November 2011
1 post
September 2011
9 posts
5 tags
7 tags
Space debris hitting tipping point. →
Crazy, you’d think with all that space, there’d be enough space…
Stachehub →
Built a little app to pay homage to Github and Mustachio.
Source code on github:
April 2011
6 posts
Should you work for free? →
My buddy sent me this and thought it was funny. I’ve been there before, and this would have helped :)
Holy Hand Crafted
My good friend, John (BBBarn), introduced me to EDC. This site resonates with me because I carry a Leatherman with me every day. Now sometimes people make fun of me. Yet most of those folks wind up coming to me when they need something knifed, sawed, screw driven, or plied, so I’m okay with it.
Anyway, EDC showed me a bunch of things but one of them was so bizarre yet amazing, I had to...
Github has hired 26 talented fucking people in the...
UPDATE: As of today, 4/6/11, it’s 27
Every time I go to the Github blog, I see that they hired another fucking talented person. So, I asked myself, “How many fucking people have they hired?” Well, luckily they announce it ever time, and they use the same damn title. So, like any good developer, I wrote a little script to find out how many people they fucking hired.
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http://patricktulskie.tumblr.com/post/4261424608 →
patricktulskie:
We deploy code a lot… even while eating lunch. (cc @jayamster)
January 2011
1 post
Tony Malone... Oh, you had this coming →
February 2009
2 posts
Issues Installing Nokogiri →
Had some issues installing Nokogiri this morning on my slicehost account running Ubuntu (Hardy 8.04). Every time I tried installing the gem, I would get this :
sudo gem install nokogiri
Building...
A little snippit to tell if it’s Unix time... →
January 2009
1 post
Facebook Purgatory
I think I’ve coined a new term:
Facebook Purgatory: The place where people stay when I choose to neither accept or ignore their friendship request.
Sorry, I just don’t always know if I want that connection. So, I have like 70 people in my queue of friendship requests. My mood determines if you get in or not. Usually after time I grant friendship.
December 2008
5 posts
What I learned this year (not me... this guy) →
Follow your passion? →
Top 100 Greatest Movie Characters (Scraped) →
Some scraping code I did for fun last night. I used Nokogiri and Ruby to scrape this site for the names and photos. Take a look at the code if you want to mess around with it.
I wrote this is…
An easy way to see the top 100 movie characters... →
I wrote this is code b/c I didn’t want to click through the 100 pages of the top 100 movie characters site. I mean, it’s like 100 clicks. I just wanted to see the name and the pictures. If you feel like clicking through, check this out. If you don’t want to execute any code, I posted it on my blog here: http://blog.jayamster.com/
November 2008
8 posts
On building community →
via @saulcolt on twitter
Lorem 2: An all-around better Lorem experience. →
Awesome… I always wanted this.
kylewritescode:
mattmcinerney:
Includes Lorem Ipsum in short paragraphs, long paragraphs, short list items, and long list items. I do find myself breaking up lipsum into lists quite often. And if you’re not sure what Lorem Ipsum is, it’s the most frequently used placeholder text by graphic designers.
This is my new lipsum.com.
How to Turn Your Car Into an Unstoppable Murder... →
How to clean stuff →
September 2008
10 posts
Was at Web 2.0 Expo today!!!
Didn’t get to see any talks, but the BeenVerified booth was great and my colleages are really talking it up. Great to see the awesome response from all the people that walked by. Now on to code more stuff.
Ubuntu Hardy Desktop
I’m installing Ubuntu Desktop on an old Thinkpad. Just curious to how it works
Rails Footnotes Plugin →
Really cool plugin… How did I live without it?
Post on Get a Mac ads' efficacy →
Using git within teams; What's your methodology?
I’ve done the PeepCode GIT screencast and read the PeepCode GIT book. I’ve read all over about GIT and have used it to collaborate with others. But I still think there’s a lacking base of knowledge on working with GIT in teams that are handling code in “close quarters.” Basically that means working with code that may overlap with other developers. Anyway, would...
Things
Needing to get organized I downloaded Things for Mac and iPhone, a GTD app. Did GTD Before, but I think each time I get back into it I get better.
http://culturedcode.com/things/
Would love to hear some thoughts on anyone elses GTD success or failure. Twitter me @jayamster.
17 Mistakes Startups Make →
Google Safe Browsing API →
A way to add some anti-phishing to your app.
August 2008
12 posts
Installing Git on OS X via command line →
These methods are untested but ranked high on google… i’m counting on you google!
Installing Git on OS X via MacPorts →
My other domain →
What should I do with this?
scRubyt and the stupid RubyInline gem error →
Oh, just a little fix I posted on my other bigger, more annoying blog, about scRubyt and how it has issues with some RubyInline gem. I found it quite annoying. but now I’m finding scRubyt a bit annoying. Is this framework any good? Anyone know?
Startup Stuff. →
