Lera Boroditsky’s findings about how our language decides how we think about things is a captivating read. I think this research supports my notion that we will require a common world language to be able to truly communicate as equals, and to be able to progress as a peaceful species. She comes with many examples on how the differences affect fundamental things in our lives. I did not actually know that Russians think of death as a woman, but it explains a lot :)
Your language makes you Think Different.
2008: A year of OSM edits
Amazing demonstration of the power of the net. OpenStreetMap.org still has some way to go, but I think it’s one of the more interesting open projects out there.
Screencast: Introduction to Catalyst by Dan Dascalescu
Suck on that, RoR :-)
TextMate 2: It’s coming
Allan Odgaard reassures us that TextMate 2 isn’t going to be a Duke Nukem Forever:
So where does development stand for 2.0? It feels to me like most of the modules are getting close, say 90%. But as they say, on the horizon, mountains look small.
I guess he just has the remaining 90% to finish. :) I for one think this is exciting news. TextMate is probably my second most used program after Firefox.
Migrating SVN repositories to Git, The Right Way
Yuval takes our hand and guides us through the proper process for migrating your SVN repository to Git:
Having an accurate revision control history is very helpful for tracking down regressions. Here’s my take on how to do this properly.
Hopefully someone can use this to migrate over Catalyst-Runtime to our spanking new Catalyst git repository.
GitHub:FI pricing now public
GitHub created a headache for themselves at the initial launch of their inhouse hosting option for companies wanting to use GitHub.
That, coupled with the fact that we wanted companies to sign an NDA before receiving their quote, slowed the entire process down. It also bewildered more than a few people wondering why lawyers needed to be involved just to figure out how much the product cost.
Well, now they are up for everybody to see, but boy, with prices like that, I can see why they would like to keep them secret. $600/user/year. First year up front. For us, having 5 accounts, which is what we get with their ‘Small’ plan, it would be an upgrade from 144 USD to 7200 USD per year. After the first year we’d have to add 750$ a year if we want standard support. I doubt this is a very viable plan for most development shops. Specially considering Gitorious is open source.
Quick textmate tip for Perlers
Using Textmate for Perl programming? As you probably know, the Perl bundle supports validating your perl syntax with a quick shortcut. However, I picked up a quick tip from the “Javascript Tools” bundle. If you rebind the command as ⌘-S, TextMate will automatically check your syntax every time you save a Perl file. In case you need help doing this:
In the menu Go to Bundles -> Bundle Editor -> Show Bundle Editor
Open the Perl Bundle, Click ‘Validate syntax’, and from there you can easily rebind the key as shown below.
Lullaby
:|: Byssan lull — boil the full kettle,
the treasure chest has three figures. :|:
The first one is our faith
the second one is hope,
the third one is the red love.
– Evert Taube