25 May 2008

I have loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile.

Pope St. Gregory VII

24 May 2008

Let me rather think about the things of God, so that my soul may be strengthened on its journey from exile to home.

St. David I of Scotland

23 May 2008

Canadian Teen Isolates Plastic Consuming Bacteria
Plastic bag decomposes in 3 months!?
China’s friendly neighborhood thought police, vigilantly monitoring tomorrow’s martyrs. via globalvoicesonline.org

China’s friendly neighborhood thought police, vigilantly monitoring tomorrow’s martyrs. via globalvoicesonline.org
MacBook h/w hack complete: Dvorak keyboard layout.

MacBook h/w hack complete: Dvorak keyboard layout.

20 May 2008

If you speak of God, speak with love. If you speak of yourself, speak with love. Take care that there is nothing in you but love, love, love.

St. Bernadine of Siena

16 May 2008

Rantastic!

adjective. Something so fantastic, it deserves a good rant!

XO + XP = Excuse me?
Oh well. A geek’s loss is a third-world country’s gain.

15 May 2008

grep sans .svn

put it in your .bash_profile and smoke it:


$ echo "export GREP_OPTIONS='--exclude=*.svn*'" >> ~/.bash_profile
$ source ~/.bash_profile
$ grep -rl 'whatimlookingfor' src/
Vatican astronomer says if aliens exist, they may not need redemption.

11 May 2008

Perhaps we don’t need the movies. Perhaps the books come with the movie built in.

— Terry Pratchett, The Art of Discworld

10 May 2008

Akelos vs. Cake: Let me eat Cake.

I’m still drinking the Ruby Kool Aid, but when I have to PHP in my own well:

class User extends AppModel
{
  var $name = 'User';
  var $primaryKey = 'user_id';
  var $useDbConfig = 'alternate';
}

Cake: easy as pie. :)

class User extends ActiveRecord
{
  function init ($attributes = array())
  {
    parent::init($attributes);
    $this->setPrimaryKey('user_id');
  }

  function setConnection ($dsn = null, $connection_id = null)
  {
    $this->_db =& Ak::db('mysql://user:password@localhost/alternate', 'usersalt');
  }
}

Akelos: more like a PITA.

via xkcd

via xkcd

9 May 2008

“Voice to Skull” via danger room

“Voice to Skull” via danger room

7 May 2008

Todoodlist: Ditch Your PDA And Switch To Pen And Paper