aviflax.com » none 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 Michael Lopp on Why Everyone Should Learn to Write http://aviflax.com/post/michael-lopp-on-why-everyone-should-learn-to-write/ http://aviflax.com/post/michael-lopp-on-why-everyone-should-learn-to-write/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 14:55:55 +0000 Avi http://aviflax.com/?p=1929

Writing is the connective tissue that creates understanding. We, as social creatures, often better perform rituals to form understanding one on one, but good writing enables us to understand each other at scale.

Please Learn to Write

]]> http://aviflax.com/post/michael-lopp-on-why-everyone-should-learn-to-write/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

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“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.

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]]> 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.

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