax.com/post/started-reading-debt-the-firs/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:44:15 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/started-reading-debt-the-firs/ Started reading Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber. Holy shit.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/started-reading-debt-the-firs/feed/ 0 I need me some chemical regula… http://aviflax.com/post/i-need-me-some-chemical-regula/ http://aviflax.com/post/i-need-me-some-chemical-regula/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:47:07 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/i-need-me-some-chemical-regula/ I need me some chemical regulation.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/i-need-me-some-chemical-regula/feed/ 0 Huh, NoSQL for MySQL: direct T… http://aviflax.com/post/huh-nosql-for-mysql-direct-t/ http://aviflax.com/post/huh-nosql-for-mysql-direct-t/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 22:15:48 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/huh-nosql-for-mysql-direct-t/ Huh, NoSQL for MySQL: direct TCP access to XtraDB tables as a key-value store, bypassing SQL. http://t.co/VqLmgpZl /via http://t.co/M6tInTYt

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/huh-nosql-for-mysql-direct-t/feed/ 0 Saw The Avengers last night. F… http://aviflax.com/post/saw-the-avengers-last-night-f/ http://aviflax.com/post/saw-the-avengers-last-night-f/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:01:35 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/saw-the-avengers-last-night-f/ Saw The Avengers last night. Fun, but only for fans, I think. Lots of BOOM.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/saw-the-avengers-last-night-f/feed/ 0 Been wrangling with an insanel… http://aviflax.com/post/been-wrangling-with-an-insanel/ http://aviflax.com/post/been-wrangling-with-an-insanel/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 22:08:09 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/been-wrangling-with-an-insanel/ Been wrangling with an insanely soft-coded app for the past few days. Indirection everywhere. Terrible.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/been-wrangling-with-an-insanel/feed/ 0 Working around a 2+ year old b… http://aviflax.com/post/working-around-a-2-year-old-b/ http://aviflax.com/post/working-around-a-2-year-old-b/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 22:13:23 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/working-around-a-2-year-old-b/ Working around a 2+ year old bug in msysgit: http://t.co/wOyyzsis

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/working-around-a-2-year-old-b/feed/ 0 Been yak shaving all day. http://aviflax.com/post/been-yak-shaving-all-day/ http://aviflax.com/post/been-yak-shaving-all-day/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 20:39:38 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/been-yak-shaving-all-day/ Been yak shaving all day.

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/been-yak-shaving-all-day/feed/ 0 This CraigsList ad for a 1990 … http://aviflax.com/post/this-craigslist-ad-for-a-1990/ http://aviflax.com/post/this-craigslist-ad-for-a-1990/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:21:54 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/post/this-craigslist-ad-for-a-1990/ This CraigsList ad for a 1990 Miata has unexpectedly beautiful photos: http://t.co/1UBtPJ89

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