RT @lindsey: progress in type systems marches inexorably forward, ruling out broader and broader classes of programs as bad. one day, type…
Engineer: "I'll experiment with this new language to answer my question!"Senior Engineer: "I'll use this comfortable language to answer my question."Principal Engineer: "I'll just use a spreadsheet to answer my question."
Oh, and if you didn't pick it up in early release, grab it now to save some money! https://t.co/uduSlBg7uj https://t.co/mBpv9GoT1v
RT @ManningBooks: 📢Now in print!🍾Easy job hunting and interesting work.Mastering Java, the beating heart of enterprise software enginee…
RT @kittylyst: It's finally here. @karianna @jasonrclark #java https://t.co/tcZewPBqxk https://t.co/W5LF8iS7rw
Cashier at Tillamook Creamery as my family checks out: “I’ve never seen someone buy that much cheese.” #success
RT @danluu: I learned a lot in my 8-year long stint I couldn't have learned in 2 4-year long stints, and this recursively applies to every…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has gone too far. How am I supposed to remember this banana’s backstory? How many movies do I need to watch to be prepared to eat the banana? Who is the bananas nemesis? 🦸♂️🍌 https://t.co/no8uv1gY13
If you need a new source for pseudorandom numbers, can I recommend using answers to the question “which messaging app will my spouse use to contact me” ?
This treasure was plastic wrapped to our car at our wedding. When we brought it home and Amber insisted on displaying it in the entry of our apartment, I knew I’d married well.
It defines my family very well that the most excitement my wife has expressed during unpacking into our new house was finding a taxidermied deer butt.
My red ale was delivered by a bearded guy in flannel so I guess reentry to Portland is coming along ok.
Well-Grounded Java Developer 2nd Edition is on @manning Deal of the Day today (Sep 15)! It's coming out _real soon now_ and you can get all the chapters in early access already _right now_. Grab it and sharpen your JVM skills today! https://t.co/WpBBoe3rch
Nothing makes a new place feel like home quite like resetting the router SSID and password so all the devices auto connect. 📶
Did you know if you simply install your switch upside down, it can tell you NO instead of ON?Even better, do this to only one in a pair of switches, they’ll mismatch if you want both lights on.Enjoy trolling future occupants with this one neat trick!💡💡💡🤯 https://t.co/oiQC6b3tMo
In which the penalties for the sorting we skipped before leaving for Barcelona come due. https://t.co/Bg6sNEQuIH
“Anything can be a popsicle mold if you try hard enough” — words that just escaped my mouth. Why yes, we’re at IKEA, how could you tell?
Reminded of my childhood confusion when my normally law abiding parents continually drove past “Do Not Pass” signs 🧐
I often find dream-like, hallucinogenic fiction loose and hard to follow. Not so with @jeffnoon. Reading “Creeping Jenny”and this dream-world is strange, crisp, and won’t leave me alone.
How to fill an XL cab to capacity — 11 checked bags to move between continents. So it begins… ✈️ BCN-PDX https://t.co/K3CKc6QZB8
RT @kittylyst: If you want a physical copy of The Well-Grounded Java Developer, please purchase direct from the publisher - https://t.co/m3…
RT @the_thagomizer: I'm gonna tell late night twitter two secrets:1) Good speakers practice a lot. A lot. Sitting, standing, with their r…
… and done! Thanks to all who came by and if you want a Manning discount those are still available to all!
Raffle for ebook copies of The Well-Grounded Java Developer 2nd Edition coming up at the @newrelic booth at 1:30pm! 📚🎉 Still time to enter and get yours today! #jbcn22
RT @jbcnconf: .@jasonrclark, Principal Engineer and Architect at @newrelic is giving a talk on Better Understanding through Bytecode https:…
RT @dmofengineering: Rooting through git blame trying to figure out who’s responsible for this shit.https://t.co/RrONVtYbCs
I’m half tempted to take the Spanish keyboard’s persistent autocorrect and just go as Jasón from now on.
When WhatsApp said my messages were encrypted, I don't think this is what I had in mind... https://t.co/AnL5y2N9EF
At Dela Crem in Barcelona and putting to work the rule @thejonanshow taught me long ago — if you can affogato, always affogato.
RT @jbcnconf: 📢SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT@jasonrclark will be at #jbcn22👉 In the talk “Better Understanding through Bytecode” he'll cover t…
RT @kittylyst: As a palate cleanser - what does make a successful software career? (Feel free to join in in the comments). 1.) Rest and ple…
RT @martinRenou: After years of software dev. I think the main thing I learned is that naming a commit "Fix CI" usually does not fix the CI.
The Well-Grounded Java Developer 2nd Ed, Early Access is on @ManningBooks Deal of the Day https://t.co/gARzjBy0cK. 📚And don’t look now but the final chapters just came out! If you want a deal on the early version, time’s running out. 🎉⏱@kittylyst @karianna
I like to think basic math is, well, basic. But just walking through arithmetic with my niece and ending up explaining what “undefined behavior” was when we tried to divide by zero… felt weird.
RT @tenderlove: `ruby -run -e httpd . -p4343` will start an HTTP server for the current directory bound to port 4343
RT @ManningMEAP: Ch 16-17 "Advanced concurrent programming" and "Modern internals" & Appxs A-B "Selecting your Java" and "Recap of streams…
RT @newrelic: In our newly published 2022 State of the Java Ecosystem Report, we're providing an in-depth look at @Java.☕️ The most used…
RT @juliepagano: This is an early notice that I’ll be available for work later this year, starting to look in the late summer, which likely…
RT @kittylyst: Absolutely blown away by the reaction to the single-core containers piece. Thank you, everyone! If you enjoyed it, you might…
RT @confluentinc: .@newrelic runs one of the largest @apachekafka installations in the world—as a monitoring company, they have naturally p…
RT @kittylyst: I wrote an introductory guide about #observability for people who are new to it in 2022 - https://t.co/jMPwecFzt3 - #java #o…
RT @ManningBooks: Have a very Java Deal of the Day! Today, Apr 4, How to Read Java and select #Javaprogramming titles are on sale. Check th…
RT @thingskatedid: the aurora borealis? at this time of year? localised entirely within our data in grafana? https://t.co/34k5vC27Dm
RT @CodeWisdom: "Programming isn't about what you know – it's about what you can figure out." – Chris Pine
Faintly amused today that javap defaults to hiding private methods. Because, you know, when I’m disassembling a class file proper encapsulation is really top of mind.
TIL git check-ignore https://t.co/01B3bml6Ln. Helped debug file committing weirdness when my ~/.gitignore (which I’d forgotten existed) interfered with a local repo’s settings.
RT @norootcause: Two truths:You can never fully understand how your system works. You can always improve your understanding of how your…
Cora said when she stirred the pancake batter too much this morning they turned green. Who knew!? 🥞🟢 https://t.co/hnXYCnXsh6
RT @ManningBooks: Although many build tool #Java options exist, two choices dominate the landscape today: Maven and Gradle. Understanding…
It's my favorite thing how the two different 2FA apps I have to use for work (4FA?) have their "Yes it's me" buttons in the opposite position 😭
RT @ManningBooks: Deal of the Day, Feb 8, TDD for a Shopping Web Site and select titles are on sale. Check them out: https://t.co/DcpsoLASz…
Never tired of seeing my book, The Well-Grounded Java Developer, 2nd Edition (w/ @kittylyst and @karianna) on Manning's Deal of the Day. Perfect timing as I'm writing on the last full chapter! 📚📝Save 45% if you haven't grabbed the advance copy already. https://t.co/lIPBJGSF0g
RT @ruizhe_cheng: Did you know you can use #eBPF to trace @apachekafka messages without code modifications or redeployment?Join my @fosde…
I’m pretty skeptical of IoT in general, so faintly embarrassing how much I’m enjoying this Bluetooth enabled, app-connected auto-heating mug I was given for Christmas. ☕️
RT @kittylyst: 3 mins for 725 pages? How quick does LinkedIn think we read? The Early Access is available now - you can get started on 2/3…
Everybody should read my upcoming book, "The Well-Grounded Java Developer, Second Edition" with @kittylyst and @karianna. This link tells me it shouldn't take you more than :checks-notes: 3 minutes! https://t.co/qYNKWxQeYE https://t.co/Q09i6uKsAA
End of 2021/start of 2022 has been a season of beloved series finales for me. The Expanse from @JamesSACorey, Terra Ignota from @Ada_Palmer and the Green Bone Saga from @FondaJLee… love it when my favorites stick the landing!
This was followed by my son (and hence all of us) getting earwormed by Wham's "Last Christmas."In particular those repeated lines "I'll give it to someone special." You can see where this is headed.🦜🎶
A peek into the Clark household this holiday season.My family has been recently obsessed with this video of a parrot singing Radiohead's "Creep" https://t.co/O1KlN2JfdP. Anytime someone uses the word "special" someone in the house will croak out SPECIAL in a loud parrot voice.
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RT @jasonrclark: Early access to The Well-Grounded Java Developer, Second Edition (with @kittylyst and @karianna) is on @manning's Deal of…
Early access to The Well-Grounded Java Developer, Second Edition (with @kittylyst and @karianna) is on @manning's Deal of the Day today. 📗If you've been thinking to pick it up and sharpen your JVM skills, now's a great time to do it! 💰https://t.co/gARzjBy0cK #java #jvm
RT @kittylyst: Small excerpt from the new book - https://t.co/RCrJdQ484U (whole book in Early Access at: https://t.co/m3X5cwtMOs) #java #jv…
RT @jasonrclark: Roblox won’t let my son join a game, but oddly my explanation about partial failure domains in distributed systems isn’t c…
Puzzled by that pom.xml? Don't remember what that Gradle command was? 😕Good news then, the build chapter in The Well-Grounded Java Developer (2nd Edition) just arrived in early access. 📚Grab a copy today! https://t.co/qYNKWxQeYE
My son asked my to watch his friend Peanut today and teach him some computer stuff. Mostly a Java day but he seemed really interested in bash scripting. https://t.co/s4Vabykuwv
RT @aanand: Leaked documents have revealed that Google has been conspiring to hide the names of streets from anyone using Google Maps. “The…
And here I thought the M1 MacBook Pro was the big announcement for Apple today https://t.co/eUDAun2UZu
RT @DannyDutch: The angry little face as the green beans get snapped.I've been laughing at this for an embarrassingly long time. https://…
RT @kittylyst: After the success of my last poll I thought I'd do another. I have a *lot* of Java 17+ content in the "Future Java" chapter…
Can’t believe it’s been nine years since I started @newrelic. Seems like I should finally ask for that hardware refresh, shouldn’t I? https://t.co/TFucdErKsZ
Few feelings better than discovering a favorite author has a pseudonym and thus more novels to devour. Reveling in the non-stop energy of The Price You Pay today from @NYGCN. Ht @Harkaway
Whenever the kids watch Pokémon, when it hits the “Who’s that Pokémon!?” part, if I’m in earshot I yell “Squirtle!!” I’ve done this trolling consistently for years at this point.My birthday gift today made all that effort worthwhile. https://t.co/SzVDeKgmmh
My coworkers are gonna be so glad I finally got this book 😅Seriously though, if you’ve got someone in your life who wants their first taste of programming, @OtherChrisPine has just what they need here! https://t.co/7aP6U7jr4x
Around SF I’ve found I’m much happier if I read every billboard with AI on is as Al (lowercase L). You know, they’re just talking about someone named Al.“We make Al work for you.” Wow, kinda harsh. Maybe Al’s trying hard enough.“Enterprise Al” Glad Al got their big break!
Roblox won’t let my son join a game, but oddly my explanation about partial failure domains in distributed systems isn’t calming him down.
Well well, looks like the book I’m writing (early access) with @kittylyst and @karianna is Manning’s Deal of the Day for Friday, August 13. 📚Want to up-level your JVM skills? Pick it today! https://t.co/qYNKWxQeYE
Achievement Unlocked: two completed plumbing projects with only three Home Depot trips and four distinct, swear-worthy mistakes. #success
This is 100% the book I’m giving out next time someone want help to start programming. Highly recommended! https://t.co/kuhgNP8aAi
RT @wonderofscience: This is what jellyfish larvae look like.Via jellyfishfarm/tiktok https://t.co/bEGwkjUwWl https://t.co/hgexTvclOd
RT @jbcnconf: Anunciamos a @antonmry y su charla "Kafka y Pulsar: una comparación gentil". Anton hablará de las diferencias entre ellos, có…
RT @jbcnconf: Announcing @kittylyst and his talk "Do We Really Do Functional Programming in Java?". Ben will talk about what FP really is,…
Calling this year’s round of Anniversary Chicken a draw.We ended up at dinner without kids, kindly arranged by sister-in-law, and I showed Amber the initial tweet… she gasped. She hadn’t remembered at all! 🤣19 years and I’d say this relationship is still in its prime. 💖
We’re mutually not very sentimental about dates. It’s common for us to be reminded by my mom texting us congrats the day of…
My wife and I play a game I call Anniversary Chicken where we see how long we can make it on the day of our anniversary before admitting what day it is. I’m still in the running but I may buckle soon… 😅
Spanish supermarkets have an entire aisle of delicious canned seafood. In the US we’ve got 50 feet of sugary cereal. https://t.co/JUGWBr2bJ9
RT @ManningBooks: With The Well-Grounded Java Developer, 2nd Ed. you will discover #Java from the JVM up, gaining solid foundations to grow…
Took the wifi being down as an opportunity to introduce the kids to the Fallacies of Distributed Computing. They were less impressed than I feel like they should have been.
RT @davidcelis: reminder: i’m on the market and looking for my next gig! yes, i’m an excellent backend engineer with 10 years of experience…
I don’t often reread books - there’s so many things I haven’t enjoyed yet! - but so glad I came back to _The Land of Laughs_ by @JSCarroll after all these years. Such a perfectly crafted, keenly observant, splendidly odd novel.
Gmail seems to have changed the compose button to a red pencil in the upper left corner... which my peripheral vision keeps seeing as a warning icon ‼️ 🤦🏻♂️
Computer: SyntaxError: Unexpected token F in JSON at position 0Me: Yep, f'in JSON, that's about right
My hill to die on: if that sandwich has anything other than cheese on it (looking at you, ham), it ISN’T a grilled cheese; it’s a grilled sandwich WITH cheese. 🧀🍞🧈
RT @ManningBooks: Level up your Java development skills with The Well-Grounded Java Developer, Second Edition. https://t.co/3m0BRyicjG @kit…
RT @NataniaBarron: Because yes this is a hill I will die on: stop calling things tentacles that aren’t tentacles! https://t.co/6T6hGISbRV
RT @squanderingtime: Writing code is easy. Replacing code is challenging. Replacing code and fully sun setting the thing that came before i…
RT @ManningBooks: From modern innovations to timeless fundamentals you need to know to become a Java master: The Well-Grounded Java Develop…
Chapters 7 and 8 are available now. If you've wondered why you might try a language other than Java on the JVM, or what's up with Kotlin, these chapters are for you!https://t.co/qYNKWxyE76
I'm writing a book! On the JVM and wonder why you should move to Java 11? Looking to deepen your Java skills? Check out _The Well-Grounded Java Developer, Second Edition_, currently in early access. New chapters arriving soon!https://t.co/qYNKWxQeYE
RT @deniseyu21: i saw a tweet a while back (will link it if i find it again) that the single most useful skill of any senior++ IC or engine…
My wife is such a treasure. Even sick in the hospital she’s making sure our family’s critical grocery needs are covered. https://t.co/9fBNiCyaiI
RT @kittylyst: I'm absolutely blown away by the response to the early-access edition of "The Well-Grounded Java Developer" (2nd Ed) - https…
RT @utrechtjug: We just gave away 2 copies of the very well-known book The Well-Grounded Java Developer (2nd Edition) to two lucky members.…
My son caught a Pokémon called Type Null (actual name, not a bug...)Sadly, he didn’t appreciate my pointers on the topic.
RT @sugarpirate_: becoming a senior engineer is just saying "it depends" over and over again until you quit/retire
RT @0xabad1dea: I’ve seen multiple reports of systems being taken down by y2k bugs that were “fixed” back in 1999 by remapping 1900-1920 to…
RT @avdi: Focusing on what a single dev should know is life-support for the mistaken belief that individuals create software.
Nothing captures the spirit of the season here in Barcelona like the guy doing an acoustic version of “Creep” on the rambla. 🤨
Out of the cast, sore but recovering, and glad I broke my radius. I mean, it could have been twice as bad if I broke my diameter right?!
RT @kittylyst: Re-upping this for the European timezone: I'm very pleased to announce that a 2nd Edition of the Well-Grounded Java Develope…
“You can ride my skateboard when you’re carrying it back from dropping me at school Dad.”(Small fracture at head of radius. Sadly my dominant hand too 😭) https://t.co/qXFPoRQd2B
The #Mandalorian translation of Google Maps must be hard to use: “This is the way,” then “This is the way.” smh
From your recent tweet @Harkaway I learned that you’re John le Carrè’s son. I happened to have one of each of your novels on my Kindle. Read them one after the other to make a little father-son duology (Tigerman then The Spy Who Came in from the Cold). Thanks for the great reads!
My son is like a shark, but instead of swimming he’ll die if he doesn’t explain Pokémon and/or Minecraft to someone
RT @Oraclejavamag: What is a lambda expression in #Java? And why do some developers find them confusing? @kittylyst is here to help. https…
RT @karenmcgrane: Oh, look, the murder hornets are back. They've entered their ”slaughter phase.” Cool, cool. I was afraid the writers had…
Rollerbladed today for the first time since February. I’ve now only broken a bone 1/3 of the times I’ve used the new skates :success:
RT @PragTob: New blog post: The great Rubykon Benchmark 2020: CRuby vs JRuby vs TruffleRuby https://t.co/LfPrfJwe9h
RT @codefolio: "What can you do with Rack middleware?" - I keep seeing abstract answers. Let's do concrete answers. This list can't ever be…
RT @thejonanshow: Hey Ruby friends! Help me find Ruby meetup organizers? No reason, just a super fun exciting secret project.
RT @aliettedb: Look, I'm annoyed, so: a thread of things that have happened to me. They're disjointed, and they're just off the top of my h…
RT @qconlondon: .@kittylyst talks about the recent changes in the #Java language (Records, Sealed Types, Pattern Matching, etc.) and shows…
I’m sure someone has made the comparison before but listening to my kids talk about Pokémon must be what I sound like about computers to most people.
I've been programming for 20+ years.Today is the second time this month that I've spent more than an hour on a bug (my fault) caused by mismatched capitalization (once bad HTTP header handling, once file system differences).AMA... or maybe don't 😳
I love this tool since it’s useful in so many varied settings [alt: cleaning solution called vim] https://t.co/CyJJBJfJ17
RT @ReinH: I mean yes automation eliminates human errors in the sense that those errors will now be performed by machines
RT @juliepagano: Hello friends! I am looking for new work and have written up a post sharing what I have to offer and what I’m looking for.…
Playing original Super Mario Bros. with the kids and I think this may be the first time they’ve ever truly respected me.
RT @EmilyKager: tech bros in code reviews foam at the mouth about naming variables concisely and accurately but in any discussion about exc…
RT @jonahmoses: I was laid off😢so I'm looking for my next role! Remote/PDX. React-focused. 6 yrs experience,❤️being on diverse and collabor…
RT @potch: every website: "SIGN UP HERECREATE AN ACCOUNTJOIN THE MOVEMENTASSIMILATE"(in a corner in the smallest, lightest gray f…
RT @Oraclejavamag: Learn all about the dangerous Java Unsafe class in this article by Java Champion Ben Evans.@kittylyst #Java https://t.co…
RT @TerribleMaps: America as seen by Europeans #America #Europe #Europeans #Americans #Map #Maps #Terriblemaps #TerribleMap #USA https://…
RT @newrelic: #SRE Q of the day: When were you last woken up from a pager alert? How often?#SREHero https://t.co/YvgYROAjUc
RT @therubyrep: I lost my job. It really sucks right now. I’ll be updating my resume tomorrow to try to find another one ASAP. If anyone ha…
RT @BoogTweets: I’ve got to be honest and you can tell me I’m wrong but eggnog should be an Easter drink
Fulfilled my childhood dream to play video games until my hand hurts. Lot easier to accomplish with a recently-broken-still-recovering ring finger... 🕹
How do I feel my wife’s birthday breakfast turned out. Well, I’m not sure.... https://t.co/nWIHDJLxBz
Downloaded #AnimalCrossing and played a bit. Nice vibe for these times of quarantine.Kids played the next day and I learn that apparently each console shares only one island.So... I have to share my video game retreat with the kids?! 😿
That raccoon thinking I’ll actually pay him in Animal Crossing #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons https://t.co/14ARxIlIdV
However, if you are ever given the chance to not move a joint for three weeks, I recommend you pass... ☝🏻💥
Between “Come on Eileen” working perfectly with COVID-19, “My Sharona” as “My Corona”, and now that WHO let the dogs out joke making the rounds, this pandemic has the earworm angle locked down.
RT @madiikay: National Park posters created based off their worst Yelp Review, I’m dead https://t.co/eQtdwC9QT6
RT @drunkcod: Some weeks a friend an me spoke about how senior developers tends towards finding a bridge between the old and new rather tha…
RT @ljcjug: A huge thank you to @kittylyst and @jasonrclark for crowning a day at @qconlondon with last night's LJC event: 'Java Flight Rec…
RT @Jim__Gough: Lightning talk to kick off the @ljcjug on GraphQL: What and Why by @jasonrclark https://t.co/DjlSnVRuxy
I feel concerned pressing these bright red buttons. “SIXTH FLOOR?” Satan asks.... https://t.co/STcqVIL7rr
RT @kittylyst: My introduction to Java programming online class still has spaces available for Tuesday - https://t.co/sfqQuPqjfI #java
A year and a half after moving to Spain we finally used our paella pan for... paella 🥘 https://t.co/EsZwVdaf9v
RT @raganwald: I’m nailing this to the doors of the gatekeeping cathedral:“Back-end” work is not more difficult and more challenging and…
My son has been earwormed by “Rhythm of the Night.” We appreciate your thoughts and prayers during this trying time in our household.
me: As a parent my job is to raise my kids to be functioning, kind, empathetic, capable, thoughtful adults who can make their own choicesmy kids: <do anything independent we haven’t discussed>me: NOT LIKE THAT!!
RT @amyngyn: foolproof strategy for becoming a beloved engineer within your company1. join an internal tools team2. ask people what inte…
RT @jasonrclark: In another timeline maybe we’d all be saying “Oh no, I think there’s a lizard in my program.” https://t.co/Fxeuv9Z8bP
RT @cavaticat: airline gate attendant: I understand that your little boy is difficult and hard to keep track of, but no, airline policy str…
RT @0xdade: Today I learned that you can put zero width spaces in file names on Linux. Have fun. https://t.co/gerfspRJpr
Traveling with kids is cool. You get to experience amazing sights through their fresh eyes, see the odd little details they pick out, leave your wife and son behind in Prague for an extra day because the little guy’s got a stomach bug coming and going 🤢😰🥺
[ice skating in Prague we see a red splotch on ice]Me: “Hey Ash think they had a hockey game here?”Ash: “Nah, not enough blood.”😂⛸👊🏼
Brought American candy in for my coworkers. Apparently root beer barrels are not a hit with the Spanish. https://t.co/ZzrdZP3EvP
RT @existentialcoms: alright, humanity had a pretty good run at ruling over the world, but i think it's time we admit it isn't working and…
RT @IanColdwater: RT if you are a senior++ developer who still Googles to remember syntax stuffI’m trying to prove a point
me: This bug is so strange. It’s almost like we’re not running the code we think we are but I’m gonna check all these other things first.narrator voice: They weren’t, in fact, running the code they thought they were.
Sometimes love means supporting someone even though you cannot fathom their choices https://t.co/48kx3bNIWQ
RT @avdi: After a lot of thought and consulting with friends, I've decided to say some things about John Sonmez, Charles Max Wood, gatekeep…
Just finished reading the first couple stories in "Measuring Time & Other Stories." I love stories that put me in unfamiliar places, and this books plunges headfirst into the American Midwest in rich, intriguing ways. Well done @plainswriter! https://t.co/tb2oBfUCq2 https://t.co/3Lg0KmIUlh
When @evanphx gave me this shirt at a beer hall in Barcelona during @baruco, I never imagined I’d end up living there! https://t.co/ku4sD2nLgJ
RT @CodeWisdom: Programming isn't about what you know; it's about what you can figure out." - Chris Pine
RT @kittylyst: Reminder: I'm speaking at @newrelic about #Performance AntiPatterns in #PDX tonight - https://t.co/YDPBO1lgg3
TFW your Jenkins build gets in an infinite loop rebuilding master because of a git tag failure, but you didn't even get your user associated with the hundreds of auto-generated changes to boost your commit count.
7 years ago today I started @newrelic. At the time it was my big chance to write Ruby professionally. I couldn't have imagined the many awesome people I'd meet, the technical growth I'd experience, or the incredible opportunities (like taking my family to Spain) it'd afford me.
New phone and a new computer on the same day. This means if you haven't heard from me and were expecting to, it's because I'm still typing in my password for "single-sign on" somewhere else...
RT @sweetlew: So excited to announce the world’s first Observability Platform: New Relic One. It’s not a platform unless you can build soft…
My big problem with the metric system is its implicit violence. I mean, how many kill-o-meters does one person need?
RT @kittylyst: Want to work with me? We're hiring a couple of DBAs (Postgres, MySQL, Redis) in our lovely Barcelona office. Hit me up if yo…
Déjà View Source: that feeling reading code that is almost familiar but not; a bit off, wrong in some indefinable way... and of course git blame shows you wrote it four years ago.
My wife’s soundtrack driving across the Scottish highlands has been full of Irish bands https://t.co/9ay8CWkB4s
Trying out the new Blue Screen Shake @sonicdrivein ... I think this one has to come with nerds right? 🤓🤔 https://t.co/NckTffRFTU
I shall miss my homeland where I can find the 3kg can of gravy my heart desires 🥄 https://t.co/wpBDuVamK6
Some people refer to this as “glamping” (aka glamor camping). I prefer to think of it as honoring the efforts and innovations of my ancestors in the areas of shelter, hygiene and cooking technology. https://t.co/cEjfufraPG
RT @farbandish: TIL the maiden flight of the British TSR‐2 bomber was abruptly constrained mid-air when the pilot found out the plane desig…
Almost a year ago. Headed back the other way to spend the next four weeks with friends and family Stateside, but amazing how much Barcelona has become home for us. 🏖 https://t.co/flRQoIqUxa
RT @PragTob: I'm looking for a job! 👋Ideally a Lead position (CTO/VP/Head/Team Lead) all depending on company culture, can also imagine w…
RT @betsythemuffin: This is a good reminder that when we *say* “too much magic,” what we *mean* is “the seams and errors are unclear to me,…
Arc de Triomf (not that one...) #bicienbcn instead of #walkingtoworkinbarcelona https://t.co/cEaxEDIVLj
Successfully watched the entirety of Game of Thrones, starting after the last episode aired, without any major spoilers AMA
Amber as I’m waking up: “Happy anniversary.”Me, faintly panicked at having totally forgotten: “17 years.”Amber: “17...”Me: “Did you forget too?”Amber: “Yep, Facebook reminded me.”😅😂😍
RT @mcclure111: 4-year-old: Mommy, what are clouds?Me: Honey, the cloud is just somebody else's computer.4-year-old: *Looking up at the…
#walkingtoworkinbarcelona Actually just from Metro but cool street art is cool 😎 https://t.co/Rz5LMdIlbg
“Come to Barcelona,” they said. “The weather is great,” they said. 😂 #walkingtoworkinbarcelona https://t.co/K3K5ITdPHR
RT @Currofile: I'd like to connect with fellow 🙋♀️ #expats working in #tech #internet industries from the US and EU who have happily reloc…
I know the network problem is my own, but this result seemed particularly on point https://t.co/R7WmE5EnWN
I wonder how much disk space is wasted worldwide storing extra spaces at the end of autocompleted texts and posts 🤔💸🔪
RT @QuinnyPig: How has @github been around for eleven years and yet somehow never had custom branded dining forks as swag?
RT @tacertain: If you're wondering what "P-four-nines" means, it's the latency at the 99.99th percentile, meaning only one in 10,000 reques…
Tonight’s match: Jason’s common sense and luggage limit vs Powell’s Bookstore. Who will reign supreme!? https://t.co/rVK8OKrO5H
TFW the thing you've been working on for a year and a half finally ships! 🚢🚢🚢If you've got a paying New Relic account, check out https://t.co/TNthg3Q5o1
RT @matthew_d_green: CVE-2019-7780: Simply thinking about the contents of a specially-crafted PDF allows remote code execution.
An under-appreciated aspect of this photo is the large coffee in the background. Ah I’ve so missed coffee that’ll last me more than three sips. ☕️☕️☕️
Last night introduced my Spanish friends to American fry portions Tilt Burgers https://t.co/JSlT2UmR5w
Less than two hours from wheels down to a favorite lunch @BoxerRamen here in PDX. Feeling good 🍜 https://t.co/H5shwa5zEe
PORTLAND! I’m here for the next two weeks. This first stretch is full with work offsite but next week would love to catch up with folks for lunches, dinners, or beers after work. Hit me up!
RT @davywtf: It occurred to me that you can remotely monitor the cursor location without JS by using some CSS :hover selectors to change hi…
Me to 11-yo daughter: “There are songs other than Hammertime”Her: “Nope”I’m uncertain if this counts as my greatest success or failure as a parent.
#walkingtoworkinbarcelona Just back from Metro and rainy to boot. Feels like Oregon. https://t.co/eqDwLdZ94p
RT @chrisarcand: In Minneapolis this week for @railsconf? Wondering what to wear? Where's the good food and what's a "Jucy Lucy"? Beer love…
RT @ReinH: The lives of people like Joe Armstrong and Jim Weirich remind me that kind people can be successful even in tech. RIP.
My wife just said “It’s a straightening iron you can use to curl your hair,” and I’m finally convinced words don’t actually mean things anymore.
me: Feeling a little sad today.my brain: Why don’t you listen to some sad, mopey music. That’ll help, promise.😢
Never wanted contacts. Putting stuff on my eye hits some ewwww buttons for me.But sometimes when life gives you lemons you gotta rub them on your eyes.... hang on, that’s not usually the metaphor is it? https://t.co/aRObBNolSs
My 7 year-old son didn’t want me to go to work today. “Dad, why don’t you just build a robot that can do your job for you.” 🤖🤔
Realizing how much of my workflow I was basing on the one feature of Inbox that they didn’t bring back to Gmail 🤬😰😡
Ever been glad you were planning to frost your daughter’s birthday cake because it came out slightly scorched and scraping that off left an unattractively moon-like landscape that’d be better off covered up? Nah, me neither
Daughter requested pancakes with strawberries and cream 🍓 How could I refuse! https://t.co/A01BkqqJhR
RT @ow: Every single person I know who uses Google Inbox is using it until the bitter end, ignoring the nags, hoping it won't die
Three Google searches I just made:"ruby pretty print JSON""ruby write file in one line""bash loop through a file"Software is glamorous y'all!
RT @HollyGoDarkly: This is your random reminder that capitalizing each word in a hashtag means screen-readers can parse the words correctly…
Belated? Sure. But why not read about how the Clarks spent their first Christmas in Barcelona, and some peculiar traditions we've learned to love. https://t.co/yeHdaYwuAc
I don’t feel like Barcelona has changed me, but I’m kind of peeved at all the restaurants and shops that are closed before 9 here in Portland 😂
Barcelona in February.... this doesn’t suck. Most people are in sweatshirts still but my kids are down to swimsuits and splashing at the water’s edge 😂 https://t.co/0gop7XhqMt
“Kafka on the Shore” is a rich, puzzling, satisfying novel; a great introduction to the works of Murakami. As a technical reference though it barely mentioned committing offsets, topic partitioning strategies, or consumer groups.
RT @geeksam: Whose bright idea was it to call this “Buddha’s Hand” and not “Cthulhu Lemon”? https://t.co/dAKgZmRln0
RT @rubyoniceconf: Do You Need That Validation? Speaker of the day @pragtob explores different approaches to improve your validation situat…
RT @djspinmonkey: This is what I've been working on lately. I'm super excited about it! :-D https://t.co/v7YnzDcEfv
RT @BeanPhilosopher: Dear @LidlUS My name is Bean. I eat peanut butter and jelly English muffins for three meals a day. Back in Februar…
I love how Spotify gives access to so much fresh music *queues up acoustic playlist* *Jack Johnson followed by John Mayer*
Sneaking in a final post from Barcelona before 2018 is done. What's up with the kids' school... and why will they be trilingual while I still struggle to order lunch in Spanish? https://t.co/6fSlDnms9h
My daughter has been earwormed by the Ducktales theme song, repeatedly singing snippets of it all afternoon. I’ve heard of your childhood haunting you, but wow I wasn’t expecting that.
Our theme for this Christmas to help minimize more stuff in our small flat was “Something you want, something you need, something to read.” Trying to figure out how that maps to my gifts. https://t.co/qSFa8Yq3BG
RT @rubyoniceconf: Do You Need That Validation? @pragtob explores different approaches to improve your validation situation and untangle th…
Sipping vermut outside in late December sunshine while kids play in the park next door. Barcelona is all right 😎☀️🍸 https://t.co/o5011JXoCe
Today from Google Translate: "It will be a wonderful experience, do you want to live in the first person?" 😂
As an American living in Spain it feels very on brand to roast our Thanksgiving pumpkins in a paella pan 🇺🇸🇪🇸 https://t.co/7TUWXVRA0p
So glad to send the kids to their new school here in Barcelona tomorrow! Does this summer seem like it's been extra long to anyone else? (he says in the middle of October 😂)
RT @mediafinger: A personal request:my beautiful wife @doreen_finger is writing her master thesis about #employee #engagement in #flat vs…
6 years ago today I started @newrelic (Ruby Agent FTW!) That morning I sat in the corner of a conference room turned seating, staring at the rain. I wouldn't have believed in 6 years I'd be newly arrived, to stay, in Barcelona. Thanks for all the places you've taken me New Relic!
Just got my first Bluetooth headphones in years and this horrifyingly accurate. I’ve actually stopped trying to use with my computer because it’s so erratic what’ll connect. https://t.co/mkt6mC6H61
In another timeline maybe we’d all be saying “Oh no, I think there’s a lizard in my program.” https://t.co/Fxeuv9Z8bP
Curious how you can pay mortgage and rent while living at neither place for a month? Hit me up for financial advice! 🏠💸💨
Busy reinforcing my reputation for technical wizardry with the in-laws by discovering their new laptop has a key press that locks the touchpad (Fn+F1) 🧙🏼♂️💻🔐
There are very few songs I can listen to on repeat indefinitely. "Stubborn Love" by @thelumineers happens to be the one I'm stuck on today. 🎼💔
The irony when scheduler from my eye doctor finishing a call with "See you then!"Well, I _hope_ so...
Last weekend visiting my parents in the States before we head back to Barcelona for at least a year.They’re painting their house this weekend.Coincidence?😂
TFW your 2.5 month late appointment at the consulate reveals your lawyers didn’t notice half the documents expired during said delay 😭😰🤬
What’s the word for those lost images of you caught in the background of other people’s photos; trapped forever in Facebook posts you can’t see, adrift in corners of Twitter you never check?
TFW your new home address has a sound in it that apparently you don’t pronounce correctly (an accented ó), resulting in predictable confusion.
My local weather app for Barcelona has a specific button for finding out how it is at the beach #winning https://t.co/u8OY4NO7Hc
Learning a new language in another country is hard work, but if anyone wants to talk about whether “the boy eats bread,” I am SO ready.
It’s cool how many installations of Container Linux I’m seeing here in Spain. https://t.co/86pGoLJUbu
The actor from Archer is narrating this children’s program my kids are watching, and I keep expecting something super inappropriate to blurt out. PHRASING!
RT @strangeloop_stl: Strange Loop 2018 preview: "Moving from 1 to N regions: an open retrospective" by Andrew Bloomgarden @aughr https://t.…
Travel is amazing for how it reveals not just what’s different, but what’s the same across the world: smiles and laughter shared on a walk, the deep satisfaction of a meal with friends, the existential dread and loathing for assembling IKEA furniture.
Will also note that we only signed up yesterday... less than 24 hours to installation? Well done @orange.
The European preference for espresso certainly has reduced the volume of coffee I've been drinking... :hands-jitter-uncontrollably-on-keyboard: ☕️☕️☕️😅
Two weeks ago today my exhausted family landed in Barcelona. Today we have the keys to our flat in El Poblenou, a lovely neighborhood minutes walk from the Mediterranean beaches. 🏖☀️🤩 https://t.co/VJahtQFPWh
RT @atlasobscura: Cougar Gold, a cheese created by the Washington State University Creamery, might be most famous because it comes in a can…
You are in a maze of inexpensive Swedish design. What do you want to do?> Walk leftYou have been eaten by a malm
Reluctantly, I revisited my first Rails app. 😅Very clear I didn't know Ruby: ugly, slow code, 4 spaces throughout (lolwut?), trailing spaces everywhere. 😱BUT the tests were solid. I made a few updates and the tests caught problems. Guess past me passes this time. 🙌🏼
Visited IKEA in Barcelona, and nice that some things are constant: similar layout, similar styles, similar sense of dread about whether I'll emerge from this maze is that candle edible if I'm trapped overnight I can sleep in the mattress section if I ever find it again what if...
Waiting at this bank didn’t provide as much theater training as I was led to expect. 🧐 https://t.co/bkUBTAgL3t
RT @rubyconf: We have just opened our Opportunity Scholarships and Guide applications.If you’re interested in learning more about these f…
@jc00ke @jc00ke Ok, should all be in place to run https and redirect. Wasn't as bad as I'd been expecting :)
I’ve heard about canned responses for API testing but this stretches the concept too far. https://t.co/tsVcr5Bp0z
First apartment tour in Barcelona today. It was a reasonable possibility... excited to see a few more next week! 🏠☀️
The amount of entertainment children derive from hide and go seek in a space with almost nowhere to hide is amazing.
RT @avdi: Now generally available: My new course, Master the Object-Oriented Mindset in Ruby and Rails! https://t.co/Yx4QaHw4nW
Settled in at the place we’ll be staying for next two weeks while we hunt for flats. Showers and everyone is less hot and cranky.
Loooooong layover in Oakland gave plenty of time to rework bags to better balance. Even managed to avoid any charges for bags being over weight limit 💪🏻
In Oakland a stranger helped us roll our crazily overloaded cart up an incline so we could make it in one go. (Not pictured... the REST of the luggage hidden behind these carts 😅) https://t.co/F5Yc2ouQJm
Gonna capture the good things in this long day of travel to try and fight off the grumps. First off, our lovely friend Kat took us to the airport and no traffic! (Not surprising at 4:30am but still)
RT @PragTob: Still one of my favorite pictures of all time.@jasonrclark and I pairing at @eurucamp on @shoooesrb code. @rubycorns tattoo…
Jason’s PDX Cliche Checklist:✅ Grew beard requiring special oils and combs 🧔🏻✅ Backyard chickens 🐓 ✅ Homebrewer 🍻 ✅ Year-round cycle commuter 🚴🏼♂️☔️✅ Yogurt fermenting 🍨✅ Octopus tattoo 🐙 🔲 Open food cart 🚚Guess that’s sufficiently complete to go...
In Portland? Want to catch the Clarks before we head to Barcelona? Join us on Saturday July 21 for a going-away picnic! https://t.co/CvqNGkQobp
Nana took me to the toy aisle when I was maybe five or six. Apparently I never asked for anything but when I saw something I wanted, I’d say “Wouldn’t that be nice.” https://t.co/sObBBaNnIJ
RT @undees: My awesome teammate @rachelkleinpdx wrote an official New Relic blog post about welcoming new engineers! 💖 https://t.co/mjDXb4m…
The kitchen timer on our microwave beeps *once* when it finishes instead of beeping until you acknowledge it. Did the designer ever actually cook more than one item in a kitchen?!
RT @SDLEARN: "Programming isn’t about what you know; it’s about what you can figure out.” - Chris Pine #MotivationMonday https://t.co/aDelf…
My wife, who knows my devotion to clearing all notifications, sent this to me. Feeling a little attacked... https://t.co/4tpi5WuOjn
The glee of likeminded nerds plundering my bookshelves at the garage sale takes some of the sting from relinquishing my small but much loved personal library. 📚
In other news come by my garage sale if you’re in Portland. We even take credit cards if you don’t have $1.25 on you for those cute vintage jars.
Want to see what your twitter timeline would've looked like 20 years ago today if you followed all the same people? https://t.co/4Zm6gPjbyA
Announcer at LEGO event: “Our sponsors at Google are a long way away so shout thank you!”Me: “If anyone has an Android phone they can probably hear you just fine.”
The doctor shot a laser in my eye this morning to stop my retina leaking (known as PDT or photodynamic therapy). If the procedure accidentally gives me superpowers, what will they be?
RT @jeffcohen: It's hard being a software developer. 10 hour days. More hours at home at night. Not allowed to learn anything new during…
I just printed multiple documents so I could scan it to someone’s email so she could use our telephone system to fax it. 🖨When I think fondly of 90s tech this is *not* what I’ve got in mind.
Coworker: It’s a merge party! 🎉Me: Ain't no party like a merge par<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Upstream (master) WIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
If there’s anything but cheese in your grilled cheese sandwich it’s _not_ grilled cheese; it’s some grilled sandwich which happens to include cheese.
RT @das_Rachaelchen: Conf speakers — don’t make trigger warning jokes. It really isn’t acceptable. It’s a great way to make sure people w…
In other news, I could use more pirate related comebacks so I’m not constantly parroting the same lines to everyone.
[Me]: I’ll just swap out that new modem from Comcast real quick. Shouldn’t take too long.[narrator voice]: It took too long.
RT @avdi: Imagine easily packaging up a Ruby desktop application for installation on multiple platforms! Join @jasonrclark to see how it ca…
JavaScript may have brought up smoosh, but needlessly metaprogrammed, recursive Ruby is its truest home. 😈class Array def smoosh self.flatten(1) end def method_missing(m, *_) if /smo(o+)sh/ =~ m self.smoosh.send(:"sm#{$1}sh") end endend
Proposal: A smoosh function where the number of o’s tells how deep to flatten.smoosh([1,[2,[3,[4]]]]) => [1,2,[3,[4]]]smooosh([1,[2,[3,[4]]]]) => [1,2,3,[4]]smoooosh([1,[2,[3,[4]]]]) => [1,2,3,4]
[OH over cubicle wall]: "Jason's the wrong choice. Too bloated. Doesn't decompress like we need."me, standing indignantly: "That's unfair. I'm trying to lose weight, and how I deal with stress is..." [sees screen of JSON encoded data][slinks away]
Last but not least, upcoming feature list with long division margins and notes from someone named Caleb. Sadly, my handwriting has not improved since those days. https://t.co/kDpo39JYCm
Of course everything was stored in tables because we're running the game in a database anyway! Here's some schema's for you. https://t.co/oR51OtDEka
Struck nostalgia gold digging through old records. These drawings are the layout for my rogue-like game that I implemented with a language called Clipper for the DOS database system dBase III. https://t.co/2HWuKdw5Ow
The only positive thing I can say about DST is that it's nice having Barcelona be only +8 instead of +9 for morning meetings. 🌅
RT @WernerTwertzog: It is important for every college classroom in the United States to have a computer and projection system that does not…
6-yo son saved up to buy a skateboard with cool artwork on bottom.:immediately plasters board with stickers:Perfect
You know the holiday was good when you repeatedly fail to type your password first day back to the office. 🔐
Ringing in 2018 with this... not sure yet whether this is a good idea or not 🌶🍺 https://t.co/4PDjmeHkU3
RT @kylehstoneman: set all ur passwords to "*** PASSWORD GOES HERE ***" & nobody will know if u check ur password into the repository #devo…
Think you’re not very creative? I just looked at a paint color someone chose to name “Really Teal.” You’re doing fine!
Went to a bistro in Paris this evening (long story). The hostess frowned when I asked for a table. She peered across the room, then quickly glanced in on the next room."No," she said."Um, I'm willing to wait?":suspicious: "Ok."
Amsterdam’s making this Portlander feel right at home. Couple inches of snow and the airport is a mess :/ Will I see Barcelona today?
RT @PragTob: 👋I created a short survey to gather data on what languages Ruby programmers are interested in and why.Your answer would be…
@_jnf The video for @_jnf's talk is up... Drop what you're doing and watch it! https://t.co/4LWTrvKMrM
RT @confreaks: New Video! @RubyConf A New Pair of Shoes! by @jasonrclark https://t.co/wLN712KUaI #rubyconf
Cora on being grown up: “If I were grown up I’d get a watermelon smelly marker the size of our van.” Yep that’s exactly what it’s like 😂
Just saw the deepest, most human, loving talk of #rubyconf by @_jnf. Watch it when the video comes out! 💖
My presentation on Shoes is up at https://t.co/PXxR8EMo4d... it’s a Shoes app built on a library called wingtips 👞😉. Enjoy #rubyconf!
Hey #rubyconf ! Do you like stickers? Like @shoooesrb? Catch me for your Shoes stickers! https://t.co/QfQmUlQqFg
Starting my talk on @shoooesrb at #rubyconf in a few minutes (Salon C)! Come join the fun... I’ve got stickers! 👞👠👟✨
Two separate talks at #rubyconf have contained shout-outs for @shoooesrb today! So awesome seeing love for a project near and dear to my heart. 💖
I may no longer have a house post-demolition, but this avocado toast is delicious. https://t.co/yG7proAn8c
RT @nedbat: While toxic experts bemoan lack of skills, they showcase the main skill gap the tech industry needs to fix: empathy. https://t.…
RT @avdi: I'm throwing a flash sale to cover my RubyConf expenses! https://t.co/MtbFwhvVKI Tell your friends!
5 years ago today I started work @newrelic and found this on my desk when I arrived. Thanks @amjithr for kicking things off in nerd style! https://t.co/N46QiVA0Hs
All proceeds are tax-deductible, and will help 500 students with limited access to tech get the chance to see the vast potential there and in themselves!
César Chávez K-8, a historically underserved, highly diverse, title 1 school just got their first tech teacher! 👏🏼 But there's no computer lab... yet! Run for the Cyclones is fundraising so students can learn programming and graphic design. 🖥 Donate https://t.co/nkxBzkGHq5
RT @mkapral: Imagine driving to work at rush hour with no traffic, magically getting exercise, and parking for free near the front door. Th…
Fun fact... this should be the final preview release for Shoes 4! Got to set an actual date on the milestone in GitHub, and rarely have I been happy about a deadline 😅 https://t.co/C4ljF9gaAS
RT @TheMuppets: Mahna Mahna!Doo do doo do dooMahna MahnaDoo do doo doMahna MahnaDoo do doo do doo, do doo-doo, do doo-doo, doo-doo do…
This came about from keeping compatibility with an older object contract that didn't super from initialize... hope to never need it again!
Never thought I'd call allocate + initialize myself directly in Ruby, but here we are! https://t.co/5vXUjNIeJj
RT @rubyconf: A little present from us to you, to kickstart your weekend: the RubyConf 2017 program is now live! https://t.co/UhA66u1hUf
9 yr ago assembling the shelves, I ended up with stitches. Taking them down only scraped my knuckle till it bled. #alwaysimproving #nothandy https://t.co/a4ZMb3I5K1
Cora: "I didn't see the code when you unlocked the phone... but it ends with 4"Me: "Oh really?"Cora: "It reflected on your glasses."😱😡
RT @sweetlew: Fantastic coding retreat here in Santa Cruz. Brilliant @newrelic engineers (and designer) having fun creating awesome stuff!…
Ever needed a line of code that's a no-op in shell but prints a useful error when interpreted as Ruby? https://t.co/1fG5bpTAgK
On local VM, and it was easier to scp to a different server than figure out GUI for directory sharing between guest and host. Computers.
RT @ava: Honored to partner with my friend @VictoriaMahoney + good brother @IAmCharlesDKing to bring legend Octavia Butler's stellar work t…
RT @SimpsonsQOTD: "Hey, they work! My feet are soaked but my cuffs are bone dry! Everything's coming up Milhouse!" https://t.co/AHlFhLRtof
RT @ericnakagawa: People of earth. Vehicles made in last decade have a small arrow near gas indicator that tells you which side gas tank is…
Like untangling string? Facefuls of windblown sand? Shouting complex spatial instructions to children? Stunt kites are for you!
Something about the inspirational quote at this beach house feels sinister to me. https://t.co/bc89tUCq36
RT @rubyconf: Super excited to announce that we’ve launched our full RubyConf 2017 site today! https://t.co/AB8ZuZJ5zj
Am I a 10x developer? Well I haven't used the 10x framework in production yet, but I've read some blog posts and it sounds promising.
Done! 2 days, 205 miles, 12 hours and 30 minutes in the saddle and feeling good 😤 https://t.co/jymqbZJxyg
First rest stop of STP day two in Vader. I dunno, maybe this Disney-Star Wars branding thing is going too far 😝 https://t.co/DqExXXXzUZ
Ok Seattle folks. Where should I go for dinner with my family tonight? Any suggestions? @tenderlove @SoManyHs @drbrain @marythought
My wife--using Siri to text--sent me message, "Thumbs up emoji." I've been spelling out emoji to her ever since. :laughing face emoji:
RT @tyler_treat: Do you ever watch the build output of a large project with lots of dependencies and wonder how anything actually works on…
Amber: We should play something really American for the 4th. You know, like Rick Springsteen.Me: Um, you mean Bruce?Amber: O_o
Typed "asset complication" instead of "asset compilation" and in retrospect it doesn't seem like a mistake.
RT @nmeans: TIL why you rarely see blackcurrant (one of my absolute favorite flavors) in the US: https://t.co/Keh0NLwyRm
Guess Amazon's digging in the couch cushions to cover that Whole Foods purchase... https://t.co/kfcgvLU6xN
RT @mihasya: BEE TEE DUBS I'm hiring a team in SF and Portland to do some p. cool stuff. Spread the word - or better yet, apply! https://t.…
RT @blackvoices: Remembering trailblazing sci-fi writer Octavia Butler on her 70th birthday today. https://t.co/Dy6mgEB2pa
Back on 🚴🏻after a couple light weeks. Um, did one of you dial up the global coefficient of friction? It's ok, you can tell me.
The Kettlemans shaped hole in my heart has at long last been filled by Bernstein Bagels in St Johns. #bagels
RT @confreaks: New Video! @railsconf Rack ‘em, Stack ‘em Web Apps by @jasonrclark https://t.co/dcmzzZ3LcZ #railsconf
@ReinH My only complaint is our current iron doesn't get them quite as fluffy as pictured, but the flavor is ✨
Talking about JavaScript with my 9yo daughter.Cora: "Is that the language they use in Star Wars?"Me: "???"Cora: "You know, JabbaScript!
TFW you fix a bug you'd been kinda mostly ignoring for ages because it looked gnarly... and it wasn't that bad! 😤
Orphaned power adapters as I sort through our computer hutch. Feels like I have a problem... https://t.co/IFQp5JCAKa
I like breathing and bet you do too! Support me on Reach the Beach fundraising for the American Lung Association https://t.co/TZjegRYTmm 🚲💨
RT @thejonanshow: It's basically a New Relic reunion up in here @jasonrclark #railsconf #rubyfriends #signselfie https://t.co/7R7wmKkLxy
If there's anything better than watching @tenderlove laugh at his own jokes, I don't know what it is. #railsconf
Super practical intro to distributed tracing from @practice_cactus! Lots of hard won wisdom in this talk. #railsconf
Clear explanation of how and why to do stream processing with Kafka from @thijsc. Love seeing this tech promoted more in Ruby! #railsconf
"Being able to understand your codebase is more important than using Ruby's dynamic features." @jmmastey #railsconf
"Who here works in a terrible codebase?" <Hands go up all over the room> "Ok this talk is basically a support group." @jmmastey #railsconf
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Excellent intro to elm by @sentience. Although I'm more of a backend dev, it makes me want to write some frontend code... #railsconf
"Framework appeasement" is my favorite new phrase from #railsconf so far. @searls rocking the second day keynote about workflow in coding.
You can also find my @pluralsight screencast on Rack apps at https://t.co/hb6bZabipG! Moar details! Moar examples! 🖥✨ #railsconf
Make a cloneable app that reproduces issues for bugs you submit to OSS. Your maintainer will love you for it @samphippen #railsconf
True stories of debugging Rspec and Rails with @samphippen... so good! #railsconf https://t.co/zljynqeaAq
My talk on building apps with just Rack is at 3:40! Ever wondered how small a web app can be? Join me in 160 and find out #railsconf ✨
Jazzed for Friendsterbookspace! My life had been lacking purpose! 😍@thejonanshow @juliancheal #railsconf
Board games? ✅ Augmented reality? ✅ WebRTC and Vue.js ✅ Loving @davetapley's talk in the unconventional Rails track #railsconf
Loving @cainlevy's clearly explained (and dryly amusing) authentication setup. Looking forward to FacePages! #railsconf
RT @jennifermarie: It’s Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. If you can take a moment, read about it —history repeats, especially when we don…
Ran my wallet through the wash and dryer. I'm failing to see how you'd get ahead by money laundering.
If you've never had a room full of people do near-silent jazz hands in response to your promotion, I highly recommend it.
Adding a beer on Untappd from my home suggests two nearby bus stops as possible checkin locations. Keep it classy! 🍻🚌
RT @Zajakot: Revising Learn to Program by Chris Pine, came across this gem. Elm is like half way here already with it’s error messages. htt…
Every time we start an audiobook from Amazon and it says "This is Audible," Cora replies "Yes it is." #dadjoke #winning
RT @osbridge: What are you doing in late June? How about speaking at @osbridge? https://t.co/YfWQrsVson
RT @sinatra: Sinatra 2.0 has it's first release candidate thanks to @_zzak, @mwpastore, @namusyaka, @mrjko, and everyone else who contribut…
RT @railsconf: Wanna peruse the amazing talks you'll be hearing in Phoenix this year? Have at it... the RailsConf program is live! https:/…
RT @railsconf: Thanks for your work spreading the word! We got some great applications in, but could still use more. Apply to be a Guide at…
RT @MichaelAGoin: @jasonrclark "before you can truly understand the Microsoft, you must truly understand yourself." - IL Assembler 5:17
From recruiter email: "The candidate should have a solid understanding of the Microsoft ." Unclear yet if I understand _the_ Microsoft. 🤔
RT @nerdygirl: Love this post on trust and engineering teams. @CoryJohannsen @NewRelic https://t.co/LhF8pSaabH
Coding time tonight diverted to debugging a build breaking issue between Rubygems, new Bundler and JRuby with frozen strings enabled. Fun? 😬
Hmm, maybe reading _The Handmaid's Tale_ on the eve of inauguration wasn't the best way to relax after all.
RT @MagicRealismBot: If you pay a lake monster in Arkansas the sum of 4,300 dollars, it will destroy humanity.
RT @mistydemeo: My fave Github trick not everyone knows: add ?w=1 to PR URL to ignore whitespace changes! Really useful when a bunch of cod…
RT @marsroverdriver: The Death Star is not a star. At most, it's a sort of Death Satellite.This is why I don't work in marketing, BTW.
RT @chrisarcand: .@jasonrclark and Coraline in Ruby Weekly this week, a great talk 👏 https://t.co/d8wbg5r270 https://t.co/5G1gnvWcRX
RT @newrelic: 6 secrets to teaching children to program, ft. our own Jason Clark and his daughter https://t.co/aZXKglnpKf #codingwithkids h…
Van packed and it's a miracle... you can see out the back! So at least one good thing has happened in 2017. https://t.co/3zRmHrgT1m
Partying old school on NYE: pre-packing the minivan for predawn departure on our 9 hr drive back from the in-laws. 🤘🏻#partyhard
Love this post from @PragTob on the role of failure in learning! Pondering my mistakes and how to improve from them. https://t.co/ktMaINaZQm
RT @MichaelAGoin: so much dependsupona little floorboardunderneath thecarpetnot making asound#newborn #sleep
RT @757rb: Super proud that we shared our design with @rubytogether and the broader community. https://t.co/5zJfF3pPEG
The biggest surprise this Christmas was two crayons, one red, one green. They happened to be in my son's jacket pocket when it got dried. 😱
RT @qrush: Here's a treatise (an old word for thinkpiece) on how we can build software for others, and not just for yourself: https://t.co/…
When @github mysteriously flags and hides your account, maybe it's a sign that it's time to go to bed.
RT @existentialcoms: Philosophy is important because without it we could never know whether or not it was possible to know if you really kn…
RT @moonbeamlabs: Firebug (https://t.co/FFXNpeFmIO) has been discontinued. Thanks for the revolution in browser developer tooling you’ve be…
RT @Wraithan: @jasonrclark To be fair, back in the day, seeing $ or # let you know whether you run it as normal or super user.
CLI instructions with fancy prompt characters at the start of each line preventing copy-pasting a block to run 😡
RT @taylorfausak: The number of blogs without Atom or RSS feeds surprises me. I want to read you stuff! Tell me when you post!
TFW your OS is misbehaving with how it shows scrollbars, but you're writing a GUI library so you think it's your code. 😰
RT @WernerTwertzog: Coffee should not involve whipped cream or sweet syrups. It should be a black, bitter foretaste of what we must face be…
Heard of Rack, but unsure when you'd use it? Check out my new course @pluralsight and find out! https://t.co/J0kQwFbstZ
RT @confreaks: New Video! @rubyconf Programming in the Small: Kids, Chickens, and Ruby by @jasonrclark https://t.co/0CUGhMVksK #RubyConf
With my Rack course on Pluralsight (https://t.co/3FINVW2yDF) I've got free 1-month trials. Hit me on twitter if you're interested! #rubyconf
"Lets make this idiomatic Ruby by removing all the whitespace and putting it all on one line." 😂 #rubyconf
Deoptimizing Ruby to make things faster? Loving @shyouhei's deep dive on rewriting instruction sequences #rubyconf
Such great honesty from @comike011 about some bad code in a bad environment. We need more people sharing their mistakes like this! #rubyconf
Loving @tehviking's #rubyconf talk about staying on the technical track in your career (if you want to!) So applicable.
RT @amar47shah: ❤️❤️❤️❤️ @jasonrclark and Cora speaking at #rubyconf, an inspiration to...everyone everywhere https://t.co/Id1ftVeJbZ
RT @MarmiteJunction: .Coraline Clark and her assistant @jasonrclark showing how amazing the Ruby community is.Problem solving and chicken…
RT @shawnacscott: .@jasonrclark and Cora are the most precious ever with their Chicken and Ruby talk. And really informative, too!
RT @allindow: One of my fav talks @ #rubyconf! @jasonrclark & daughter talking about coding w/kids, monitoring their chicken coop w/ Ruby &…
"Why don't you try listening to your test?" - some jerk who likes TDD too much @betsythemuffin #rubyconf
I love how #rubyconf has so many deeply technical talks, digging into the inner details of Ruby. Also, I'll be taking about chickens at 3pm.
Recursion isn't just for procedures, it's for structures. Great conceptual talk from @mountain_ghosts at #rubyconf!
Excited that @chrisarcand's talk on deleting code is digging into static analysis. Parsing FTW! 🤘🏻🔙 #rubyconf
Lots of real world experience in diving into mruby from @drbrain. Loving all the suggestions for where to improve. #rubyconf
RT @utahpadre: Hang in there America. Vote, then watch @jasonrclark first @pluralsight course Building Ruby Web Apps with Rack. https://t.c…
Cora drawing a computer terminal: "I know, it should say 'command not found.'" It's like she's used computers before. 😂
TFW you get back to an open source project after a long hiatus and the next day two PRs show up from the community 💖
RT @KentBeck: Don't spend more time discussing a reversible change than it would take to make (& potentially reverse) the change
RT @dsandler: there ain't no party like a Turing machine party cuz a Turing machine party may or may not stop
So... my daughter's school sets their computer passwords to birthdays. Kinda wanna yell about teaching a new generation bad password habits.
RT @WardCunningham: Remodeled Wiki reopens with more to do.Now 150 lines of javascript.We celebrate with a favorite page.https://t.co/iW…
Watching @garybernhardt write a text editor... way better use of my time than the debate. https://t.co/mlrYc8YHEk
Mac just complained my disk was full, hung so I couldn't do anything about it, then on reboot shows 110GB free. Hmm...
RT @dorfsmay: "Enough! I can write 7 line of bash to take care of this."200 lines lines later:"It works, we'll just need to improve on i…
RT @RichRogersIoT: Understanding uptime: 98.12%: you have a few problems 99.65%: you have no major problems 100.00%: your monitoring is…
My wife who is out of town ordered me groceries with lovely snacks via the internet. Sometimes the future is kinda cool.
RT @dijjnn: I feel like the universe conspired to have @jasonrclark answer @Lia_James in my timeline. https://t.co/51OEEt4UqK
RT @OhLookBirdies: I hope Elon Musk never gets in a scandal, because Elongate would be sure to get really drawn out.
RT @evanphx: The RubyConf schedule is out! So many great talks, I can’t wait to see you all in a month! Get those tix now! https://t.co/DqK…
RT @70s_party: Nothing to see here. Move along!(pic via https://t.co/uHLRaYRgw1) https://t.co/67E00hn6Bi
Thanks Ryan Wise for a great talk & @laurenvoswinkel for bringing Conway's Game of Life to the anarchist ghost pirate ship that is @pdxruby.
RT @izs: teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetimeteach a fish to man and this is an obscure unix joke, isn't it Isaac? Jesus, ever…
I'm almost unreasonably happy to announce my daughter Coraline and I will be speaking @rubyconf! 👧🏻 + 🐓 + 💎 = 💖 https://t.co/loUNPEYg6L
On a new Mac and frustrated windows kept changing Spaces randomly. Took me 3 days to remember a setting exists for that :facepalm:
RT @the_thagomizer: Why your talk was rejected: https://t.co/O1mYHkrITeCaveat: I speak as me and for no organizations or other people.
Done! 100 miles on a bike is a long way. That's 25900 hectares for you metric folks. https://t.co/ZTBYpLRdQE
Explaining to my daughter why I've overridden Caps Lock on my laptop to be Escape on tap + Control when held down. #nerddad
RT @chastell: Conf speakers, esp. new ones: don’t be discouraged by CFP rejections – I got rejected 5 times this year and accepted once. Ke…
RT @qrush: 10,000,000,000 downloads123,000 gems105,000 users7 years250 contributors1 thank you isn't enough🙇🏻 https://t.co/rofpUT3kx5
RT @cmeik: "Did Ken, Dennis, and Brian choose wrong with NUL-terminated text strings?" The Most Expensive One-byte Mistakehttps://t.co/vC…
RT @rubyconf: Please RT: there’s less than a week to apply to be a Scholar OR a Guide at RubyConf 2016! https://t.co/oU5Z3s5CoH
RT @greaterthancode: Hello World! New podcast run by @therubyrep w/ @geeksam @CoralineAda @dbrady @jessitron @jaybobo & more awesomeness to…
Asher, age 5: "Back in the ages they used to call wheelbarrows dirt carriers. And nobody could drive."
RT @ashedryden: Portland: the space we had for the @resfestpdx after party fell through. Looking for potential hosts for ~200! Ashe@alterco…
"If you need the database to be fast, we recommend not putting too much data in it." https://t.co/r4gZCZGugD
Cora: How do you spell soup?Me: How do you think?Cora: s-o-p-a in Spanish but what's English?Me: s-o-u-pCora: Haha, you said "you pee"
RT @jonesabi: The user experience of a product is the purest expression of a company's organizational issues
RT @rubyconf: And we haven’t forgotten about RubyConf Guides either — there’s information and an application for that here too! https://t.c…
RT @ksylor: I made a website to explain how to get yourself out of your git messes in plain english https://t.co/6Rc6YTPM3o
RT @computerfact: if your computer needs to install updates and you are being attacked by a bear take care of the bear first
@jtompkinsx It's actually a pretty solid first-time speaker list from what I remember. Multiple tracks, more room for lots of folks.
RT @NatDudley: It’s not their fault. It’s ours.To everyone not in tech: if you struggle to use systems, blame us, not yourself. We do a b…
RT @rstevens: I got a chemical burn on my tongue from salt and vinegar potato chips. That’s how you know it’s a good brand.
RT @rubyconf: TGIF! And with it, the RubyConf 2016 CFP is open: https://t.co/DvXgL547Yc Read the guidelines *carefully* & submit proposals…
My 8yo daughter, named for @neilhimself's Coraline, is obsessed with @amandapalmer's ukulele covers of @radiohead. So much awesome 🤘🏻🎸✨
RT @PDXBIZJournal: These 11 interns gave their all to PDX tech cos. this summer. https://t.co/ZL1y21w5NE @newrelic @puppetize MTC https://t…
... and for the stats minded among you here's my two @strava rides https://t.co/Gzstf8eJ10 https://t.co/odOeAAwDU0
And finished! 6:15 on 105 miles. Better than I expected. Last bit is easiest part of day-2. So much fun rolling in feeling strong! 🚲💨
Day one complete in 6:20. Not bad given I missed biking Jan-March this year from broken shoulder. Now rest and 🍻!
Me: Time for bedAsher (5yo): I have a question.Me: Ok...Asher: How do trains work? How's water get in the sink? Where's gravel come from?
Seattle Ruby folks, I'm in town next Friday (7/15). Anyone up for dinner? @tenderlove @drbrain @SoManyHs @kerrizor @cherimarie @marythought
Yesterday remembered the quadratic eq set to "Pop Goes the Weasel." Today theme to DuckTales popped in my head. Clearly, music's in my soul.
Fishing: long stretches of boredom punctuated by other long stretches of boredom. Also, lure tangles.
RT @arialdomartini: Meta Moore's Law: the number of articles about the end of Moore's Law doubles approximately about 18 months https://t.c…
Asher 5yo, has been saying, "Dada you're my best dad." Every time I narrowly avoid replying, "Since I'm your only dad I'm worst too, right?"
Play-along at home resources (+ slides) for GDB: A Gentle Intro are up at https://t.co/VJ2uwbqSjg. Get out there and debug things #osb16!
Hey #osb16! Slides from my talk "Real World Docker" are at https://t.co/4XUuGpgmMF. Thanks for all the great questions! ✨
Ever wondered what the Ruby VM's doing while it runs your script?If you're at @osbridge, come see "GDB: A Gentle Intro", 4:45 B204!
Going to @osbridge? Interested in Docker? Come hear me talk about how New Relic uses Docker in the real world at 1:30 in B302/303!
RT @neil_conway: Microservices: because solving business problems is hard but building loosely coupled fault-tolerant distributed systems i…
Niece eating a sandwich with this was insistent that our peanut butter must have gone sour, because jam doesn't taste like that. 😋
Cranberry-rhubarb compote ready to freeze. Cora, age 8, gets angry if we sweeten it too much. #sour https://t.co/z61PYzJz0Z
Asher, 5yo: "You're the best dad, even when you do weird stuff."Me: "Weird stuff?"Asher: "Not taking us to the park."
RT @PHP_CEO: IS RUST THE HOLY GRAIL THAT WILL FINALLY LET US WRITE HTML ON BOTH THE FRONTEND AND THE BACKEND?
RT @cczona: Confs, pls invite me to give Consequences of an Insightful Algorithm. I still regularly hear of its impact. There's so much mat…
RT @willmanduffy: I forgot about that episode of Star Trek where Tasha Yar died and they buried her in the Windows XP wallpaper https://t.c…
RT @confreaks: New Video! @RailsConf Real World Docker for the Rubyist by @jasonrclark https://t.co/QuHrRt8KF4 #railsconf
Excited for @osbridge! "Real World Docker" or "GDB: A Gentle Intro", take your pick! https://t.co/bSeQAMMppc https://t.co/zuXAKxMFPG #OSB16
@bobuva Did manage to print and scan in under an hour setup, so feeling like I should take my victory and not tempt fate further.
RT @TimKrajcar: Hi friends! Come work with me at @newrelic on the Ruby agent team! RTs appreciated. https://t.co/tDxA9kq9mS
RT @newrelic: At New Relic, #management isn’t a promotion—it’s a different job: @TimKrajcar #Engineeringhttps://t.co/imZ8H6h2Br https://t.…
After riding 7 miles with the kids for #sundayparkways. A little rain wasn't gonna keep us inside! ☔️🚲✨ https://t.co/lp6KdhSnS0
RT @1337aux011: mama used to say, "sugar bean, there are 10 kinds of folks: ppl who grok binary, ppl who don't, & ppl who didn't expect a b…
RT @XplodingUnicorn: 5-year-old: What do you want for Mother’s Day?Wife: For you to be nice to your sisters all day.5:Wife:5: I dre…
Slides for my talk "Real World Docker for the Rubyist" are up at https://t.co/DMXRapPTwy #railsconf 🐋🖥🔨
Such regret. I neglected to mention at my Docker presentation that I was wearing *Dockers* #punfail #railsconf
So far I've failed to get any BBQ at #railsconf. I know, right? Who's around tonight to help me fix this?
A #railsconf tradition: @evanphx's creative mispronunciation of every name on the lightning talk list. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
RT @ToriWieldt: Looking forward to Real World #Docker for the Rubyist by @jasonrclark session tomorrow! #railsconf https://t.co/R5nlLBTbtq
RT @SaltineJustine: 👏🏽 Congratulations to @RailsGirlsSoC: @langziehohr @alicetragedy & @sareg0 on your Ruby Hero award!!! Very well deserve…
[washing and putting eggs from our chickens in cartons]Me: Hey hon, guess what?Wife: What?Me: Chicken butt.[glaring]
RT @XplodingUnicorn: Me: I don't see the problem.Wife: You can't make them bottle beer!Me: THEN WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE KIDS?! https://t.co…
RT @TimKrajcar: Hey friends, @newrelic is hosting an afterparty at @railsconf next week! RSVP here: https://t.co/W137rDiKCI
All I'm saying is that if you had the chance to eat fresh rhubarb pie in lieu of dinner, why wouldn't you?
My son found Transformer PJs that are for his birthday. To put him off the scent, my wife told him they were for Daddy. He bought it 😂
Cora couldn't bike this morning because of a flat tire 🚲😠 But the flat tire was from a sentimental earring she lost months ago 😃💎
RT @kwugirl: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: The Theory of Glitter Non-Conservation https://t.co/wmGSgYaLYB HT @kaidalgleish https://t.c…
RT @FioraAeterna: clever and evil: detecting when someone is using 'curl | bash', server-side, so you can serve a different script: https:/…
RT @adron_orange: Streaming with Node.js to Elastic is coming up next at the #Elastic UG https://t.co/XgR2PO2ZIq w/ @MilanLoveless.
What's the most eggs you've brought in from your backyard chicken coop using only your bike jersey pockets? I just did 13! #justpdxthings
First commute into work by 🚲 since Thanksgiving! Take that coughs, colds, traveling, ice storms and broken shoulders! 👊🏻
RT @SoManyHs: "Apparently there are more than 3 bodies in the universe and that makes things complicated." 💫☄@habitmelon #roa2016
Headed to the Elasticsearch meetup to speak with @WardCunningham about what my team's been building. Should be fun! https://t.co/ZpFjPsdpZp
I found out today I actually broke rather than strained my shoulder, but at least Skittles are back in snack rotation! #yum #priorities
RT @dbloom: web perf pro tip: try to load jquery directly from the user’s cable modem http://192.168.100.1/jquery-1.7.1.min.js https://t.co…
My wife just texted me a screenshot of her email with 21,000 unread messages. And then she laughed maniacally 😱
"You should get what I got next time Dad. It was really really really good." @littlebigburger https://t.co/Dns40txEAW
Today showed Cora using relative line numbers in vim and GitHub after she asked why I said, "commit my code." Good day for #nerddad.
RT @turoczy: The fact that palindrome isn't a palindrome always pisses me off. Same with you onomatopoeia.
RT @PragTob: Say Hello to my new little friend: "ActiveRecord::HasManyThroughCantAssociateThroughHasOneOrManyReflection"
RT @danielbryantuk: YES! -> "If you don't end up regretting your early technology decisions, you've probably over-engineered" @randyshoup #…
RT @TimKrajcar: I wrote some words about learning Ruby on Rails as a new/new-to-Ruby engineer. https://t.co/OfKCtYL1wZ
My Twitter just got pwned by this 1337 haxor. Be safe out there internet friends! https://t.co/3hXP3ivXz3
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RT @adron: Announcing @WardCunningham's & @JasonrClark's #elasticsearch project presenting in March! => https://t.co/B0OIoEZv30
RT @foliosus: Come work with me and other great peeps on cool problems! We’re hiring a principal engineer & architect @newrelichttps://t.…
After more than a month off the bike, finally rode today. Slipped on ice and bashed my shoulder. Ok, but sore and cranky 🚲❄️💥😱
RT @blowmage: We are going to send MWRC off in style. Gonna be amazing. So much in store. You srsly don't want to miss it.https://t.co/JXz…
RT @actioncookbook: USERS: you're alienating the people who actually use your productTWITTER: likes are now florpsUSERS: whatTWITTER: ti…
RT @currentsh: We're crazy excited to announce that we are now in public beta! https://t.co/YjB8AoY02P https://t.co/ceiZCcalaO
Back to work after 2 weeks, had planned to resume 🚲 after a gnarly cough kept me off a month. Of course the roads are a sheet of ice... ❄️😡
RT @longwall26: No one has ever actually played Axis & Allies. By the time you get the board set up, all your friends have gotten married a…
RT @Moochava: Yearly reminder: unless you're over 60, you weren't promised flying cars. You were promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia.…
When people say dates and times are hard, don't think this is quite what they mean. #mayalready? https://t.co/PJSOui5pUQ
RT @newrelic: VIDEO: Make your 2016 'work-life awesome.' Our own @nickfloyd on achieving #worklifebalance https://t.co/aModI1ANIg https://t…
RT @drhagen: An xkcd once wondered why the 11th of most months is mentioned less than the other days. I think I figured it out. https://t.c…
RT @mbostock: It’s funny how writing documentation can spur redesign: it’s easier to simplify a complex API than try to document it complet…
Done with the traditional Christmas mucking out of the chicken coop. What, that's not a tradition you've heard of? Odd.
Up late on Christmas Eve per usual. What, you're wrapping presents? We're making posole for tomorrow.
RT @rbonales: We have extended the CFP deadline to January 31st because we understand this is a busy time for everyone. Happy holidays!
RT @old_sound: so if you have a monolith, but you put it inside a docker container, does it become a microservice?
So excited the washing machine repair person finally came today. Is this what being an adult is like?
RT @TestRubyPDX: Awesome first meeting! Great to see everybody there and especially thanks to @jasonrclark and @DustinZeisler for speaking!
New prerelease version of Shoes 4 is out on Rubygems! `gem install shoes --pre` and get your GUI going! 👞👟👠✨
RT @rubygems: shoes (4.0.0.pre5): Shoes is the best little GUI toolkit for Ruby. Shoes makes building for Mac, Windows, and Linux… https://…
RT @TestRubyPDX: 1 wk from now we'll be ordering pizzas & gearing up for our first meeting EVER w talks by @jasonrclark & @DustinZeisler. B…
RT @confreaks: New Video! @arrrrcamp Peeking into Ruby: Tracing Running Code by @jasonrclark https://t.co/x2GyYAooFU #arrrrcamp
RT @ruby_news: Benchmarking a Go AI in Ruby: CRuby vs. Rubinius vs. JRuby vs. Truffle/Graal https://t.co/AqeoUpoZC3
RT @bundlerio: It’s the first public (pre)release of gemstash! A cache for https://t.co/dsSNLSO6nb or host your own private gems: https://t…
RT @PragTob: And of course I forgot to tweet the link "Beating Go Thanks to the power of randomness" @rubyconf #rubyconf https://t.co/YtQFA…
RT @kerrizor: @jasonrclark if a woman can't play chicken with a boiling pot of sugar then the terrorists win
RT @stillinbeta: Docker is bringing about the Year of the Small Linux Inside Larger Linux Inside Virtualbox inside Mac OS X On The Desktop
RT @confreaks: New Video! @rubyconf #rubyconf GDB: A Gentle Intro by @jasonrclark https://t.co/fNgEgBSbs4
RT @confreaks: New Video! @rubyconf #rubyconf The Not So Rational Programmer by @laura_nobilis https://t.co/7NUqRgj6in
RT @confreaks: New Video! @rubyconf #rubyconf RuntimeError: can't save WORLD by @sonjaheinen https://t.co/lvARNB60uo
Any concerns I had about our sauerkraut fermenting properly are laid to rest. Whew. #fermentation4life
RT @yukihiro_matz: Let make it happen together. link: Ruby 3x3: Ruby 3 will be 3 times faster — Appfolio Engineering https://t.co/1HXJxCvj…
RT @cczona: Dear everybody,Join @rubytogether to support sustainable funding for Ruby core infrastructure OSS projects. Thanks! https://t.…
Better late than never #rubyconf! Slides from my talk "GDB: A Gentle Intro" are online https://t.co/OPRPcHsjmo. Thanks all who came along!
RT @DanaScheider: Just put @jasonrclark's Testing the Multiverse talk on the schedule for #TestRubyPDX December 14. Don't miss it!
RT @PragTob: .@jasonrclark on the stage at @rubyconf teaching us about gdb debugging! #rubyconf https://t.co/lACAMvuePh
RT @TimKrajcar: #rubyconf @newrelic User Group starts now in CR 13-14. Food, drinks, and some data goodness. Come on by!
RT @TimKrajcar: #rubyconf I have @newrelic stickers and we'll have shirts at our user meetup tomorrow night. join us! https://t.co/cXYbLslg…
RT @samphippen: "Agile, etc." is a medium I wrote about consulting, student software projects, etc. https://t.co/dw9GxYoyAX. Love if you ga…
RT @pdxruby: Peeking into Ruby: Tracing Running Code – A talk by @jasonrclark: https://t.co/0zxbO9eBo7
RT @TimKrajcar: We're holding a @newrelic User Group especially for Ruby devs at @rubyconf this year! RSVP here: https://t.co/Fex4Z57waA
RT @andypike: I'm going freelance! Hire me! https://t.co/zDM3b04TJl Please RT and tell all your friends! 💖💙💜💛💚❤️
RT @rubytogether: Our update for the month of October is out! Read about Gemstash and the rest of our work: https://t.co/fx7lMDzMss
RT @b0rk: Do you know how fast your computer is? @kamalmarhubi and I wrote a game to help you find out: https://t.co/8aWGd1FIfQ
RT @_m_b_j_: My problem with upcoming `.?` operator: It reduces backpressure on people to avoid nil. And thus will infect even more APIs.
RT @freshnet: #justplayed on @BBC6Music DREW WORTHLEY - Bone China Saviour - from @BBCIntroducing Mixtape http://t.co/SxGgtfWM3d @drewworth…
RT @rubyconf: OMG, we're about a month out from RubyConf! Be sure to book your ticket soon so that you don't miss out: http://t.co/lXtU0Ahe…
TFW your browser has a bad url you keep reinforcing by accidentally choosing the autocomplete for it.
RT @agreeablecar: At the bank I was told "pick your four digit pincode but it can't be a year." "Aren't they all years?" I asked. We sat in…
RT @kwugirl: After wrestling to attach a hose to an outdoor sink this morning, @jasonrclark quietly mutters, "I hate the physical world."
RT @rbonales: A Friday Hug from On Ales! Oh, and we have a secret…*we opened our Call For Proposals and Early Bird Tickets* http://t.co/cI2…
Haven't done a Halloween name before, but you're supposed to pick something scary? Am I doing it right? https://t.co/qedctrAUkz
RT @yann_ck: Someone is a traitor apparently.... @1337807 I am happy you are a traitor! I can beat him to death if needed...😶 https://t.co/…
... and to try strace, rbtrace or tcpdump out yourself, check out https://t.co/QN5V4uff8r for nifty Docker images to start with! #arrrrcamp
In other bug related news, a bee got caught in my biking jersey and stung pad of my ring finger. OUCH! 🔥🐝😡
The exhilaration of finding the bug, mixed with frustration that a simple duplicate test data line cost you and a coworker half a day.
RT @ngauthier: I still have no idea why people think this:expect(logs).to have(1).itemsis nicer than this:assert_equal 1, logs.size
RT @pdxruby: So You Want Diversity in Tech? – A talk by @bookstein from last week's meeting: https://t.co/eOMPSerqjq
RT @pdxruby: Testing the Multiverse by @jasonrclark from last week's meeting: https://t.co/jtQ0z623b1
RT @confreaks: New Video! @osbridge kenny_g.rb: Making Ruby Write Smooth Jazz by @TimKrajcar http://t.co/8KYv1cvtW4
#myfirstprogram in Ruby (that I can find at least)! Back up my tweets to a file. https://t.co/VqEPpxzfew
RT @elnoelle: Related: in a week I’ll be looking for work. If your team is looking for a well-rounded jr dev, get in touch! daleynoelle at …
RT @WardCunningham: Hey Portland, I'm presenting a two hour workshop tomorrow on how I write d3.js. Join us. http://t.co/McJIz1LQFy
RT @arrrrcamp: .@newrelic-er and #shoesrb fanatic @jasonrclark will introduce toolery for peeking into what your #Ruby app is doing: http:/…
RT @uhoh_itsmaciek: Ironically, my hatred of debugging distributed systems is both consistent and highly available.
Finally dabbled with R over the past two days. Quirky, but it fills that space between a spreadsheet and a full blown app quite nicely.
Downside of thorough kitchen clean out--discovering you don't actually have designated shelf space for all the empty containers you own.
First time back on bike after weeks of travel followed by a big tune-up. The bike is awesome, my lung capacity, less do. 🚲✨😤
Cool tip for spotting monkey patches in pry from @KeightyLeonard. Hadn't seen that one before! http://t.co/lbtZytGwTu
RT @confreaks: New Video! @JRubyConfEU #jrubyconf Get Your Shoes Back On by @jasonrclark http://t.co/9vmr7IRGV7
RT @davystevenson: I guess finding the shower was just the beginning. Happy to announce that I’m joining the GitHub team! ✨✨🐙😻✨✨ https://…
RT @PragTob: Just reserved the table at Aufsturz Berlin for the #posteurucamp "get together" - reserved for "Tobi" http://t.co/aUw0SvzmjE
RT @kwugirl: Slides for the #eurucamp version of my longform Ask vs. Guess Culture Communication talk (with local examples!) http://t.co/tg…
RT @hone02: Here are my mruby-cli slides at #eurucamp, https://t.co/s8WUA4ikWR. Go d/l the binary https://t.co/PUfOfypAiY and build some CL…
Brilliantly accessible intro to typically cryptic topics like functors and monads from @txustice #eurucamp
RT @PragTob: Come and dive into @shoooesrb with @jasonrclark and I at @eurucamp : http://t.co/ysYESR3Ma0
"The edge case is a certainty." @davystevenson on our brains' inability to grasp large and small numbers. #eurucamp
RT @FloorDrees: We don't understand numbers. Or maybe we do a little after @davystevenson's #eurucamp talk. http://t.co/58PIIP7mJS
RT @alicetragedy: "Just because we can name numbers does not mean that we understand them." - @davystevenson #eurucamp #chinchilla
RT @alicetragedy: "$person isn't technical: this phrase is toxic, because we are not valuing the contributions that someone brings to our i…
"It's often not that a person isn't technical. They just aren't my *flavor* of technical." @lhawthorn #eurucamp
Want to write desktop Ruby apps? Looking for a friendly open source project? Come hack on @shoooesrb today! http://t.co/GJNfVeCYiK #eurucamp
RT @KyFaSt: What skills do you look for in a future teammate? -@minivaaan at #eurucamp http://t.co/Z4JHdhfkDN
RT @Cinner: @confreaks is ready to record day 1 of #eurucamp. You know a conference is awesome when they have this... http://t.co/PHwDWk6UBC
RT @headius: Excellent presentation on JRuby + mmap'ed high-speed persistent queues by @colinsurprenant. 9GB/s writes from Ruby? Yes please…
RT @arrrrcamp: We've just published the first speakers to the site. We'll have the full schedule up for you fairly soon! http://t.co/G0bDj…
RT @hannelita: Birthday hug for @PragTob during @myabc talk @JRubyConfEU #jrubyconf http://t.co/bBN94eMcfK
RT @hannelita: Great presentation about #Shoes project by @jasonrclark @JRubyConfEU #jrubyconf http://t.co/Mvh5EqDeKv
RT @ysb33r: In a Nutshell: @jasonrclark on #shoes that is now on #ruby. #jrubyconf http://t.co/cdnIt2RngZ
RT @headius: Exciting and inspiring to see Shoes 4 (based on JRuby) used in so many creative ways in @jasonrclark's presentation at @JRubyC…
Reading material for my trip. Can you guess which one Cora insisted on loaning me? http://t.co/yqQytMw0Yu
RT @hacksterio: New project: Raspberry beacon by Nick Floyd with #adafruit @adafruit.com (@adafruit) and #RaspberryPi (@Raspberry_Pi) http:…
RT @missokistic: It's feeling more and more like we're living in a parody of a William Gibson novel written by The Onion.
RT @newrelic: Check out highlights from “the conference for open source citizens" http://t.co/wMRetNGHL2 #osbridge #osb15 #PDX http://t.co/…
On the plus side, Cora has earned two Jr. Ranger badges and is justly quite proud of her accomplishment. 👧🌲👍
Camping: abandoning thousands of years of human progress in shelter, cooking, and hygiene because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Asher, 4yo, grabs soccer ball. "I'm gonna play basketball!" Throws it into a bush. "Goal!" #parentingwin
I just matched the color of plastic spoons with the bowls dishing out ice cream for the kids. I don't even know who I am anymore. #parenting
Wrote one of those single page web app that are so popular. Neatly loads new data. Doing it right! <meta content='60' http-equiv='refresh'/>
RT @thesleepyvegan: I would like to publicly thank @jasonrclark for the @LinkedIn Endorsement for Endorsements. If anyone else feels the ne…
Every night one chicken refuses to climb into the coop. Every night I feel there's some lesson in her reluctance. Tonight I've got it...
Scared of eigenclasses? Unclear on module prepend vs include? You gotta see @zoevkay's talk on Ruby at #osb15 when the video is out!
RT @mewzherder: Don't miss @zoevkay 's talk next!Venturing into the Spooky Science of RubyAt #osb15@newrelic
Slides for my talk, Testing the Multiverse, are up at https://t.co/YPxpFDxPBp #osb15. Thanks everyone who came to listen!
In all the lists of parenting hazards, why have I never seen the theme song to Transformers: Rescuebots?! 😭
RT @fureigh: GET and POST as "the real popular requests. These are the Dave Matthews Band of requests." —@brainwane #osb15
RT @1337807: "Everything is open source if you try hard enough." - @emilyst hacking Super Mario Bros. at #osb15
RT @JRubyConfEU: Ruby and GUI development? Do the two go together? @jasonrclark will show you how with @shoooesrb! http://t.co/Q3ZorxtnSl
RT @SoManyHs: Explanation of weird `BUNDLED WITH` issue: http://t.co/ffBKy43iLZ. TL;DR, update your bundler. Thanks @indirect!
Plus side of repeating a conf talk: watching video to remember all the pacing and phrasing. Downside: "Stop saying 'So' after everything!!!"
RT @rubyconf: Wanna come speak at RubyConf 2015? We've opened up our CFP early, so you have from now till 8/31 to submit proposals! http://…
Excited to be speaking at @JRubyConfEU on one of my favorite topics, @shoooesrb! See you in Potsdam 👞✨
RT @tabqwerty: "git gets easier once you get the basic idea that branches are homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds of a Hilbert s…
RT @samphippen: I just had a reasonable amount of food at an american restaurant (i.e. not 4000 calories) what is this?
RT @PragTob: If you think OSS (and or programming) is just about technology you are blind to reality. OSS is about people working together …
RT @recompilermag: Issue 0 of The Recompiler is online now! http://t.co/o1zJqSNEwU Four articles about tech, teaching, learning, and histor…
Fun night text adventuring with Ruby Brightnight. Thanks @1337807 and @spydermonkee for an awesome time! ✨💖💥
RT @anno: http://t.co/G5X8Lgopb7 returns 404 Not Found, whether intentional or not this makes total sense
RT @1337807: We still need sponsors for Open Source Bridge this year, quite desperately in fact. I'm not even a little bit too proud to beg…
Finally cracked the 10000 mile mark since I started recording my cycling. 🚲💥 http://t.co/RmRMBOzbRs http://t.co/If1Grm097t
Cora drew a laptop. Love the line numbers, which she remembered from brief glimpses of vim. 😻 http://t.co/lYOISIchrP
Portland Public Schools: Adjust the Portland Public School Calendar to start after Labor Day... https://t.co/jhPps4EQbp via @Change
RT @JRubyConfEU: The conference is happening in exactly 2 months! Get your ticket now: http://t.co/ebNJqs0hsV We’re looking forward to welc…
RT @1337807: There is an explanation, and it is discoverable via a finite number of discrete experiments. - @benweint, The One True Debugger
RT @longwall26: Q: How many absurdists does it take to change a lightbulb?A: One. This simple activity can usually be accomplished by one …
RT @old_sound: How to win at Distributed Systems:1) Open a Socket.2) Increase the Timeout3) ???4) PROFIT?^WIncrease the Timeout
RT @rubygems: shoes (4.0.0.pre4): Shoes is the best little GUI toolkit for Ruby. Shoes makes building for Mac, Windows, and Linux… http://t…
Did you hear about the big release? No, not that one. Shoes 4.0.0.pre4 is out! `gem install shoes --pre` to try it out. @shoooesrb on! 👠👟👞🚀
"A profile view from the right person is a step closer to your next career move." cc/ @TimKrajcar http://t.co/gnfzYc1DmV
Last chance to sponsor my ride in Reach the Beach, supporting the American Lung Association! http://t.co/6qNTICaLJF
RT @btvrubyconf: While the talk schedule and details are not yet ready, the speaker line up is now on the site! http://t.co/WdEkZH43Pq
Bolt on shower room door locks with only 1/8 turn. Constantly feels like it didn't lock when trying to turn it.
RT @Dev_4iOS: 10 Types of People (via @abt_programming @jdfitzgerald ) #binary http://t.co/9SpdoVfdDv
RT @iowahawkblog: Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
RT @qrush: http://t.co/33aYAoRhje recently passed 5 billion tracked downloads and 100,000 gems!!! https://t.co/koVX7sLkpV 🎉🍰🚀💎
RT @avdi: Now that I have a mortgage I could use a few extra bucks. If you love @rubytapas, tell your friends!
RT @newrelic: Weird Ruby Part 4: Code Pods (Blocks, Procs, and Lambdas) http://t.co/izZl9uHROi Get weird with @1337807 #ruby http://t.co/AM…
RT @jruby: JRuby 9000 preview 2 (9.0.0.0.pre2) has been released! Nearly feature-complete with better perf. Test and report! http://t.co/jQ…
RT @PragTob: Few things make me as happy as seeing new contributors ship in for @shoooesrb - thanks @bookstein :)
@mperham If there is a case we've missed, hooking the error handler looks excellent. I believe we thought our wrapping had it covered.
RT @the_zenspider: Testing workshop? Help getting off rspec? Power ruby Q&A? Team/process/code/design optimization? I’m available. Talk to …
Discussing a dough's texture with Amber, she said "It's like that German thing. Fahrvergnügen?" Me, "Spaetzle?" "Yeah that." #13yearsmarried
RT @RubyVillains: Has someone in the Ruby community made you laugh with astonishment and delight? Changed how you look at code?http://t.c…
RT @immunio: Emerging from stealth-mode ! World, meet web security that works !http://t.co/Fh563u46Fx
Thanks to @KeightyLeonard and @zoevkay I will now spend the evening with my brain's background thread obsessing over Ruby object marshaling.
Bummed to miss #railsconf this year, but birthday lunch for this little guy makes it all worth it. http://t.co/oFY7van7tF
RT @callmewuest: So you're a web dev. You think, "I'll validate users' emails with a regex!"Stop. Stand up. Throw your computer into a f…
RT @jeffnoon: I publish my own eBooks. Please consider buying one of my novels. Amazon: http://t.co/4aJwGVEQvV Other stores: http://t.co/Kh…
RT @RonJeffries: Playing with Learn Game Programming with Ruby from prag. Fun!https://t.co/abTnLeAJlE
Breathing problems suck. That's why I'm riding in Reach the Beach for the ALA. Donate to help me get there at http://t.co/6qNTICaLJF
RT @aaroncourter: Such delicious food at @newamericanpdx. Portlanders go there. Now. #PDX #pdxeats http://t.co/MliF2I4lZu
Sister-in-law made me the coolest coasters ever. Versions at home feature beer and scotch as well. http://t.co/e5u6yZtbEq
Coraline: "Let's have a quiet contest!" Proceeds to explain a long list of rules about how to be quiet.
RT @rubytogether: Productivity in your company is blocked when RubyGems goes down. Joining Ruby Together means more maintenance, ensuring t…
RT @benweint: Functional programming as explained by @1337807 : "So then you hand your mapreduce to an actor and it gives you back... gold"
Talking to her brother about how many peas were for dinner, Cora used the words googolplex and infinity correctly. #nerddadproud
RT @1337807: My new ergonomic split keyboard makes pairing so much more engaging. http://t.co/53ZqMwL6Uj
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RT @LaurettaJeans: It's officially spring! Rhubarb pies are back on the menu. 💗 https://t.co/SV6b3BNcS0
RT @eurucamp: We’re excited to open the CfP today! You can submit to @euruko , @eurucamp, and @JRubyConfEU with a single click! http://t.co…
RT @rubygems: sinatra (1.4.6): Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort. http://t.co/5nfWHBgVxU
RT @confreaks: New Video: #roa2015 - Storytime with Auntie Aja By @thagomizer_rb http://t.co/heVhvRUk8o
RT @confreaks: New Video: #roa2015 - The Recipe for the Worlds Largest Rails Monolith By @a_matsudahttp://t.co/6LBGlwmBWK
RT @rachelle_mandik: -Can you describe the jellyfish that stung you?-Yes, it looked like a lazy toddler tried to draw an octopus.
@1337807 Could Jonanstore have a mode to return me nil instead of null? Must have feature for Rubyists.
RT @jamesiry: I think sometimes I overgeneralize from a single example. Just like everybody else in the universe.
RT @rubytogether: Announcing Ruby Together, a trade association for humans who use Ruby. Support Bundler & more! http://t.co/N2XOWOpt4y htt…
RT @tricycle_champ: [please create a password]abc123[your password must be at least eight characters]atleasteightcharacters
RT @PragTob: Tired of keynote & co. ? Try wingtips - write presentation in ruby. By yours truly + @jasonrclark https://t.co/fHme7ZG8Tg
Not a security expert. Does my sandbox design look sufficient? Threat model includes cats. Lots of cats. http://t.co/LanVaBCtWG
RT @FullStackFest: Unveiling Liz Abinante (@feministy) - she's gonna be our awesome and special Master of Ceremonies this year. Give her a …
RT @TimKrajcar: If you feel like being encouraging, my @osbridge proposal is here http://t.co/2eLQWu7n7L - starring it helps! Feedback welc…
RT @osbridge: Great news, everyone! We've extended our call for proposals to March 14. http://t.co/LqPLkV0QLU
Slides from my talk "Testing the Multiverse" are up at https://t.co/xXAnxlUkcs. Thanks #rubyonales for giving me the opportunity to share!
RT @blowmage: “Give yourself a break. It’s easy for us to fill our days to the brim.“ - @1337807 #RubyOnAles
"I studied Java at U of O for a few years. Strangely I quit programming forever." #rubyonales @1337807
Storytime with Auntie Aja at #rubyonales. "Any resemblance to companies or people is purely coincidental." http://t.co/gzFe7AbzKn
RT @TimKrajcar: 3/5 of the @newrelic Ruby agent on @rbonales stage. @1337807 the pro MC, @jasonrclark just spoke, I just watch! http://t.co…
Lots of great thoughts on effective technics mentoring from @drbrain. So many ways to improve helping others! #rubyonales
RT @zoevkay: @1337807 Code in space!! This is the person I chose as mentor...unsure if I made the best or worst choice #rubyonales http://t…
RT @thesleepyvegan: move fast and break things. inspired by a tornado. this is a terrible thing #rubyonales
"Relationships are the bedrock of any successful career... But beer doesn't hurt." @jremsikjr #rubyonales
RT @SoManyHs: Slides from my @rbonales talk, "Time flies like an Arrow; Fruit flies like a Banana: Parsing for Fun and Profit!" http://t.co…
Interesting take on scaling MonoRails from @a_matsuda. Good reminder that there's often multiple ways to solve a given problem. #rubyonales
So many profiling and introspection tools @hone02 shows us how to use @rbonales. Allocation tracing is awesome!
RT @TimKrajcar: @rbonales friends, would love to meet & chat about: working at @newrelic, Ruby app monitoring, & Ruby multiplayer text-bas…
RT @rbonales: Boardgames and drinks in the banquet room at http://t.co/4YvRtsWhcV happening now! Come and play! @goldstar
RT @XplodingUnicorn: 4-year-old: Why do you go to work?Me: They pay me a salary.4-year-old:Me:4-year-old: I don’t even like celery.
RT @rbonales: G'day! This year the inimitable @hone02 will take you on a Ruby objects walkabout! https://t.co/JhKPCoG4Xj
Any Ruby folks in Portland early on the way to @rbonales? Wanna catch lunch with me at New Relic Tuesday or Wednesday? Ping me!
I fight the urge to write "tpyo" on purpose in the message when committing a little typo fix. Every. Single. Time.
RT @bundlerio: please welcome @superdealloc to the @bundlerio core team! he’s been implementing features left and right for months. 👏
Working on my @rbonales presentation with the only acceptable accompanying beverage. http://t.co/SJZB6LryOE
RT @thedirtycoder: I finally figured out how to get those pesky semicolons and curly braces out of my Java code http://t.co/Ns96HdCuKO
RT @mattbarcomb: "what do you use for mocking these days?""I typically stick with dry sarcasm unless over the top vulgarity is a better f…
RT @rubinius: NewRelic agent 3.10.0 includes improved support for Rubinius 2.3+ Metrics https://t.co/uTgYC7Kqdd Thanks to @YorickPeterse & …
Asher, 3yo, had some raspberry kefir. He now refers to normal milk every time as "white milk without no seeds."
Cora, 6yo: "Dad this chili you warmed up for lunch..." Me: "Yes?" Cora: "It's chilly." Big grin... #soproud #dadjokesliveon
RT @sadserver: I like the code-phrases that developers use sometimes. Like when they say "optimize" which is code for "introduced bugs to"
Fire alarm went off while baking dinner, and Asher, three years old, trots into the room shouting "Cooking alarm! Cooking alarm!"
RT @timtyrrell: “Why does daddy drink so much? “He tried to upgrade a few major versions of Rails, son. He really tried.”
RT @joshgondelman: I'm not ready for another Spider-Man movie until I'm ABSOLUTELY SURE how he became Spider-Man.
Missed Worst Day of the Year ride today, but substituting the best ride instead. http://t.co/6wHnWS2d0C
Just showed off @hacketyhack to a classroom full of 1st graders. This is why I work on @shoooesrb. So much fun ✨💖
RT @sarahmei: It's Friday night, a great time to dash off a last-minute Mt West Ruby Conf proposal - CFP is open through tomorrow! http://t…
RT @garybernhardt: write your args vertically to make bad design hurtf(maybe, I, should, not, have, so, many, args)
@dragonnDev Uploads FIT files to Strava, then polls for their JSON to push to my personal site so I don't have to parse the binary files.
First end-to-end run-through of plugging my Garmin Edge 200 bike computer in and having the data flow to all my desired destinations. 🚲💨🎉
Two kinds of people in this world: those who clear the time left on the microwave if they're done early, and monsters.
RT @rbonales: Jonan Scheffler will be your MC at Ruby on Ales this year. We're handing him a mic oh dear what have we done. @1337807, @rbon…
RT @pat_shaughnessy: Turns out there is no performance benefit to using single quotes: "Rubyists: Just use double-quoted strings" http://t.…
RT @markbates: Why doesn’t @github accept VIM commands in it’s forms?? Seriously, get with it people! :)
RT @jakeboxer: to reduce github's server load, i'm going to replace our git blame view with just a big <h1>it was probably you</h1>
RT @RubyConfPH: Announcing our next speaker: Philip Arndt @parndt is the lead developer of Refinery CMS and contributor to many Ruby gems.
Packing peanut party to celebrate Asher's new Dino-excavator. Worth the cleanup. http://t.co/yfpwbDADGQ
RT @mwrc: We're baaaaack! Join us on March 9-10, 2015. CFP open through the 17th. Let's do this!http://t.co/EoAla2yCHU
RT @osbridge: Our call for proposals is now open! Submit your amazing #osb15 talk ideas today! http://t.co/YfWQrtd3wr
Today I will be working in the cloud at New Relic's PDX office. No, not on the cloud. Literally in. http://t.co/JL3bFAk5Wp
RT @amjithr: I created a thing. Feedback would be appreciated. CLI for Postgres with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. http://t.co/RA…
RT @rubygems: shoes (4.0.0.pre3): Shoes is the best little GUI toolkit for Ruby. Shoes makes building for Mac, Windows, and Linux… http://t…
A new pre-release version of @shoooesrb is out (4.0.0.pre3)! Get your GUI going! 👞👠👟✨🎉 https://t.co/eEwYCKlgfk http://t.co/5VDG60WQSh
RT @rbonales: We here at ROA appreciate the finer things in life…like beer and watching @1337807 shock himself on stage. Join us! http://t.…
RT @mwrc: We're baaaaack! Join us on March 3-4, 2015. CFP open through the 17th. Let's do this!http://t.co/EoAla2yCHU
RT @davystevenson: Hey everyone, my RubyConf presentation Benchmarking Ruby is up. Watch it!http://t.co/s4vREcJ8xx
RT @Walldo: worst dystopian cyberpunk future ever RT @coindesk: Mr Bitcoin sighting at the #BitcoinBowl http://t.co/YllPWXQDTp
Asher's complaining he's sick, so that's 4 for 4 of the Clark family down with this cold/flu/whatever. Merry Christmas? 😷🎅😭
RT @craigstuntz: At some point you've just got to up and admit you've got a problem. https://t.co/nHO5EVqyQn via @theburningmonk
RT @dhh: Rails 4.2: Active Job, Asynchronous Mails, Adequate Record, Web Console, Foreign Keys — final version is OUT! http://t.co/DPRTiPKL…
If you don't have five gallons of homemade kraut in your kitchen, I don't even know what you're doing with your life. http://t.co/Qb92StmA8A
RT @lm741: If you're having coding problems, I feel bad for you son. I got 98.99999999999993 problems, but DON'T EVER USE FLOATS FOR MONEY
RT @newrelic: We are now a publicly traded company, listed on @NYSE! This does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale. http://t…
Chaos Yak: Randomly delete one file from your hard disk every day to keep your yak shaving skills up to date.
If you don't periodically restore from your backup socks, you don't really have a backup sock plan. #bikeops ☔️🚲
Looking forward to @pdxruby tonight. Missed both those talks at RubyConf, jazzed to get a second chance to see them LIVE!
RT @mc_hankins: 'Could you fax over a copy?''No, I can't fax because of where I live''Where do you live?''The 21st century'
Running docker in a vagrant vm on my Mac, and pausing every time I change terminals to determine where I am #terminalception
RT @TimKrajcar: Hey #rubyfriends - I'm looking forward to Monday. Are you? If not, come work with me at @newrelic: http://t.co/1kaB2T1VvA
Want to work with me on newrelic_rpm in lovely Portland Oregon? Now's your chance! http://t.co/M8OygemxQo
RT @juliancheal: I'm currently looking for new freelance Ruby/Rails/DevOps work. Let me know if you're interested, or know anyone who is. <3
RT @rbonales: Nearing that time of year, please reserve March 5-6, 2015 to be in Bend, OR at Ruby on Ales 5 at the Tower Theatre - website …
RT @wckoehler: Great advice. What Cyclists Need To Know About Trucks. http://t.co/v4mC2PyBi3 via @yaybikes
RT @gopumago: 2.10.0 hits the internet now! Should fix some known memory issues in apps. Changes: https://t.co/wjy3qez77q
RT @jamesshore: As a __SOFTWARE DEV__ I'm __DOING IT WRONG__ because __I THINK THIS TEMPLATE IS A REPLACEMENT FOR TALKING TO PEOPLE__
RT @schneems: Here’s my latest app, learn from docs or find easy commits. Docs Doctor: http://t.co/DeGuA8VFNp #rubyconf #lightningtalk
RT @1337807: Slides and code for my #rubyconf talk: http://t.co/05JZxn0hga - Palantir: https://t.co/xlNWIPFqLE all_seeing_pi: https://t.co/…
BOF session tonight on Shoes, 8pm in Room 23! Come build an app, or hack on @shoooesrb with me!!! #rubyconf
Watching @awwaiid write a debugger that forks on every step so you can time travel. MAD SCIENCE!💥 #rubyconf
RT @180AD: "The MVP of this app (life) is health, happiness, and the well-being of our children." @sandimetz #RubyConf http://t.co/JP6Pi4B1…
RT @PragTob: I'm looking for a job! Web development, ruby, rails, other cool technologies - get in touch! http://t.co/emZTMjzcLd
GitHub diffs to show refactoring in @betsythemuffin working really well for me. Nice way to show changes in code. #rubyconf
Reproducible benchmarks for Jruby + Truffle. Great stuff for a Ruby implementation to get out there early! @ChrisGSeaton #rubyconf
RT @headius: Probably 75% of the 850 attendees at RubyConf are here for the *first time*. Don't listen to FUD about Ruby "dying".
RT @yukihiro_matz: link: Weird Ruby: Begin-End Blocks - I will remove begin..end while code in the futurehttp://t.co/b0vB207bW1
Just cooking up 5 gallons of chili for the Soli Chili Cookoff, like one does. http://t.co/6PUioumlyc http://t.co/7HIcoMRoc3
RT @1337807: Part one of my weird ruby blog series; a discussion of begin-end block weirdness: http://t.co/DTPhsznIu6
If I find out who's mixing a few Reese's Pieces in with the Skittles, I'm not responsible for what happens.
You should check out New American, opening in North Portland Nov. 21. It's going to be so tasty! http://t.co/FpRgRUUIsn @newamericanpdx
Like Ruby? Like weird corners in programming languages? Check out part 1 of @1337807's series at http://t.co/KlHgP7qQad
RT @ddprrt: "What's bower?""A package manager, install it with npm.""What's npm?""A package manager, you can install it with brew""What…
RT @jakesgordon: Inspired by @jasonrclark talk at this weeks @pdxruby I thought I'd try on an old pair of Shoes - http://t.co/nQBq1PtD9n
RT @pdxruby: Want to help with Rails Bridge in Portland? Tweet at @AmyPivo or join the meetup group: http://t.co/2XJZL29hcL
RT @matasar: As a programmer, I didn't think it was possible to dislike daylight savings time more than I did. Then I became a parent.
Mini muffins: The perfect way to avoid feeling guilty about eating four full-size, fresh-from-the-oven banana bread muffins.
RT @jessabean: "Ruby Monsters Go Bump in the Night" by @1337807 // #hashtag #sketchnotes @keeprubyweird http://t.co/6qrJx59PVK
RT @jruby: Ruby installers: please use https://t.co/Ko1uhK9sS6 for secure downloads of JRuby releases. See http://t.co/iqetCANLlN links. Th…
RT @baruco: Releasing responsibly is critical, do you want to know some good practices? Enjoy this great talk by @EmStolfo http://t.co/K4uK…
RT @TimKrajcar: .@newrelic Ruby agent 3.9.6 is released, with ActiveJob instrumentation & URL-based transaction ignores. Details: https://t…
RT @1337807: "Wait for dad" becomes "Let's fix it!". My amazing wife @bexatronic's first speaking experience at @AscendPr0ject: https://t.c…
RT @chromatic_x: o/~ Everything is JSON / Everything's a string when you're part of a string / Everything is JSON / you're JavaScripting in…
RT @baruco: Don't miss @itchyankles's talk about the bad parts of Ruby: A Dangerous Game: Safety in Ruby http://t.co/m4ffg4R3zg
RT @BicycleLobby: Tips for riding in the rain:1. Ride bicycle.2. Get wet.3. Dry off.4. Repeat as necessary.
Special thanks on the @KC_Erb for all his help wrangling styles in the latest Shoes preview release! 👍🚀✨ cc/ @shoooesrb
RT @kwugirl: Help send jr devs @lizmrush and @SomanyHs to @rubyconf to give their talk on working with civic data http://t.co/1cM6Cgm4lt vi…
New pre-release of Shoes is out! Thanks all who helped get this release together! 💖💚✨ @shoooesrb @PragTob @wasnotrice
RT @rubygems: shoes (4.0.0.pre2): Shoes is the best little GUI toolkit for Ruby. Shoes makes building for Mac, Windows, and Linux… http://t…
RT @baruco: Ruby isn't perfect, do you want to know why? @itchyankles will tell you! A Dangerous Game: Safety in Ruby http://t.co/RDFzOXzDm9
RT @newrelic: Devoxx4Kids aims to inspire kids and introduce them to computer programming. Check it out: http://t.co/BAGIxZa3jB - @arungupt…
"I had a problem so I used threads. Now I have two problems." The joke is that it's only a coincidence the second sentence isn't jumbled.
RT @cxhansen: FutureTalk Doubleheader Monday! @arungupta Getting kids into programming with #Devoxx4Kids + CI with Java EE7 https://t.co/z9…
RT @baruco: Enjoy the amazing talk of @eljojo: How I built my own Twitch-Plays-Pokémon http://t.co/yaWZ8wHqQR
RT @baruco: Did you hear something about robots dancing Gangnam Style at stage? That was @juliancheal with Dancing with Robots http://t.co/…
RT @baruco: "With good tests, you don't need a debugger". @jasonrclark thinks you should get one in his talk: Spelunking in Ruby http://t.c…
If you're testing with JRuby locally and aren't using --dev, you're wasting tons of time! (https://t.co/jnsP3LvvZv) cc/ @PragTob
RT @BrentO: How most code commenting is done. RT @solarce: i wasn't sure before http://t.co/EIHzJ6tLoj
RT @evanphx: I've put an older checkout of Inspeqtor back up so people can compare the code to see it's clean-room: https://t.co/WejhJcANQJ
RT @ejfinneran: Single Responsibility Principle: This single class is responsible for every function in the system.Am I doing it right?
Alpha release of "Math Bugs!" with Coraline Clark is out! @shoooesrb 3 and 4 compatible! https://t.co/LOLVlkaX5I
RT @tehviking: Unsurprisingly, @juliancheal's "Dancing with Robots" talk was thoroughly delightful. I think he's helping keep _why's spirit…
RT @6thgrade4ever: the main thing with ebola is dont touch the vomit. i know some of you are wanting to touch the vomit, but that's-- you g…
RT @vektrasays: It is with much excitement we announce the availability of Vektra Alpha 1! http://t.co/pyZroXeDw5
Asher, age 3, asked where I got my @vektrasays t-shirt from. I told him @evanphx, and he said "Oh," as if that totally explained everything.
RT @baruco: Today we have a travel across ActiveRecord internals, 20k Leagues Under ActiveRecord, by our friend @pat_shaughnessy http://t.c…
RT @NewAmericanPdx: We're in! We have occupied our new space on N Killingsworth and have started turning it into New American. See you in…
RT @baruco: The long wait is over (come on, it hasn’t been so long) thanks to the hard work from @elcocutw. Enjoy the highlights https://t.…
RT @superdealloc: Finally stopped fearing and put up the very first version of Journalist client up.Check it out at https://t.co/GMXm5ItX…
RT @ThePracticalDev: 20,000 Leagues Under ActiveRecordhttp://t.co/CquAJeXppOA kickass in depth look at a key piece of the Rails magic.
The tenacity of the human race should not be underestimated. If you don't believe me, watch a three year old who doesn't want to go to bed.
Are Ruby 2.2 and Rails 3.2 compatible? If so, I'm seeing an issue https://t.co/SEOAoCFnPR. Report to Rails or Ruby? cc @tenderlove @_zzak
Ruby quiz! Can you get this method to raise?def fail?(wait) begin t0 = Time.now ensure raise "O_o" if t0.nil? endend
RT @OhNoSheTwitnt: Wait, is it International Talk Like A Pirate Day or Talk Like An International Pirate Day? That makes a difference.
RT @hone02: Please join me in testing Ruby 2.2.0-preview1 before the December release of 2.2.0. It's super easy on Heroku: https://t.co/iXf…
RT @superdealloc: Just pushed v0.0.1 of Journalist into http://t.co/sVVLpIi2NoAlso set up an org at http://t.co/Rl7gyhEohm
RT @rubyconf: Another day, another exciting announcement! Check out our amazing lineup of RubyConf 2014 speakers here: http://t.co/2aaNXspt…
Just understood why square brackets require spaces inside them in bash. Thanks @rentalcustard #baruco
"It's pure and clear but there's a problem. No one wants to write code like that." @tomstuart #baruco
RT @pat_shaughnessy: Another great shoutout at #baruco - this time @jasonrclark recommended we all watch @jamesgolick’s talk on debugging h…
Slides for my #baruco talk "Spelunking in Ruby" are up at http://t.co/WgcocUg5ex. Thanks all for listening!
"Why should it be 5x slower for code that's uglier?" @sferik on how optimized Ruby is often cleaner #baruco
RT @beanieboi: super awesome #lightningtalk on how to draw sketch notes by @malweene #baruco http://t.co/UiXNY0KWj9
Great talk from @eljojo about building an emulator in Ruby, doing hard things and getting your programming passion back. #baruco
RT @PragTob: Yesterday I met fellow #shoeser and #rubyfriend @jasonrclark personally at the beach. Awesome - need to meet more people IRL :)
Finally met #rubyfriend @PragTob on the beach today in Barcelona. I should meet all my internet friends IRL on the Mediterranean coast.
Awesome workshop doing C extensions with @superdealloc. Mixing that up with tracepoints for some native+Ruby fun.
Dude was rocking an aggressively amplified pan flute and ukelele on the Metro in Barcelona. Felt like home, minus banjo and a crazy beard.
One of my favorite people @sandimetz, is writing a new book, '99 Bottles of OOP'! You should get on the beta for that http://t.co/l6JJ5B0t0F
"44:22 Yea, for thy sake I have suffered the loss of referential transparency" http://t.co/o2E68HC9NE <snort/>
Vision restored without any nerd tape (sorry to disappoint). My eyes are already happier than were ten minutes ago. http://t.co/NtgU08uwvt
Links from my Spelunking at Ruby talk @pdxruby are available at http://t.co/nJ2epayDzp. Thanks all for listening!
RT @confooca: #ConFoo on February 18-20. The call for papers is now open. Submit and rate proposals. http://t.co/ucuYhQC903
I'm in a pickle. Putting a lid on these canning puns has a nice ring to it, but I'd like to somehow preserve the fun.
RT @amyhoy: ha!! earned a retweet RT @ruby_make_happy: @amyhoy I don't think it will support multi-threading. http://t.co/hKKkkpbslp
@carol10cents Went to https://t.co/1PkikgqzUE from there and got cert expiration warning. Thought I'd pass it on.
Cool, @cascadiaruby talk with my daughter got linked from #rubyweekly. Thanks @peterc! http://t.co/aFnSvi7Sgx
RT @keeprubyweird: Jonan Scheffler (@1337807) with Ruby Monsters Go Bump In The Night http://t.co/5d4Oyzsws0 #afraid #notagotalk
RT @sarahmei: Five more days to put in a talk for @rubyconf...please do, I'd love to see you in San Diego. http://t.co/R94aLuAiEa
"Prefer logging as if someone who has not seen the code will be reading the logs." http://t.co/rXpq5rHfo1
RT @RubySlovenia: Very interesting talk from @cascadiaruby: Teaching my 6 Year Old Ruby http://t.co/ZXAgQbHeXh
RT @confreaks: New Video! @cascadiaruby -How Not to Be Lonely: An Extrovert's Guide to Working Alone by @_jnf http://t.co/ejrmlJkeda
RT @confreaks: New Video! @cascadiaruby -Creating a Chat App in 15 Minutes with Angelo by @hone02, @kenichi_pdx http://t.co/Db8TWegGPU
RT @confreaks: New Video! @cascadiaruby -"Good luck with that": Tag Teaming Civic Data by @lizmrush , @SomanyHs http://t.co/c6rxSSIpW1
Hurray, video for my talk with my daughter @cascadiaruby is up on @confreaks! http://t.co/20FtHp2bMu Cue the cuteness at 20 minute mark.
RT @confreaks: New Video @cascadiaruby -Programming in the Small - Teaching my 5 Year Old Ruby by @jasonrclark http://t.co/zBUS45I8vI
RT @confreaks: New Video! @cascadiaruby -N design patterns you might actually use (where N is < 10) by @thagomizer_rb http://t.co/QuwY0QsTqI
RT @confreaks: New Video! @cascadiaruby -Speed up Rails, Speed up Your Code by @tenderlove http://t.co/mTQIZDrHHf
What awesome JRuby/JVM tools (esp. debugging) do you wish more people knew about? cc @headius @PragTob @tom_enebo
RT @confreaks: New Video #cascadiaruby2014 @cascadiaruby -The Science of Success, by @davystevenson http://t.co/O6eYu6d9v4 via @confreaks
RT @confreaks: New Video! #cascadiaruby2014 @cascadiaruby -Be Awesome By Being Boring, by @djspinmonkey http://t.co/tU6MvZM619
RT @swindsor: Slides from my lighting talk “The Birthday Problem”. http://t.co/TJz5mrDPbA#cascadiaruby
RT @listrophy: "How to Cook a Turkey," presented by @kerrizor at #CascadiaRuby http://t.co/zlIOjjgant
RT @mjkirk: Hey @cascadiaruby #CascadiaRuby here's the slides to my lightning talk about Thoughtful ML http://t.co/We7YfZsNhn
RT @geeksam: "Don't code when you're hangry!" -@lizmrush and @SomanyHs #CascadiaRuby #StillLearningThisMyself
RT @djspinmonkey: Totally awesome talk from @lizmrush and @SomanyHs combining civic hacking, geodata, and the experience of new developers.…
Loving hearing all the nitty-gritty of building a data on civic data from @SomanyHs and @lizmrush. Awesome!
RT @cherimarie: THIS IS THE FINEST APP I HAVE EVER SEEN. Awesome talk from @jasonrclark & Cora about writing code with kids. http://t.co/tN…
RT @scottefein: This might be the most adorable presentation ever. #CascadiaRuby @jasonrclark http://t.co/Gd9cEqAnJ7
My daughter and I are co-presenting on programming with kids at 10:15 (PDT)! Live stream https://t.co/9IYp1BJb1b #CascadiaRuby
RT @TheDoubleclicks: Tonight at our show @cascadiaruby I got to wear a cape!!! (photo cred: @AGuyNamedBettse) http://t.co/OlnMxhWRGf
. @TheDoubleclicks + The Ruby cape == Awesome! http://t.co/qFdDn8mmSW to get your own. http://t.co/KewXZZfk8C
So much hard earned experience shows through in @StarrHorne's entertaining talk on Postgres performance in Rails. #CascadiaRuby
"Your brain lies to you, and then lies to you about having lied." @geeksam on cognitive shortcuts at #CascadiaRuby.
RT @kylerippey: Hey @cascadiaruby attendees, don't forget to come by Ground Kontrol at 8pm tonight for drinks and games sponsored by @avvo!…
RT @guidoism: A living room with a 3-year-old is an excellent source of entropy for cryptography. Just need to figure out how to tap it.
RT @TimKrajcar: Added the #HerokuButton to @newrelic's Ruby kata - it's now 237% easier to learn to troubleshoot Rails w/ New Relic. https:…
Coraline's first practice run for our @cascadiaruby presentation today @newrelic. I've never live-demoed code I wrote, but my daughter has!
Ever wondered what Shoes was about? @PragTob has an excellent conference talk about the project at http://t.co/Lpfnag6eA4. Check it out!
RT @cascadiaruby: Today's the last day to register for #CascadiaRuby! Sales close at 11:59pm PDT tonight. Don't miss out! http://t.co/d8w…
RT @qrush: Wrote a deep response to @npmjs' "Legal Stuff" and CoC: https://t.co/1LSOXzEdIP Would appreciate a read.
RT @bryanstearns: Just used "Highlanderize" as a verb meaning "make something a singleton" #therecanonlybeone
RT @1337807: The @cascadiaruby party will also be featuring our favorite Cascadia band @TheDoubleclicks! Big thank you to our band sponsor …
RT @schneems: [Serious] Is there any sane resource for the massive hash inside of Rack that is `env`? List of keys and meaning? Anything?
Happy birthday @PragTob (just in time I think with time zones and all). Look forward to meeting in person in Barcelona!
Cora, 6 @littlebigburger "Want to hear a song in burger words? 'EVERYTHING IS BURGER. EVERYTHING IS COOL WHEN YOU'RE PART OF THE BURGER!'"
RT @Horse_iOS: Here at Apple, we believe in spreading three things: great products, beautifully filmed shorts about people using apps, and …
RT @thelamkin: We @newrelic are looking for awesome women to speak at #FS14 who do a lot of work with data. Suggestions? http://t.co/5cqi9m…
RT @rubyconf: Wanna speak at RubyConf? Here's your chance... our CFP is now open! You have till Aug 31 to submit your proposal(s). http://t…
Portland welcomed me home from STP with flashes of lightning, an electric tang in the air, and a light drizzle across the finish line.
Day 1 of STP complete. 7 hr wall clock, 100.5 miles at 17.37 mph average. Now for shower, food and rest! http://t.co/WxgTxhGaj5
Remember, when a non-cyclist tells you a route is "pretty flat" that translates directly to a 1350ft elevation gain.
Seattle #rubyfriends! My family and I will be coming through Friday 7/11. Catch dinner maybe? @kerrizor @cherimarie @tenderlove @drbrain
RT @iamdevloper: 1. Load up Google Maps iOS app2. Find an area you want cached offline3. Type in "ok maps"4. Love Google a little bit…
RT @newrelic: Our #Ruby Agent now automatically instruments Rack middlewares for a more accurate look at your performance http://t.co/vgbBh…
RT @cascadiaruby: Today's the last day for early bird tickets to #CascadiaRuby You've got until midnight tonight! http://t.co/kkSk6BHiqw
RT @kerrizor: Big time #huzzah to the organizers and volunteers of #osb14 - a great conference that I'll be back to again!
Slides from my #osb14 talk "Extending Gems - Patterns and Anti-Patterns of Pluggable Gems" are up at https://t.co/ujOieSTOPq
"Hire a senior dev and they'll just start spitting out money the first day, right?" @shawnacscott #osb14
RT @PDXCodeSchool: We're still @osbridge, and today alum/assistant director @shawnacscott gives The Case for Junior Developers at 2:30, roo…
RT @ponypandaturtle: The volunteers at #OSBridge today rocked it, smooth sailing all day! Thanks!!! #osb14 #osb2014
Great session from @jewlofthelotus at #osb14 on giving better support. Treat users like you'd like to be treated!
RT @newrelic: Did you miss @jasonrclark's talk on avoiding flaky tests at #osb14? Fear not! Slides are here: https://t.co/2bENnByn4x
First day riding after a bike tune-up, so smooth and sweet. If you're in Portland definitely check out @AbrahamFixes for excellent service!
RT @spkane: Instrumenting Minecraft: Fun and Games with New Relic Insights http://t.co/PJeq675J8Y via @newrelic -- #minecraft CC: @MojangT…
RT @osbridge: Got some free time next week? Volunteer and see some awesome talks for free! http://t.co/rbV7Og3sH3 http://t.co/3ZZrHmOw1i
RT @extraface: I'm a full stack developer. When I say full stack I mean full stack of Pringles. And when I say developer I mean someone who…
RT @cascadiaruby: .@jasonrclark will be joining us with "Programming in the Small - Teaching my 5 Year Old Ruby"http://t.co/TfRGnOQvNN
RT @BikePortland: Front Page: New Relic's palacial in-office bike parking is Portland's answer to the Google bus http://t.co/OfNyVQpSnv
Great #rubylunch. After the cubic foot of fries, I now need a #rubynap. @davidcelis @bryanstearns @zenhob @mperham
Just used Ruby's ConditionVariable in actual practice for the first time. Thanks @EmStolfo for the refresher on it at #scotruby!
RT @railsconf: Hooray! Great job, @confreaks! MT @confreaks: #railsconf all videos are now available from RailsConf 2014 at http://t.co/F1Q…
Coraline: "Dada, I really like bugs. You know what else I like? Math. We should make a program with bugs and math." 😍
RT @PragTob: Still sad how many people see @jruby and think "Java! Enterprise! AbstractFactory! Maven! No not for me..." It's a totally dif…
RT @searls: PSA: no matter how e-famous maintainers of a popular OSS project, when you rag on their work without offering help it really bu…
RT @confreaks: New Video! #railsconf @railsconf - Building kick-ass internal education programs... by @vosechu http://t.co/0mZPGfKn5O
RT @confreaks: New Video! #railsconf @railsconf - How to be a Better Junior Developer by @kwugirl http://t.co/xKLM12jp4n
RT @SimpsonsQOTD: "But surely you can't put a price on your family's lives!""I wouldn't have thought so either, but here we are." http://t…
RT @confreaks: New Video! #railsconf @railsconf - Make an Event of It by @jasonrclark http://t.co/T4KopEhw5B
RT @juliancheal: You should come to @baruco! Not just because the conference will be awesome, but also because the site looks amazing http:…
RT @baruco: Have you seen our new heroes' @eljojo @juliancheal @jasonrclark @itchyankles @sferik & @chastell shiny new looks? http://t.co/O…
RT @pfriedma: If it looks like a tautology, and it quacks like a tautology, then it looks and quacks like a tautology.
RT @cascadiaruby: Don't forget to submit a proposal! You've got just 36 hours left. http://t.co/Xe1cdA5lcV
RT @confreaks: @rbonales #rbonales. - The Future of Computer Vision: How Two Rubyists Are Changing the World @1337807 @tenderlove http://t.…
Thanks to all who made my wife Amber so welcome at #scotruby. Such a great time! @EmStolfo @indirect @_SamG @adambird @kerrizor @mattwynne
RT @NimbusPub: The word "slang" is actually slang for "shortened language." SLANG IS SLANG FOR SLANG. #mindblown
Slides from my lightning talk "Get Your Shoes (Back) On!" are up at https://t.co/mZlB4eIzh6 @shoooesrb #scotruby
RT @confreaks: New Video! @rbonales #rbonales. - Homebrewing, Simple as Ruby @jasonclark http://t.co/UL02cz0mya
RT @PragTob: So it really happened now... @shoooesrb 4 pre1 release: http://t.co/NgGcXS7Ix3 Try it out, have fun and please report issues!
Blair Athol and Edradour distilleries in Pitlochry... Awesome morning for a scotch drinker. cc/ @_SamG
RT @osbridge: We’re super excited to announce the 2014 @osbridge lineup and schedule: http://t.co/fM9so5aM9J — http://t.co/AhFCkgmTbA
That feeling when a milestone issue list goes empty! @shoooesrb @PragTob @wasnotrice http://t.co/So49BGtrGO
Leaving the country in a day. Now would be a great time to ___. If you answered pick up and plant spare rhubarb from friends you're a Clark!
Excited by GC visibility Ruby core added in 2.1, we added a Ruby VM feature to @newrelic's Ruby agent. Check it out! http://t.co/hu9F817tBt
Leaving the country in less than a week, so tonight's a good night to _____. If you said can chicken stock, you belong in our household.
"Memory climbed... confirming my hypothesis that a Rails version is worth approximately 7 floppy disks." @1337807 http://t.co/o8oMmzzaiE
RT @tenderlove: For every retweet of this tweet, this tweet will have been retweeted! #saveretweets #thoughtleaderintraining #social #media
Coraline flexing her spelling and love of noodles: "Can we go out for F-U?" Long pause from us. "You know, pho."
RT @newrelic: What do ponies have to do with #Rails version benchmarking? @1337807 tells us in a tour through our Ruby VM stats http://t.co…
Also, if anyone's interested in acquiring a handmade Ruby (or otherwise branded) cape, ping me on twitter! #railsconf #capes #sparkling
RT @darinrs: Embrace your inner support hero: Ask @jasonrclark from @newrelic @railsconf how to get your own handmade cape! http://t.co/Pzu…
RT @Bcroke: http://t.co/DPZyJd7IbI Aug 1-3 is a weekend hack for good at George Mason University - go save the bees or make something aweso…
RT @garybernhardt: The video of "The Birth & Death of JavaScript", a history from 1995 until 2035, is up. So many hours of my life! https:/…
RT @GeePawHill: always use "val" instead of "value", because the vowels are the part of programming that takes the most time.
RT @searls: When teams are stressing over a project's budget, scope, or deadline, then they're not stressing over how to build something gr…
RT @cascadiaruby: Cascadia Ruby is back for 2014! August 11 & 12 in Portland, OR. CFP & registration are now open - go get 'em! http://t.co…
RT @inemation: Current state of ruby on rails community.//cc @adman65 @avdi @andrzejkrzywda @_solnic_ http://t.co/1WUJS6c7Yy
Cramming 5 lb of shredded ginger into a carboy at 11pm on Friday to start a batch of homemade ginger schnapps. As one does.
Brave girl is brave... Here come adventure scars! cc @davystevenson @1337807 @ReinH @davidcelis @will_j http://t.co/DxENDLAcub
RT @Pinboard: RFC6520 amended to read: “A HeartbeatResponse message SHOULD NOT completely and untraceably expose arbitrary memory contents …
RT @sarahmei: What Your Conference Proposal is Missing: http://t.co/In5viZunEp (hint: not more detail)
RT @osbridge: Procrastinators rejoice! We've extended the #osb14 call for proposals through April 11! http://t.co/YfWQrsEpmn
Achievement Unlocked: Not realizing the big party Amber's been planning for tomorrow is actually at our house until just now.
RT @eanakashima: The best heuristic I've found for telling jr devs from sr ones is whether they're sad or happy when you delete their code …
RT @railsconf: RailsConfers, wanna know exactly where you'll be during any given hour from 4/22-25? Our final schedule is live now! http://…
RT @bundlerio: Bundler 1.6 is out! Resolver completely rewritten by @Who828 and now 100x more awesome. Go get it. `gem install bundler`.
RT @lowellkitchen: When you make a web page in Frontpage 5.0 and miss a closing HTML tag, things get epic http://t.co/FwQL1jgJnf #webdesign
Happy hour and games with #rubyfriends, then a quiet nighttime bike ride across the city. Awesome evening.
RT @davystevenson: This is what happens when @ReinH tweets about happy hour. 🍸 http://t.co/gc3gmI1JRO
Getting a bit of @shoooesrb work in before the weekend closes. Feels good to make a bit of progress again after a couple busy months.
RT @jeremyckahn: Conference speakers aren't the community elite, they're just people who build stuff and like to talk about it. Anyone can …
RT @mscottford: What’s the operator precedence for “and” in English statements, because this body wash might have baby hair in it. http://t…
RT @ryanbigg: People will retweet anything ending in a question that can only be answered in the affirmative, right?
RT @sweetlew: A historic day for @newrelic as we launch Insights and create a new category: Software Analytics. http://t.co/ZAY2PKXOFj
RT @hallublin: Ready to have your mind blown? Cold Butternut Squash Soup is just BABY FOOD, YOU FOOLS
Asher doing his best @steveklabnik impression. Don't have the heart to tell him about #shavedsteve. http://t.co/ukkZ8RKf38
RT @sweetlew: Awesome new AJAX monitoring from @newrelic. The team continues to build awesome software! http://t.co/zcNSXyAGz4
RT @railsconf: Hooray! Our close-to-final RailsConf 2014 program is live: http://t.co/DsJ6Q3FJGS Congrats to our fantastic slate of speaker…
Kid on the bus talked my ear off about MtG. How did he spot me? Do the cards have chemical markers or something? cc/ @1337807 @tenderlove
RT @davidcelis: For my #RoA4 friends: an Atom package to do Squint Tests on your code! Thanks to @sandimetz for the inspiration. https://t.…
Learned Magic the Gathering from @AllieBrosh tonight. After so many years I finally understand the game!
RT @ryanbigg: Contribute to any Ruby codebase you find a problem with. Including documentation. Don’t know how? Ask! We’re nice people. #ro…
RT @davystevenson: 'If you are having a hard time writing tests for your API, your customers will have a hard time using it as well' - @drb…
Awesome details on making good commits for history and maintenance from @drbrain aka "Dr. Brian" #roa4
Only gave away half my beer! Won't be dispensing at the venue tomorrow, but hit me up if you missed out. Ruby Red and Baby Porter! #roa4
RT @nathancarnes: If anyone at #ROA4 is interested in homebrewing and wants a nerdier book, may I recommend Designing Great Beers?cc @jas…
Dinner plans @rbonales? @1337807 @davystevenson @halorgium @amerine @drbrain @steveklabnik @ag_dubs @blowmage @kerrizor
Listening to @edenthecat about mobile web at #confoo. Great stuff about the motivations and hurdles in that space.
So today it proved as adept at construction as I am at computers. Hahaha, just kidding. But I didn't lose any fingers to the Skillsaw.🔨🔨💥
RT @j3: If you want to honor @jimweirich, treat everyone like they're your best friend, smart, and fascinating. That's how he lived.
Who checks the licenses on the license checking gem? The license checking gem, that's who. #licenseception
Moving homebrew to secondary, reading a book on keeping chickens. Glad I don't own a unicycle or my hipster quotient would spike too high.
Most days biking: "Is my tire flat? Nope just weak legs." Today in the rain: "Sure is tough riding today." Flat. 🚲💨😫
RT @embedded_geek: “Q: How to generate a random string? A: Put a fresh student in front of vi and tell him to quit.”
Cora wanted to point at the screen while doing @hacketyhack. She said, "I shouldn't use my finger," and picked up a pencil. Proud #nerddad 💖
RT @wilkieii: stateless.js concurrent.rb backward-compatible.py native.java modern.f95 practical.c unmanaged.cs secure.php portable.asm rea…
RT @rbonales: Joining us for the first time: @ag_dubs will be here talking about teach and learn Ruby https://t.co/D1oeMK2oTy 👊🌟⚡️
RT @rbonales: We’re happy to announce that @davystevenson will be here this year. You don’t want to miss her amazing talk https://t.co/MXM4…
RT @rbonales: We think you’ll like this talk: @ReinH will be here talking about math https://t.co/KZORTKpUaCTrust us, you don’t want to m…
RT @rozap_: girlfriend got this and then i started an argument about how she should have gotten emacs and now I'm single http://t.co/8T3rXb…
RT @rbonales: You don’t want to miss @jasonrclark this year. https://t.co/A40cNFkJi0 What would an @rbonales be like without a homebrewing …
RT @rbonales: We couldn’t be happier to have @drbrain speaking to everyone this year. https://t.co/mH6omfwByM
RT @rbonales: One of our most talked about speakers @1337807 will be on stage with @tenderlove showing us all some awesome stuff https://t.…
RT @pdxruby: The amazing @sandimetz will be in town and speaking at @newrelic on 2/24! https://t.co/sJ6xqKPE2C
Did you know that Timeout::Error derived from Interrupt in 1.8.7 but in 1.9.x+ is a StandardError instead? I didn't until just now…
First doc patch in on Ruby trunk. Wahoo! Thanks to @avdi for his excellent screencast showing how straightforward the process was!
RT @holman: Everything I’ve learned about slide design and public speaking, all in one place: http://t.co/9alsoDi3LW
First day back on the bike since before the holiday madness. Definitely feeling those missed weeks. 🚲😬
Awesome morning of talks at #codemash! @shoooesrb from @_zzak and JavaScript in 2035 by @garybernhardt... So much fun.
Slides for my talk "Make an Event of It!" are up at https://t.co/GnBsusaIdO. Thanks all who attended! #codemash
AV testing for my @codemash presentation successful. No wrestling with resolutions at the last minute for me!
Probably behind the times, but mobile boarding passes make air travel so much nicer. Less clutter == awesome.
Moved a bin under diaper changing table and a dried out piece of cornbread hit the floor. Can't remember when last had cornbread. #parenting
I rarely put anything in my coffee, but I'll make an exception for my sister-in-law's homemade Irish cream. ☕️💥
Parenting win: bribing children to good behavior on loooong road trip with promise of salmon and asparagus for dinner.
Exciting to see @wasnotrice and @PragTob making tracks on shoes issues. Just wish I was at a keyboard myself instead of a phone!
Current status: retrieving files from a hard drive plugged into one computer for power and another for data. http://t.co/wmCccPfr9u
Teaching nephew @hacketyhack, he complained that the keyboard was in the wrong order since it wasn't alphabetical. Future Dvorak user?
RT @PragTob: So one night of sleep and I wake up to ~32 @shoooesrb notifications. Great work @wasnotrice + @jasonrclark :-) http://t.co/Eoq…
RT @PragTob: In other news @travisci has run over 1000 builds for @shoooesrb 4 alone many of them on 3 JDKs. #rubythankful
RT @arunagw: If you are using ruby 2.1 and having some issues with gem installation. Upgrade to bundler 1.5.1 seems solve those. https://t.…
RT @jakeboxer: ruby on rails, hardcore mode:class ActiveRecord::Base def method_missing(name, *args, &block) self.class.destroy_all…
Got a slew of duplicate photos and movies on my Mac that I'd like to clean up (poor Air's running out of space). Any recommended apps?
5yo Coraline's 1st ballet tonight (Nutcracker). For dinner she wanted pho, but we proposed going fancier. "Like pizza?" she said.
My wife brought home dirty fries from @lardopdx and didn't eat them all on the way. It must be true love. 😍
Last workday of the year abruptly truncated by trip to children's hospital for Asher's croup. Out now though. Home to rest up.
RT @Loh: Always wanted to travel back in time to try fighting a younger version of yourself? Software development is the career for you!
RT @BeesandBeansPdx: Yay! My @Kiva loan is funded. Thanks to all who helped finance changes that will provide more folks with tasty candy t…
RT @BeesandBeansPdx: Packaging project is 91% funded! Please use this link to contribute to have your $ matched https://t.co/VNPJSWRFw2
RT @stevelosh: App authors: adding an "Install on Quit" button to your update dialog ensures I will be on the latest version of your app 99…
That thing where you clean marker off the wall and now the spot looks weird because it's cleaner than everywhere else. #parenting
RT @brodiewest: To the non sportsing person, this does pretty much sum up sport in a nutshell... http://t.co/0WneBkQMnG
RT @confreaks: New Video! #rubyconf @rubyconf Extending Gems-Patterns and Anti-Patterns of Making Your Gem Pluggable by @jasonrclark http:/…
RT @saturnflyer: woohoo! my @rubyconf presentation was posted http://t.co/JDcwiwwfhk Unleash the Secrets of the Standard Library
RT @confreaks: New Video! #rubyconf @rubyconf - Unleash the Secrets of the Standard Library with SimpleDelegator,.... by Jim Gay http://t.c…
RT @confreaks: New Video! #rubyconf @rubyconf - Arrrr me hearty! Sailing the Seas of DRb in a Shoe by @davystevenson @drbrain @ReinH http:/…
RT @dbrady: #protip Remember, sportsball fans, the rest of the world calls it "sportsfoot". Except Australia. There it's "crikey this ball …
RT @pdxruby: Meeting tomorrow hosted by @newrelic: Hangman, IP, and a fun talk by @davystevenson, @drbrain, and @reinh! http://t.co/wUa6Kk4…
RT @confreaks: New Video! #rubyconf @rubyconf - Harnessing the True Power of Regular Expressions in Ruby by @nellshamrell http://t.co/Pkebk…
RT @confreaks: New Video! #rubyconf @rubyconf - Profiling Ruby: Finding 10x Gains In RSpec and CRuby by @xshay http://t.co/VPafvdyI0n
RT @confreaks: New Video! #cascadiaruby2013 - Ruby as Art; Ruby as Science; Ruby as Craft by @davystevenson http://t.co/waCDvEBZXA
RT @thirstybear: Disabling breaking tests is like disconnecting a car fuel contents gauge to stop it running out of fuel.
RT @SimpsonsQOTD: "The doctor said I wouldn't have so many nosebleeds if I kept my finger outta there." http://t.co/JWtcYfbFV9
RT @khalleth: Now the proud director of "DROP TABLE consultants; Ltd", registered in england and wales.. http://t.co/pQ6513hC9h
Second day in a row wearing the secret alien scarf my lovely wife knitted for me. http://t.co/lpcJs5rIVR
RT @BeesandBeansPdx: Coolness! My @Kiva loan is 32% funded. Please help me continue this momentum by contributing or RT'ing! https://t.co…
RT @holman: We have guests coming over! Quick! Hide everything that makes it look like actual human beings live here!
RT @coreyhaines: Lots of love being left for @erniemiller while he's having an orca-otomy! Help us fill up his board: http://t.co/BluZjsyCU…
RT @jruby: JRuby does not appear to be affected by the latest floating-point parsing exploit in MRI. Carry on! https://t.co/bc9ZrgqpcO
RT @mwrc: MWRC values creativity, ingenuity, and technical excellence. And we want you to speak! CFP now open!http://t.co/puCmJ3JnZq
RT @spastorino: “Please note that ruby 1.8 series or any earlier releases are already obsoleted. There is no plan to release new FIXED vers…
RT @kpk: Keep your code modular.If you're doing css though, you can just stick it at the end of one of the existing files.
RT @jrfernandez: My team at @newrelic is hiring: you'll be responsible for the Ruby code that processes millions of dollars in revenue http…
RT @r00k: It looks like you're trying to create a Module! Are you sure you wouldn't like to try composition?
RT @batterista: "Open source software isn't free like the beer someone buys you, it's like a free puppy your kid brings home." #reinvent
RT @rubyconf: RubyConf Speakers! Assuming you're home and mostly recovered by now: please (re)send your slides to stacey@ninefold.com -- th…
RT @QConSF: Ashley Puls (@newrelic) presents methods and tools for troubleshooting #java performance problems. #qconsf http://t.co/rJnCCjCF…
If there's anything more heartwarming than your daughter running to you, arms wide in the airport, I don't know what it is.
RT @horse_unix: naturally, that will not be a problem since all user-space code diligently checks the return status of every system call
RT @1337807: I've been programming in C for a very long time, maybe before you were born. @yukihiro_matz at #rubyconf
RT @markbates: My slides and code from my #rubyconf talk today, Mangling Ruby with TracePoint. http://t.co/959BaVa9jC https://t.co/5Eq2ezLK…
RT @pat_shaughnessy: Is it "a bug or a feature?" during a great talk by @malafortune #rubyconf http://t.co/KcJ4Z92cdh
RT @1337807: We have a base class, for the only reason we should really have a base class: to model a military base with lasers. @erniemill…
RT @headius: Judging by the attendees at #rubyconf and the apps they're building, I'd say Ruby is *far* from "dying". Don't believe the FUD.
"If you make your diagrams too pretty you might be inclined to keep them too long." @jimweirich #rubyconf
A successful live demo of a distributed shoes app? Nicely done @drbrain @davystevenson @ReinH ! #rubyconf
RT @davystevenson: Attention #rubyconf. Attend my talk tomorrow and receive pirate loot! Thanks @RubyOnSails!
Stunningly great presentation on regexp by @nellshamrell. If you've ever feared the regexp or finite state machines watch this talk!
RT @amaltson: Looking forward to @nellshamrell talk on Regular Expressions! "Stand back, I know regular expressions!" http://t.co/jOQYai1XC…
RT @1337807: Design your gem API first. Write some code that uses your gem and then write the gem. - @EmStolfo #rubyconf
RT @davystevenson: Note that if you haven't installed jruby and shoes4 by tomorrow morning you won't be able to play the game! See prep ins…
And done with my #rubyconf talk! Went swimmingly, despite a failing motherboard fan to start the morning.
RT @1337807: Watching @jasonrclark talk about trompling to a packed room at Rubyconf, standing room only.
Who's got a busted motherboard fan the morning of his #rubyconf presentation? That's right, this guy. Thanks @kobier for saving me!
RT @nickfloyd: Nerd Life Balance Part 1: Performance tuning your life to maximize awesome http://t.co/WDbK0MutII loved giving the talk, thx…
RT @newrelic: Lots of people at the monthly @pdxruby meetup tonight! Thanks everyone for swinging by. http://t.co/k7FdJJv7vZ
RT @samsaffron: Want an official "at_fork" / "after_fork" facility in Ruby? Leave feedback here: http://t.co/9Ax5j99uxq
RT @davetron5000: Are you doing "agile" where I have to argue about story points or are you doing "agile" where I get to ship software?
RT @overgroove: OAuth! It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! 4a, 4b, 5, 6, 7, if 8 is not true go back to 2, skip ahead to 9 iii Section II Addendum 10,…
The warm glow of submitting an issue on the Rails RC and seeing it fixed before the release made it into the wild.
RT @confreaks: New Video! #madruby13 @MadisonRuby - Rapid Game Prototyping with Ruby by @michaelfairley http://t.co/dfGGcI5Cl4
RT @phylorich: One nice thing about git is it gives you all the tools you need to get out of problems you can only get into with git.
RT @emilykberman: This is a man. Carrying a grandfather clock. On his bicycle. http://t.co/6Mj2VM4Gs8
My 5yo daughter is almost as obsessed with frequently saving her work in @hacketyhack as I am when coding. #nerddad
RT @txase: Want JS error reporting in #NewRelic?! Come to #FS13 Hacker Lounge this afternoon! @newrelic
RT @jonathanwallace: "Fix a dev's code, he'll be happy for a day. Teach a dev to fix his own code and he'll be angry that your style’s brok…
RT @jasonlong: There some really original and innovative design work going on in the productivity app space. http://t.co/GOFacgy8Dq
RT @ashedryden: Had a really good night :) I think that was the best conference after party I’ve ever attended. Please ask @cascadiaruby fo…
RT @ashedryden: The Double Clicks have a song with a cat keyboard and another about falling in love with trekkies, so obviously my faves.
The @cascadiaruby party @newrelic was awesome! Props to @1337807 for all the intense planning that went into it.
Amber regarding a snarky on Facebook: "I'm not drunk. I totally would have made that poor decision sober."
RT @andrewtraviss: Having a baby has really driven home how terrible it is when several issues result in the same error message
RT @tmm1: Working on a heap dumper for ruby 2.1 to simplify memory debugging: https://t.co/6OyEHsfo4v
RT @jthurman42: .@cxhansen and I are at #velocityconf NY! Come see our talk at 4:15 on using @Raspberry_Pi to inform your workspace. http:/…
RT @newrelic: Introducing X-Ray Sessions for our #Ruby customers. Learn more as we x-ray the x-rays: http://t.co/2Y6cw6FOum
RT @codemash: In case you were interested:SESSION LIST IS LIVE!http://t.co/Za6eB3qRaHThank you thank you thank you to all who submitt…
@drbrain @davystevenson D'oh, wrong link. Meant https://t.co/OJc6ORhnQF. FWIW, stepping back one commit to https://t.co/MgNjs5mIQp looks ok.
RT @amjithr: It took me a while to get this done but I'm happy I did it. Security Banners in NewRelic. http://t.co/1tetbxQ8AH
RT @PragmaticAndy: Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as a basis for a system of government is starting to sound bett…
RT @cascadiaruby: Looking forward to seeing @TheDoubleclicks play at our attendee party! Register now for good tunes & great fun: http://t.…
RT @darinrs: X-Ray sessions support ( http://t.co/ewRx92v1Mc ) out today in the @NewRelic Ruby agent 3.6.8: https://t.co/QU2rsr2zMb
Schedule is up for @rubyconf (http://t.co/aczdk4Ax2e). Excited to follow @yukihiro_matz's keynote on the first day!
Found this last night-given to my kids by the fine folks running @mwrc last year. Such great memories! /cc @blowmage http://t.co/Qkv3BEXfip
RT @cascadiaruby: Our party hosts @NewRelic are pulling out all the stops; retro games, hardware hacking, & live music! Don’t miss it: http…
RT @rubyconf: Please RT -- book your room at the Loews TODAY & have your Best Conference Experience! http://t.co/UPv0wmGPzv
Trying to install @rubinius 2.0 with rbenv? Here's my notes on what I ran into and how I got around it. http://t.co/PAHwXiUZHq
RT @ralphbod: 1. Be good at software2. Don't be a jerk3. ...4. ProfitSpoiler: Step 3 is http://t.co/sinkeXTqhR
RT @newrelic: We're sponsoring the Official Attendee Party for @cascadiaruby and @TheDoubleclicks are playing! Come party with us! http://t…
Current status: 1463 tests, 11163 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips ruby -v: @rubinius 2.0.0n280 (2.1.0 278c65d4 2013-10-07 JI)
RT @Geekosystem: Science put a tooth in a blind guy's eye and now he can see again. Because SCIENCE. http://t.co/IBEiDWhXFX
RT @rubyconf: With our Opportunity Scholarships now open & accepting applications, we'd love to have a TON of applicants. Pls RT! http://t.…
RT @tenderlove: I think programmers too often confuse people who complain a lot for people who know what they're talking about.
RT @holman: Instead of merging branches, I rebase. Always. I made one commit in 2007 that I squash all my code into and I've never needed a…
RT @billwscott: "she either has a computer virus, or she made the disastrous decision to run a Java program." https://t.co/MVtordVuns
RT @EWDurbin: oh software, don’t ever change.seriously though. don’t.STOP.SOFTWARE, cut it out!#dependencies
"New Relic... might officially set the golden standard as a bike-friendly business" http://t.co/6KMZO7m2wK
RT @jamesiry: Java 1 was of the 90's. Java 5 generics came from the 70's. Java 8 lambdas come from the 40's. Java 20 will have a steam reg…
RT @kevindente: I don't sufficiently appreciate the MacBook Pro retina display because I mostly work on a Thunderbolt display. #extremefirs…
RT @ReinH: Writing software is so easy after you try the 10 things that don't work and then accidentally stumble on the one thing that does
Proposed a few talks for #confoo. Would appreciate any votes you've got lying around... http://t.co/wDhcaGsB84
RT @listrophy: A little bird tells me that #ConFoo is *really* looking for Ruby submissions. CFP ends today… get on it!!
RT @coates: Never trust a developer who tells you that any of the following are easy: Unicode, dates/times/time zones, threading, DNS, IPv6…
The overnight slow leak on my bike is now officially a full flat. Looks like I know what I'll be doing on my lunch break.
RT @kerrizor: “Talk to the person who wrote the code originally, perhaps there is a reason why they did it that way.” http://t.co/M3c70FGAx6
Excited to be speaking at this year's @rubyconf about making your gems pluggable! http://t.co/CHzEOc2yj1
RT @rubyconf: The rumors are true: our program is live, and now sorted alphabetically (OOH!) for easy browsing: http://t.co/2aaNXspt9J
Just a lazy Monday night canning up tomato sauce and plum jam from right outside our front door. Like you do. http://t.co/d6zvpCEAIQ
RT @irqed: 99 little bugs in the code99 little bugs in the codeTake one down, patch it around117 little bugs in the code
RT @BillB: Our code review tool shows deleted code in red and added code in green. Really, it should be the other way around.
RT @qrush: "It works in RubeGoldberg 2.2 but will not autocompile freeway buttmonkey merge svn commitshare javahunk." http://t.co/AG1CYfWJnW
RT @chrismdp: Try freezing one of your Ruby objects on creation. Then fix all the errors. Your design will probably be way better.
The whole family rode Cora to school this morning--Asher on the trail-a-bike for the first time. Sweet! http://t.co/ZqVx2h41K9
RT @tomdale: Whenever I feel like I have a strong mental model of how git works, I just try to revert a merge commit to bring myself back t…
RT @jdfitzgerald: There are 10 types of ppl in this world. Those who understand binary, those who don't and those who didn't expect this jo…
RT @mishkez: “Dad, how does Santa know if you’ve been bad or good, all the time?” “Backdoored crypto protocols, son.”
RT @darinrs: Starting week off right! @NewRelic Ruby agent release: resque-pool gem support & environment-based configuration: https://t.co…
RT @secretGeek: Rather than using the ThreadStatic attribute, i just give the thread a name composed of a piece of JSON.
Ever duct taped the front of your air conditioner so the two year old stops removing it during nap time? Yeah, me neither.
RT @1337807: I'm coordinating sponsorships for Cascadia Ruby in Portland! http://t.co/dQ8n5ezXV1 Great opportunities for the right sponsors…
RT @amyengineer: If computer programmer textbook authors wrote arithmetic books: http://t.co/wdMTuf8FQh (via @icemarkom) #hilarious
RT @ArtProgramming: "There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works." - Alan Perlis
RT @adarshp: If you experience idempotency, talk to your doctor once.Every time after that is pretty much the same.
Next up, Cora wanted to make a simple adding game. Her name for it? Math-A-Cora! #hacketyhack #nerddad
RT @indirect: suddenly curious why eBay hasn’t bought TicketMaster to merge it with PayPal into the most reviled non-patent-troll company o…
My daughter Coraline (age 5) just wrote her first "Hello world" program thanks to Hackity-Hack! #nerddad cc/ @steveklabnik
RT @jr_carpenter: 500 YEARS OF WEIRD CONDIMENT HISTORY WENT INTO THE HEINZ KETCHUP BOTTLE DESIGN http://t.co/SNLekEi8ZW (via @unmakingthing…
RT @JadeRubick: Great opportunity to join a fantastic team and work on services and Rails @newrelic. Come join a great team! http://t.co/g8…
RT @funkatron: Coding standards aren't for you. They're for everyone else who has to read your crap, including future you.
RT @jimweirich: 1940s: Various "computers" are "programmed" using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to avoid the tabs …
RT @jiterative: Global variables are a code smell. Instead, pass a single mutable hashmap through every function. Name it "monad". Keeps 'e…
RT @bjorn_fb: Join the best analytics artisans in the Northwest and come craft the future of modern software http://t.co/bNSyRIUtwo http://…
RT @steveklabnik: If you use Resque with @newrelic, we'd love your feedback on this issue: http://t.co/2D3C8zR0Bz
RT @jongold: STAGES OF A RAILS APP:1) just messing around - too early to write tests2) ???3) OH GOD THIS APP IS HUGE I WISH I WROTE SOME…
RT @bobuva: Really enjoyed talking production monitoring and @newrelic with @richcampbell and Carl Franklin on DotNetRocks today!
RT @1337807: We're hiring a Ruby Agent Engineer at @newrelic, come metaprogram with me in Portland! We're a fast, small team with fascinati…
RT @gabrielcastro: The New Relic Intergalactic Engineering HQ mapped for your viewing pleasure:https://t.co/nPtr9DSV2J
Why do all these people "confess" they "run popular opinion?" Isn't that a bit egotistical? Oh, hang on....
RT @garybernhardt: This:xs = [ 1, 2,]Not this:xs = [ 1, 2]Future you will thank current you when looking at diffs.
RT @darinrs: Authored a gem that adds metrics into @NewRelic? Help identify changes to keep everything reporting! http://t.co/4H7V3xtpBL /c…
Just asked two-year old to stop making a noise because it was too loud. His solution? Stuck his fingers in his ears and carried on.
RT @aphyr: Equality relations are symmetric, transitive, and reflexive. Delight your users by quietly violating one or more of these invari…
RT @darkhelmetlive: Blasted out a quick blog post on how we worked with @newrelic to fix our bizarre Apdex woes. http://t.co/OKwfEMhB6B
RT @pamelafox: One day I'm going to learn to stop coding apps that deal with timezones. Or I'll take over the world and abolish them, for c…
RT @gnatok: 99 little bugs in the code99 little bugs in the codeTake one down, patch it around117 little bugs in the code
RT @michalbe: "This article is about the actor. For the #JavaScript library, see #jQuery." http://t.co/WAuMDTP5B3
Have you heard about the @newrelic user conference #futurestack? Oct 24-25 in SF. http://t.co/AjVocNK9mZ
Day one riding for Seattle to Portland complete. Fun fact too--finish at exactly 4000 mi on this bike. Sweet! http://t.co/mWMljAowka
RT @berkus: In C++14 you just write auto auto(auto auto) { auto; }The compiler infers the rest from context.
Getting on the freight elevator with my bike a guy asked "You a relic or a monkey?" What an odd world that that question made perfect sense.
RT @headius: @hiro_asari @michaelklishin @tom_enebo The next major JRuby will *definitely* drop 1.8 support, and probably be 2.0 only.
Two days wrestling test suite to use one version of minitest across 7 Ruby versions and 4 versions of Rails. Ready for the extended weekend.
RT @BelindaRunkle: Wanna work on #node at @newrelic? Talk to @othiym23 and @nickniemeir at #nodeconf apply: http://t.co/8OLoYiq8d4
RT @1337807: "Does tilde-wakka have to snug up the the version?" - I wonder what it's like to listen to developers as a non-developer.
RT @tkadlec: One day, it will be revealed that all those "Remember me" checkboxes on login forms are an elaborate, internet-wide prank.
RT @darrencauthon: Reading up on Turbolinks. Like everything with Rails, so long as... ha... you do things the... haha... Rails Way, it wil…
RT @scottgu: If you haven't tried NewRelic with Windows Azure yet you really should - it is super slick: http://t.co/b0fTBNjkL8
RT @erichogberg: @avdi IPA’s are rapidly becoming the “build a blog webapp in 10 minutes using framework <x>” of zymurgy. Craft brewers, b…
Walked into should-be-sleeping children's room and Cora says, "Dada when you come in here I feel like I need a drink." Know the feeling kid.
RT @nivenhuh: The hardest computer science problem to solve is finding enough time to build everything.
RT @Scobleizer: At @Rackspace we are proud to be part of this: Get further visibility into performance tools with New Relic Platform http:/…
RT @darinrs: Use @newrelic Ruby agent in high security mode? Check out latest release with improved exception message handling: https://t.c…
RT @tenderlove: I heard that @github is going to add an embedded music player so that you can stop, collaborate and listen.
RT @avdi: Pleasantly surprised that @jasonrclark's Events talk is about decoupling using events/listeners rather than concurrency :-) #ruby…
RT @PragmaticAndy: JavaScript has a certain beauty to it. Like shiny, clear, broken glass. On a cold toilet seat. In winter.
RT @j3: The best part about flat design becoming a thing is that my rudimentary CSS skills are now cutting edge.
RT @holman: I'll just go ahead and admit it: the NSA has had access to all of the open source code on GitHub for years.
RT @peterc: NASA has been spying on us for ages. They can see all sorts of things out of the windows on the ISS.
RT @GonzoHacker: Protip: When given a whiteboard programming challenge in an interview just write a bunch of random shit and say you did it…
RT @davidlubar: Whoever said you can't fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times probably forget to unfold it each time. I'm up to 6,…
RT @martinfowler: Apple has "Thunderbolt" connector for monitors/disks and "Lightening" for iOS. Will its next connector be "very very frig…
RT @jamesiry: Daughter:"We need a taller house"Me:"Why?"Her:"If we get a T.Rex that jumps on a trampoline"Me:"The rule is dinosaurs tram…
RT @girayozil: Ask a programmer to review 10 lines of code, he'll find 10 issues. Ask him to do 500 lines and he'll say it looks good.
RT @RussellSkaggs: I believe the correct pronunciation of GIF, is "Oops I meant to export as PNG". #GIF #PNG
RT @theharmonyguy: Come on, people - the correct pronunciation of "GIF" depends on whether the sentence is followed by one or two spaces.
RT @confreaks: New Video! #roa2013 - Get Your Ass to 1.9 by @nicbenders http://t.co/kI4bRAnL3L @rbonales
RT @confreaks: New Video! @rbonales - The Fourth 'R' by @davystevenson http://t.co/JPwMD8lp1G via @confreaks #roa2013
RT @posco: Checked exceptions are the TSA of software. So what if there's no evidence we're safer, at least we're inconvenienced.
RT @tomdale: 2073 AD: Earth has entered an ice age. Robots roam the landscape. For the first time, I remember the Markdown image syntax on …
RT @_SamG: The link to the slides from our _New Relic Performance Kata_ #RailsConf talk http://t.co/Ka3xi3yWks cc/ @newrelic
RT @wfarr: Using ruby-build? You likely want to recompile your Ruby versions: https://t.co/MOqqSj4oZh
RT @newrelic: Celebrating #railsconf the right way with A Night In The Ruby Sky! http://t.co/fj2vSxrdoA
RT @confreaks: New Video! @mwrc - DIY::Thread.profile -- Light-Weight Profiling in Pure Ruby by @jasonrclark http://t.co/IiNVPW88AE
RT @confreaks: New Video! @mwrc - Component-based Architectures in Ruby and Rails by @shageman http://t.co/QhsCU8844i
RT @darinrs: We are not entirely sure what will be live streamed next from #railsConf…but will be on the big screens @newrelic! Come join u…
RT @indirect: Oops. I kind of forgot to book a place to stay in Portland on Sunday and Monday night. Anybody have a spare couch or floor I …
RT @confreaks: New Video! @mwrc - Code Smells: Your Refactoring Cheat Codes by @jpignata http://t.co/7xDxnyyl0Q
RT @iamdevloper: Why did the programmer quit his job?He didn't get arrays.Even funnier, is that this joke is multidimensional...like ar…
RT @confreaks: New Video! @mwrc - Escalating complexity: DevOps learnings from Air France 447 by @auxesis http://t.co/8sDsSGQ0dx
RT @unixbigot: The first rule of rewrite club is no that’s the second rule now, and anyway in the next draft they’re called tenets not r ...
RT @sarahmei: My slides, with notes, from yesterday's #mwrc closing session are up! Work, Play, and Code: https://t.co/7CmDvg3qaR
Daughter just correctly identified an ornithomimus fossil at the SLC Natural History Museum. Proud nerd dad is proud.
RT @mwrc: Huge thank you to the speakers sponsors and attendees this year! We love you all! #thankyou #mwrc
RT @patrickmoran: Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki, lands at cloud startup @NewRelic http://t.co/IzR3nVv3jd
RT @tehviking: Standing ovation. Well-deserved, @greggyb. Brave, poignant, important message. Another talk to watch for when it’s posted ...
RT @blowmage: I think @shagerman’s session on component architectures in rails is one of my favorites for splitting monolithic apps. Wel ...
RT @darkhelmetlive: Simple, great way to have a gem inside your app. Must do. #mwrc http://t.co/YFVXP0b92C
RT @sarahmei: Stick around for my talk at the end of the day! It's going to be awesome... #mwrc http://t.co/ni8vA6U8rZ
RT @blowmage: Current status: sitting at the feet of a master. #mwrc/cc @WardCunningham http://t.co/4YcFTIXFgq
RT @blowmage: Hey you! Come watch @WardCunningham speak at #mwrc in 30 minutes!http://t.co/hxpmAZzf7c
RT @siliconforest: Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki, lands at cloud startup New Relic http://t.co/ne0760eyH3
Awesome day at #mwrc cut short by fire alarms. Looking forward to @the_zenspider finishing his excellent troll tomorrow.
RT @courtneynash: Incredulous @cwoodcox: "You don't solder?" Audience member: "It's a hardware problem!" #mwrc
RT @bjorn_fb: Having lunch and watching the @mwrc live stream at the @newrelic office. http://t.co/obHXGxou2P
RT @blowmage: +1 for “Working Effectively with Legacy Code” book recommendation.http://t.co/snWeIvHLq6#mwrc
RT @surfichris: Sending #hugops to the @xmission folks working their rear ends off to get the #mwrc wireless back up and running.
Today's the day I speak at MountainWest Ruby Conf! Live streaming at http://t.co/CeZtzCYkTV and I should be on around 1:30 MST. #mwrc
RT @dbrady: At #mwrc watching @jtimberman make a really good case for devs being on call which is a shame because I am so very very lazy.
RT @DexterTheDragon: What you call "root cause" is simply the place you stop looking any further -- Sidney Dekker #mwrc
RT @blowmage: Another call for blameless postmortems at #mwrc, this time by @themcgruff. This is important you guys.
RT @plightbo: Live in Portland? Involved in Technology? Like Ping Pong? Come to Tech + Pong at @newrelic tonight! http://t.co/HiFN4RXUJF
Slides and video from my lightning talk at #roa3 are up https://t.co/LGUgEd0gMS. Looking forward to the longer talk at MtWest Ruby Conf!
RT @elight: OH: “Let he who is without sin file the first indignant pull request.” /cc @ryanbigg #roa3
RT @brian_pearce: "Metrics are like the rumble strip on a hw. It wakes you up before you hit a wall" - @kerrizor #roa3
RT @gnarg: "Everyone should know how fun it is to make a computer bend to your will" great talk by @davystevenson #roa3
RT @davidcelis: This man is about to undergo self Transcranial direct-current stimulation. He is about to send current through his prefr ...
RT @ryanbigg: "If I was a management consultant I would call it 'thinking outside the box' then you would have to shoot me" - @sarahmei ...
RT @rbonales: If you’re in PDX and you missed out on a ticket, the amazing folks at @newrelic are hosting a live stream http://t.co/hPT ...
RT @amjithr: You know you've chosen the right job when your CEO @sweetlew shows up to support your presentation at #pdxpython. http://t. ...
Caught up to latest on http://t.co/4XtoPTnb. @garybernhardt it's been amazing help in my transition from Windows to Unix. Thanks!
The Ruby Support Hero... Now with 100% more awesome thanks to my talented lovely wife. http://t.co/TYgkysx6
RT @darinrs: We take our support hero roles very seriously…super power capes are required accessories @NewRelic! @jasonrclark http://t.c ...
Three conference proposals submitted. Half a dozen pull requests merged. I believe that is what they call "a day."
RT @phonescooper: Dear @Budweiser: Black Crown amber lager? You will never make good beer. Just stop.
RT @ryanbigg: "Please show us your Gemfile" != "Please show us two lines you think might be relevant from your Gemfile"
RT @harrisimo: This is what happens if you give a cake shop a USB stick containing an image you want to appear on a cake: http://t.co/dX ...
RT @onion2k: On LinkedIn you can only endorse people for things on a predefined list. But it includes "squirrels". Let's all endorse eac ...
RT @davidlohr: A programmer had a problem. He thought to himself, "I know, I'll solve it with threads!". has Now problems. two he
RT @notahat: Figured out why I don't like Ruby 1.9 hash syntax. "a :b" and "a: b" are both syntactically correct, but mean completely di ...
RT @jasonfried: Building stuff is fun. Period. Making something out of nothing is endlessly rewarding.
RT @mwrc: Speaking at MWRC 2013: @jasonrclark on "DIY::Thread.profile -- Light-Weight Profiling in Pure Ruby". http://t.co/vzInE1CU
RT @foliosus: Yay! @newrelic is officially on rails 3! Congrats to @Aughr and @juliangiuca for shipping it! http://t.co/kX1cYQBj
New signage @newrelic in the bike parking area, affectionately dubbed Amsterdam. http://t.co/nj77xLEH
... and my first post for the New Relic blog is up. More thread profiling goodness! http://t.co/dnsWOdeB
My first major feature with @newrelic is available now... Thread profiling for Ruby! https://t.co/aRG478hP
RT @bos31337: Learning Haskell to improve one's Java skills is like working on sushi knife technique to better amputate one's way out of ...
Discovered iOS6 doesn't require the Podcast app--it just installs by default. Delete, restart Music and all is well with my listening world.
RT @Stepto: Yes, dollop is the collective term for noodles. Like a "hindrance" of managers or a "Slow" of Java code.
Asher learned to climb into his highchair using footstool and assumes he'll be fed on arriving. Hungry little dude's done it 6 times today.
Just pickling some giardiniera and canning tomatillo sauce. You know, like is traditional on Black Friday.
If you use git or github, watch this talk. At least two new tricks already fitting into my daily workflow. http://t.co/sYsTWnAX
RT @rsanheim: I'm running for president with my One Point Platform™ (OPP) : End Daylight Savings Time Now! #fb
Join me and nominate New Relic for the Sexiest Enterprise Startup 2012 Crunchie! http://t.co/9geSlfdL #crunchies
RT @simplebits: 89% of parenting is socks and shoes. Where are they. Are they on. Why aren’t they on. Hello.
RT @SarcasticRover: Just invented a thing called "Robovember." Basically, you pretend to be a robot for a month in order to annoy everyone.
RT @siliconflorist: 20% of @Wired's "San Francisco tech companies you wished you worked for" have Portland offices http://t.co/Id5uEt2x
When you leave the rice cooker plugged in instead of the cordless drill charger, there will be consequences.
RT @the_webhamster: The 6 Stages of Debugging: That can't happen. That shouldn't happen. Hmmm, weird. Why does that happen? Oh, I see. H ...
If I have to paste your wiki content into Word to get the formatting straightened out, you're doing it wrong.
RT @DataChomp: "How come you only finished half the flower beds?" 'I think you mean, nice work establishing a good control group'
RT @secretGeek: Windows says "Found new hardware" for two main reasons. Either because you've plugged in new hardware, or because you ha ...
First day in a long time I've brought my rain gear on a commute. Luckily didn't have to use it, but it won't be long now.
RT @jamesiry: I feel bad for you son / I've got 99 problems but a floating point ain't 1.0000000000000009
RT @avdi: That loud kid on the plane? Your chance to be a hero. Show them origami. Put on a sock puppet show. Everyone now loves you, yo ...
RT @mfeathers: Future generations of programmers will read 'The Old New Thing' as a sort of Dante's Inferno.
RT @garybernhardt: What I wanted: a web page. What I got: a Facebook page telling me to download an iPhone app that will render a web pa ...
RT @damienkatz: Beginner: "Threads are hard."Intermediate: "Don't fear multithreading."Expert: "Threads are hard."
So sweet to be hear the laughter of my children again, even if it's the hysterical-time-for-bed-could-turn-to-tears-at-any-moment laughter.
RT @unclebobmartin: I want @brianmarick to continue his terrific Monad series ( http://t.co/Mu4camuu ) RT if you do too.
This code isn't that bad. I've only seen one case of untyped Hashtables nested three deep, bottoming out in an ArrayList.
RT @ftrain: Blogging DOES combine the good parts of being alone, getting yelled at, and sysadminning. On the plus side, people resent you.
Rode the Portland "Gourmet" Century today. http://t.co/IR3AP7pP. Food was above average as promised, but the 4 flats I weren't much fun.
RT @markimbriaco: When we say to decouple your code, we mean from other code and not from reality. Sorry that was confusing.
Rode the Tour de Cure century. Best non-group time by 15 minutes. http://t.co/o2MLALWjThanks to all who donated.
Done with my first Seattle To Portland (two day). Massive fun riding with the guys. http://t.co/kQYz7CXe http://t.co/g2jL8tVe
RT @rjo1970: After functional programming, I realize dependency injection is just currying for masochists.
RT @KurtBusiek: So Twitter sent e-mail to tell me "What's Happening on Twitter." Guys, you're Twitter, If you need to go to e-mail, you' ...
RT @Writepop: "Eighty-seven percent of people think lasers are friggin' awesome." - Pew Pew Pew Research Center
RT @DavidArno: The key to being a good JavaScript programmer is being able to laugh at, and understand the significance of, this image h ...
RT @chrisoverzero: @marcoarment There’s nothing like tight kerning to make a design look dean and modem.
Did the Ride Around Clark County Century yesterday. Up today, trying not to move any muscles while still gardening. http://t.co/OLoKZnqe
RT @jbrains: If project accountants counted unfixed mistakes as liabilities on the balance sheet, would we manage projects differently?
RT @jamesiry: Why is software development estimation so difficult? I'm not sure, but I'll get you an answer in two weeks.
RT @nedbat: Some people, when confronted with a problem, think, "I know, I'll use threads," and then two they hav erpoblesms.
In case anyone's curious about what I did today, here's a great video from Oregon Field Guide a couple years ago. http://t.co/GZSb3VTI
Rode RondePDX, 45+ miles of wicked hills. In other news, my body hates me. http://t.co/IP1gDkLk http://t.co/uKQuV7RS
RT @garybernhardt: Every piece of technology you use came from someone who didn't have enough time to do it right. It's OK.
RT @tenderlove: Why do they call it _Final_ Fantasy? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me like 14 times and, ...
RT @mattmight: Parentheses are like bacon strips -- if you're not sure you have enough, just add another layer.
RT @jeresig: Won't delete my Google Web History. I'm a privacy defeatist: All my personal details are already owned and exploited by maj ...
RT @agentdero: Let's argue about whether Haskell or Clojure is better while somebody else ships products using PHP and duct tape.
RT @JSCarroll: Everyone has a book inside them, which is exactly where I think it should, in most cases, remain.” Christopher Hitchens
RT @AlexiMostrous: If you call your business Apostrophe then you probably shouldn't do this: http://t.co/M8yoKpQE
RT @ID_AA_Carmack: In ASCII, every word you hear, speak, read or write over your entire life would fit on a single DVD.
RT @edwinbrady: Dear every web site, I just copy and paste into the "verify email" box. Please make it go away... Love, Edwin.
Finished the "Worst" Day of the Year ride. Two gnarly hills, but no elbow pain. Hurray! http://t.co/oPol4Mm7
RT @WorstDayRide: The volunteers are arriving and set up is in full swing! We're so excited for today. #WDYR
Elbow contusion one day, registered to ride Seattle to Portland the next. I'm officially one of "those" people I think...
Best ride of 2012 to date. Over the West Hills with my STP pals Matt and Clark, and then home to North Portland in the sunshine.
RT @NeckbeardHacker: Some developers have a problem and think "I'll use JavaScript." Now they have a problem and OBJECT DOESN'T SUPPORT ...
RT @NickJosevski: @codinghorror @secretGeek great now I have to add other people's used GUIDs to my folder http://t.co/oCJLJBHu
RT @lturrentine: 4K of IBM memory found in my grandpa's pole barn, captured in a 692K photo. #mindblown http://t.co/nUGM5ff8
RT @d6: Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use multithreading". Nothhw tpe yawrve o oblems.
RT @KentBeck: Generally speaking, if you don't get into uncomfortable topics in a root cause analysis, you haven't gone far enough
Wow, just a week and a half away from our house, and it's amazing how many things Asher is now getting into. Babyproofing, here we come...
RT @HowardvRooijen: I've decided that I'm going to follow Apple's lead and disappoint people by actually declaring 2012 as 2011S
RT @haacked: Instead of a .gitignore and a .hgignore, wouldn't it be nice to have just a .ignore file?
RT @sween: Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for life. Give an octopus nunchuks, no one's eating fi ...
RT @dabeaz: If I ever write a packaging tool, I'm going to call it "might". Users will type things like "might install", "might build", ...
RT @thegdb: Web programming is the science of coming up with increasingly complicated ways of concatenating strings.
RT @jamesiry: If you think you can solve the password hashing issue by making your users pick better passwords then you're doing it more ...
Who thought seeing the Christmas lights on Peacock Lane from the car would actually satisfy the three year old? #sucker #socold
RT @JorgeO: Dear Every Restaurant Website Ever: The things I care about (in order) are: 1) address, 2) hours, 3) menu, 4) phone. IT'S NO ...
RT @xpaulbettsx: "Some days you get the bear, some days the bear creates an IBear in order to inject it into IForest, which came from IA ...
"Hungarian Notation is the tactical nuclear weapon of source code obfuscation techniques; use it!" http://t.co/wuH91WwB
Apparently Asher only needed the proper motivation to start crawling in earnest. Lucky a decorated Christmas tree seems to cover that...
Breakfast at Fuller's, Powell's, Rudy's, cut Christmas tree, dinner by Olympic Provisions (@oppdx) and Captured by Porches beer. So happy...
Asher cut not one, but two teeth in the past 24 hours. Suddenly a lot of the last week makes better sense.
RT @hipstermermaid: Just finished writing a pilot. Hopefully he answers and explains what those lights on the wings are for.
Just registered for CS 557, Functional Languages. I'm such a nerd based on how excited I am to get back to class.
RT @thedoubleclicks: [Ang] We're trying to name our upcoming album... I really want to call it "Hodor," but I don't think [Aub] will go ...
RT @betsyphd: Have you read my pregnancy memoir, "Things I Have Dropped on the Floor & Struggled To Pick Up"?
RT @FakePewResearch: Enjoyment of cranberry sauce: Watching it slide out of the can: 98%; eating it: 2% #TurkeyStats
RT @DanStapleton: If Netflix had just said "We need this money to bring back Arrested Development," I'd have replied: http://t.co/6lDAzCeR
Rockband (no-fail mode) with the three year-old on drums may not be a high scoring way to play, but it makes for an awesome evening.
RT @FakeNNWMTips: Great novelists do extensive research and draw from years of life experience. But the half hour you spent on Wikipedia ...
RT @OctoberJones: Horse walks into a bar. Barman says; "Why the long face?" Horse says "Stomach cancer" Barman says "Oh Mark, I'm so sor ...
RT @rands: The answer to the question "How many Powerpoint slides do I need to make my point?" is "Why are you using Powerpoint?"
Coraline asked me to tie her sweater around her waist. Bewildered, I did. "The big kids at school do this," she said. Ah, so it begins...
RT @BeesandBeansPdx: Check out the new online store on my website! Many thanks to @jasonrclark for his talent and help. http://t.co/8 ...
RT @qikipedia: Loch Ness is long enough and deep enough to hold the entire human population of the world more than 18 times over
How did I miss looking at my clock at 11:11:11 on 11/11/11? Guess I'll settle for the less satisfying PM version later. #badnerd
RT @jeremydmiller: A developer with restricted rights on his own box. Why don't you just take electricity away from him while you're at it.
RT @jongalloway: Don't tolerate painful deployments. They're an unambiguous warning sign. Fixing your deployment process has to be a top ...
First day with the new-to-me Cannondale fully equipped: new pedals, new rack, new bike computer. Zippy!
After a great afternoon at the children's symphony, Cora said, "I've had enough classical music. How about some Veggie Tales?"
RT @david_harvey: Denis Ritchie: beautifully clear obit in the Guardian nails just why he was so important: http://t.co/Tr1w563l
RT @haacked: See, if you're a late adopter, you don't get so riled up by the Netflix/qwikster thing. I hardly noticed any changes. ;p
RT @kjirs: Today's news: "There's a phone- a PHONE- that shoots 1080p video and has ARTIFICIAL FREAKING INTELLIGENCE! I'm disappointed." ...
RT @michaelkbusch: Truly outrageous that 99% of the cookies are consumed by 1% of the monsters on PBS. #occupysesamestreet
RT @VeryShortStory: After two days of riots, Steve rose from the ashes and returned to work. He waved his hand, the 4S was renamed 5 and ...
Ruhlman is so right--yogurt is easy and delicious at home. We ferment in a cooler but his instructions are great. http://me.lt/1Z4Ce
RT @FakeAPStylebook: Do not be afraid to use exclamation points in your writing. They can sense fear. #GreatestHits
Just did fitting and test ride for road bike I'm using on the Harvest Century next weekend. Wow. Can't wait for Wednesday pickup.
RT @RonJeffries: @mvizdos story estimation not very interesting … we don't believe in it, even though we invented it.
Busting out the Leatherman always makes me feel rugged, capable. I just used mine to make a Camembert sandwich on baguette with fresh greens
Unexpected benefit of downsizing from 64GB iPod to 16GB iPhone--picking a random album now actually turns up music I'd like to listen to.
Amber secretly arranged babysitting, so we're off to @bamboosushi for a belated birthday date. Sweet!
RT @petershankman: WARNING: DON'T CLICK TWEETS offering free clip of new Nickelback album. They link to free clip of new Nickelback album.
Just signed up for the Harvest Century. Not sure if I'll do the full 100 or just 75, but excited for my first long ride! http://me.lt/0V0sW
Trying out various photo apps now that I have an iPhone. Any better option than instagram that post to FB and twitter?
RT @mfeathers: If you're modifying methods more than you're adding or deleting them you're not changing your design, you're wiggling it ...
RT @tapbot_paul: I love how Twitter makes me instantly aware of current events. But it's hell on my attention span and it's also hell on ...
RT @dylanbeattie: The 11 in C++11 refers to the number of legs that have now been nailed onto the dog whilst attempting to build a bette ...
Rode 8 bridge flavor of the Bridge Pedal with Coraline in tow this morning (26 mi). Breakfast for lunch after. All is well with the world.
RT @brainpicker: This is amazing – see the brightly colored transparent abdomens of ants as they eat colored sugar water http://j.mp/qjK5CM
RT @katybeale: Riot Shield as Tea Tray >> RT @SianySianySiany: People making tea for police. I like this photo very much. http://t ...
Team outing to Ground Kontrol, a classic arcade. Area 51, X-Men, and Joust make my inner twelve year-old a happy boy.
I'm rebranding "letting weeds run away with your garden" as "cultivating composting material." Yessir, gonna be a good year for compost.
RT @HipsterMermaid: Asking how to link your Google+ to Facebook is like asking how to link your iPhone to the paper cups and string you ...
Saw George R. R. Martin in Seattle on Friday. Awesome day, packed with friendship, reading, and salami.
RT @tenderlove: "Convenient proxy factory bean superclass for proxy factory beans that create only singletons." http://bit.ly/p2deu1
RT @qikipedia: Neptune was discovered exactly one Neptunian year ago today. A Neptunian year = 164.79 earth years
Just notified that my copy of /A Dance with Dragons/ shipped. Now to finish my catchup so I can read it!
RT @UnicornSyrup: I put my phone in "airplane mode" and threw it up into the air. It just fell and now my screen is cracked.Worst. Tra ...
RT @DataChomp: I can't believe how much I ate for lunch today. Uggg, this must be what enterprise software feels like.
RT @KentBeck: inside every big diff is a crowd of little diffs, trying to figure out how they should line up
Insanity might be expecting different results from repeating the same action, but it seems to be working for this installer.
First bike in this week due to blister from last weekend's hiking trip. Perfect day to get back on the bike.
RT @kevindente: Schrodinger development - lock your dev team in a box, and you don't know if the product is alive or dead until you open ...
Looks like we're in the market for a new TV. Plus side: Elmo is showing up purple, so Cora doesn't mind.
Awesome dinner at Biwa tonight. Korean tartare, chicken livers, natto, gorgeous grilled skewers and udon. Recommended! http://me.lt/9e0EQ
RT @DataChomp: Just saw a stored proc with this: SELECT '<b> </b>','<b></b>','<b></b>'; I want to ...
RT @mfeathers: Someone should make a twitter where you can cc an arbitrary number of people and have arbitrarily long messages.
A spammy email notified me the .com flavor of my .net domain just freed up. Purchased through my usual registrar. Hurray!
RT @jamesiry: Dear internal DSL designers: the point isn't to make your API look like English, the point is to make it likely that my pr ...
RT @marick: "The goal isn’t getting from A to B in the simplest way. The goal is to make the code at B look as simple as possible." http ...
Took off for garden in rain, hoping it might clear. Ten minutes of Veggie Tales and a string cheese later, rain stopped. Hurray!
Coffee in my mug. Baby boy in my arms. Ruby on Rails on my computer. Wife and preschooler still asleep. Life is good.
RT @jamesiry: All this @typesafe media buzz has led to an impressive rise in people being wrong on the Internet.
RT @kevindente: It won't be long before people are saying "dude, go check out the Google home page. It's actually the old logo, not a do ...
Bummed pedometers for this year's walking challenge aren't picking up anything when I ride my bike. I know it's not walking, but still...
RT @stevelosh: Hey web developers, I made you a handy flowchart to help you know when to use target="_blank": http://t.co/gfKZiXt
First day back at work makes realize my assessment how the new baby's sleeping (during my time off) has been mildly, um, optimistic...
RT @spolsky: Dear Google Calendar: Just because I schedule an all-day event, doesn't mean my phone needs to alert me at 11:45 pm the nig ...
Finished re-reading /A Game of Thrones/ the same day George R. R. Martin announces /A Dance with Dragons/ is finally complete. Sweet!
Some favorites... http://bit.ly/haO6TM http://bit.ly/i6eWmp http://bit.ly/efAyXk http://bit.ly/ebuwQX
RT @mynwexperience: Buy these Bees & Beans chocolate bars now and thank me later. http://ow.ly/4BNJt Holy crap these are good...
Drew Worthley mentioned on GeekDad? AWESOME! http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/04/star-wars-songs-get-the-family-singing
Fabulous last night out before baby comes. Dinner at Le Pigeon overlooking kitchen, followed by sour beer @cascadebrewing (for me not mama).
Biked in shorts yesterday for first time this year. This morning with frost on the windows, not so much. Gorgeous ride, though.
Bummed that Cora's got a runny nose so we can't make it to service today. That'll be the last easy one for a while I'm thinking...
RT @anildash: Everyone who's competing with Apple in hardware or software should be using "No need for iTunes" as their lead competitive ...
RT @codinghorror: Thinking about writing a book on parenting. It'll be titled "The Joys of Being a Fath-- AAH STOP BITING ME!"
RT @williampietri: Q:How many Cormac McCarthies does it take to screw in a light bulb? http://goo.gl/7wfCr (via @Dr_Memory)
RT @tenderlove: People keep telling me I should write "functional programs". But my programs all seem to function already. What gives?
Just swapped in PowerShell for good old cmd.exe. Wasn't aware how command-compatible it was, and works fine with Console2.
The Binkie Fairy comes tonight to trade Coraline's binkies for a special treat. She was excited until she realized it meant no more binkies.
Cora's birthday zoo trip was a huge success. Tigers were the word for the day, although scarier in person than she expected.
RT @amandapalmer: radiohead's creep on ukulele never fails to win over a crowd of internet geeks. #ThanksThom
Any nerds have a good command-line FTP on Windows? Mainly looking for recursive mirroring, and on the brink of writing my own Ruby script.
Seeing Cora's face glow as they sang happy birthday to her at Red Robin made it worth eating at Red Robin tonight.
Awkward elevator moment: a gal jams herself into the elevator right at the last then loudly declares "Someone smells nice in here!" Um, ok.
Drew Worthley's /The Ember/ has finally displaced Arcade Fire as the soundtrack-in-my-head-at-every-quiet-moment. http://drewworthley.co.uk/
RT @BeesandBeansPdx: Beyond excited to share this! CHOW Tour Portland: A Chocolate Wonderland @CHOW http://t.co/8wVtH0b
RT @anildash: Seems like Skype and iTunes are battling it out for the RealPlayer Memorial Award for Most Annoying Desktop Client App.
RT @GeorgeBray: Your mobile phone has more computing power than all of NASA in 1969. NASA launched a man to the moon. We launch a bird i ...
RT @drewtoothpaste: Nothing like your kid screaming HEEEEELLLLLPPP in a crowded grocery because she was mad about sitting in the cart. # ...
RT @FakeAPStylebook: Dates should be formated as MM/DD/YY except for the years 1990 through 1992, which should be denoted in "Hammer Tim ...
Commuting for the first time after basic spring tune-up on the bike. Such a nice ride. If only my legs had a quick tune-up option.
Good night sculpting Play-Doh with Cora and hacking up a little Ruby script for backing up my tweets.
Grueling day ended with excellent dinner @bamboosushi and a long leisurely browse @powells while Amber was on ladies' night out.
RT @hipsterhacker: I just got asked if I wanted to design/build a new Rails app for some startup. Had to check my calendar to confirm it ...
Listening to /The Ember/ recently arrived from our friend Drew Worthley. You ought to check this album out. http://drewworthley.co.uk/
Bummed to miss home community tonight, but things just got too crazy in the last two hours to make it. Miss you guys!
RT @steveglista: @rogueales great news! Oregon Homebrew competitions legal again | OregonLive.com http://t.co/m8mWBmf
If you don't think kids can have patience, you've never watched my daughter play MarioKart. Round and round and round and round and round...
Successfully installed new router and got all devices connected in under an hour. How did that happen?
Heading out for babymoon (aka last getaway before kiddo #2 arrives). Yes, we're going to the coast, and yes, we are watching for #tsunami.
RT @KevlinHenney: RT @david_harvey Not quite all the math you'll ever need, but close... http://bit.ly/i3I4V2
Need a new wireless router--our last two have been terrible in different ways. Any nerds out there have recommendations on what to get?
Preparing to risk coffee after dental appointment this morning. Here's to not scorching my poor numb tongue more than necessary.
RT @mfeathers: [brilliant] RT @bos31337: Gonna start a slow-cook pork restaurant, call it guthub, and have people send in pull requests.
Dry pavement and hints of blue overhead now make me wish I'd braved the slushy rain and biked this morning.
What's cooler than getting a valentine from your almost-three-year-old daughter? Getting a _robot_ valentine from said daughter!
Today's brewing tanked by burner malfunction. Fortunately, we drown our sorrows in homebrewed Oaky Bourbon Stout, RyePA and Mario Kart.
Extremely nerdy, but utterly hilarious: http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html
Coworker returning from visit home to China brought back duck candy. DUCK CANDY. Why don't we have this type of thing around here?
RT @drewtoothpaste: Accidentally bought homeopathic strawberry jam at the store. NO STRAWBERRIES IN IT
RT @ferretthimself: A woman tells her programmer husband: "Get me a quart of milk? And if they have eggs, get a dozen." He comes back wi ...
In Windows file dialogs Alt+Up Arrow goes up a directory. How have I never known this? Bye, bye ..+Enter.
Just devoured a delicious burger from @LucysOriginal. Green chile, grilled onion and a fried egg, oh my.
Transliterating last assignment from Scheme into Haskell, while honey garlic chicken and potatoes bakes in the oven. Double tasty!
Bike ride to the store with the toddler all swaddled up on the back. Beautiful way to enjoy the winter sunshine. Now for some cocoa.
That was a damp bike ride in this morning. Wish someone hadn't raided my secret dry sock stash and forgotten to replenish it.
RT @OdeToCode: I want an int. No, wait - I want a double. NO! Wait! I REALLY WANT A DECIMAL! http://twitpic.com/3pngbh #wtf #code
RT @mfeathers: I've been fixated on Haskell for a while. Nothing else seems to have its mix of "clean" and "challenging."
...and Cora just figured out how to unlock the iPod. Sigh. Sometimes the kid's aptitude with electronics is a little too much.
Amber and Cora each threw up--twice--overnight. Working from home and tending the sick while hoping I don't catch it myself.
RT @davidbro: computer programming is moments of triumph surrounded by hours of the computer telling you you're an idiot
This morning I discovered the lower bound temperature on cycling without gloves. Yikes, they still sting! Bought gloves on the way to class.
First burgers from @LucysOriginal. Bistro and So-Cal. So moist and delicious. Think I've found my new favorite eatin' place.
Paint.net asking to update on close instead of open is awesome. Always annoyed waiting on updates starting an app. I just want to use it.
Sufjan's Avalanche is the best b-side/outtake album I've ever heard. More like another whole album than extras slapped together.
Grades posted. Finally I can stop compulsively refreshing the PSU website. All is well with the world.
Debugging a BSOD with WinDbg. Always makes me feel like a real geek spelunking in kernel dumps. In other news, it's always the hard drive.
RT @codinghorror: hey guys, just a heads up: the seventh sign of the apocalypse is nigh http://goo.gl/BMTGL
Taking day off to study for theory of computation final tonight. Mind abuzz with Turing machines, pumping lemmas, and lambda calculus.
RT @martinfowler: Had a good chat with @rnjn on why teams lose faith in functional tests. Happily he blogged his thoughts: http://goo.gl ...
Grandparents took Cora for the morning, I reviewed Turing machines for final, and Amber went to get pampered. Perfect Saturday.
RT @haacked: Funny. IPhone "corrects" my use of "lambda" to "lambada". That's the forbidden calculus!
My secret cache of dry socks at the bottom of my biking bags is one of the smartest things I've done in a long time.
Y-combinators and lambda calculus is making a pretzel out of my brain. Not sure if it's crispy or buttery soft yet...
Just used Mercurial's natural branchiness to push a small unit test fix while keeping a raft of work committed locally. Worked like a charm.
RT @BadAstronomer: This is my 14,998th tweet. That may sound like a lot, but in base 14998 it's only 10.
RT @hugs: Philosophically, I love that my kids question authority. As a more practical matter, however, Son, PICK UP YOUR TOYS ALREADY!
Theory of Computation assignment with (gasp!) programming instead of just math. Just the excuse I've needed to get to know Haskell.
RT @jongalloway: #TroubleshootingSteps Unix: sudo | Windows: Run as admin | Mac: Buy a new one | HTML: Wrap in a DIV | IE9: Press Alt+8 ...
Working remotely on two servers at once really makes me wish for a third monitor. Excessive? I don't think so.
Putting garden to bed for season, rain started immediately. Fifteen minutes later, though, weather mutated into the perfect fall afternoon.
Understanding the lifetime of your objects is important, especially the ones that you don't instantiate yourself.
Scary morning--side gate mysteriously open and greyhounds loose before we knew it. Thankfully found and all home now, but talk about stress!
Oh and did I mention that my fabulous wife installed a new router for us today? Geek husband is proud.
Toddler Mashup: The harmonious addition of electronic toy music to whatever it was you really wanted to listen to.
Pumpkin Patch (with Cow Train) followed by midterm studying (with DFA, NFA, context free languages and the pumping lemma). Fun all around.
RT @verbicide: Annie Bethancourt is the winner of the Judges' Choice Award for Verbicide Unsigned 2010. Read her interview here! http:// ...
First ride in a week after bike went in for tuneup. Pros: Smooth ride, no ticking gears. Cons: Huff, puff, puff, huff
RT @kevindente: All I want for xmas is a "reload all" option in VS2010 when the projects change underneath it (eg a src control fetch)
Just found up/down, Enter, Ctrl+Enter works navigating Google Instant Search's results. How did I not notice that before?
My poor bike is in the shop again--screws worked their way out of the back rack, and I don't have replacements. Time for a tuneup anyway.
RT @georgesduverger: “How many hipsters does it take to change a light bulb?” “It's a really obscure number, you probably haven't heard ...
Why must ER trips always happen at 3 in the morning? At least Amber's migraine has settled, and I managed a few hours of sleep.
For those who missed Amber's little announcement on Facebook: http://aclarkfam.blogspot.com/2010/10/coming-next-april.html
Don't read weather reports, but I did notice number of bikes at work is good predictor for afternoon conditions. Should be a nice ride home.
Reading up on nondeterministic finite automata and taking my daughter to the park--what an excellent morning.
How to Pronounce Oregon: http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2010/9/23/how-to-pronounce-oregon.html
Commence daddy-daughter weekend. Pedometer for the walking challenge at work should record some great numbers as I chase Cora for two days.
I am growing increasingly concerned about the specter of Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almond induced hypertension.
Biked in successfully on newly non-flattened tire. Also inaugural ride for my new biking computer. My nerd-number-driven side is very happy.
Looking out the window now is making me even more disappointed my bike had a flat this morning, forcing me to drive.
First rainy bike commute. Moist but successful thanks to birthday gift (jacket) from my sister-in-law. Thanks Sarah!
Evidence I've been listening to too much Pandora lately: the need to resist looking for a thumbs up button on my iPod.
RT @lazycoder: 9 versions of IE and you still can't run them side by side. Why does the IE team hate web developers?
Dry aged meat sounds way more sophisticated on a menu than it looks when in the process of actually aging.
Bought rain gear days ago but haven't been able to try it out. You're welcome Portland for those two dry hours per day I've guaranteed you.
First successful commute with bike clips. Unrelated tip: always unclip side with crazy-heavy bike bucket first or, um, things get tippy.
Heading to Moonset, a cabin on the coast near Florence where we started out honeymoon more than 8 years ago. So ready for the getaway.
Childhood memory came up while riding home. We used to nickname our bikes. Mine was Green Laser, because lasers are AWESOME.
Third concert in a row we've been to in the rain (Vampire Weekend). Good show but maybe the next venue we'll choose something indoor.
Extra four miles on bike commute by forgetting critical item at home. Halfway, realized left another not-so-critical-but-annoying item too.
Great weekend at lake with home community. Finally waterskied successfully, fast tubing with Cale, worn out napping with Cora.
Dinner with friends, cooling gallons of unctuous pork stock, and rendering two quarts of leaf lard. Just a normal evening with the Clarks.
Tonight helped butcher a pig. Something satisfying and fundamental about preparing meat for months of good eating. Coppa and bacon == yum.
I don't understand people who ride with earbuds. The city's murmur and roar, birds chriping, the wind in my ears are a big part of the fun.
Um no :) RT @MultCoLib: Dudes: Shave your beards. http://bit.ly/aXsPyv It's National Men's Grooming Day! Annually, the 3rd Friday of August.
RT @scalzi: When iTunes tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to install it, I think Apple's taken its snob level a bit too far.
Updated to iOS 4.0.2 and now I have no bars. Ok, I admit, it's an iPod and never had bars before, but I felt left out of the upgrade rage.
Forgot thermal mug at home after camping. Now I'm going to have to chug my coffee before it gets too cool this morning.
Ready for camping at the coast this weekend, but got Mercurial to keep me entertained at work until then.
Watching final episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Excellent series. Will be sad to not have more of them.
Wrestling the classpath in Java. For all my kvetching about assembly reference madness in .Net/VS, this is worse.
U-pick peaches from Sauvie Island. There was a price break at 50 lb. so, um, our car pretty much smells like heaven.
Dinner (and lefto lunch) at Chiang Mai @ Hawthorne and 32nd. Delicious kao sou and roti. You should check it out if you like Thai food.
Listening to some old Sarah McLachlan (pre-"Surfacing") and enjoying it more than just for nostalgia sake.
My computer is failing in strange, frequent and annoying ways. Only saving grace of multiple reboots is the iPod, so I'm not totally bored.
Surprisingly enjoyable afternoon weeding and tearing out blackberries. Plenty of breaks to play with Cora and read makes all the difference.
If your chicken doesn't taste like anything (or like everything) you need to get some better chicken my friend.
RT @mezay: No warning or advanced detour signs for people about lower deck of steel closed @BikePortland http://twitpic.com/29gnyt
When touching up a paint job, if you're tempted to reach for the roller since it will be faster, just admit it--you need another full coat.
Second day in a row reading Bill Collins poems while doused with sunshine in the backyard. Does life get any more perfect?
Finished re-reading "American Splendor" in honor of Mr. Pekar. If you think comics are only superheroes and kids' stuff, read this book.
Perfect summer evening in backyard aka Grampy's Playground, where Cora is having all the fun a toddler possibly can.
Great weekend camping at Fish Creek near Mt Hood. Now safe up in Montana, sitting on the porch in the sunshine, looking forward to the week.
Up a ladder, hands sticky with cherry juice, warm sunlight diffuse through the bright green leaves and I'm thinking about unit testing. Hmm.
RT @ohanniebeth: i want to tell these mosquitoes to suck it, but i'm afraid they'd take that as an encouragement instead of an epithet.
Gorgeous evening with home community at the park. And then the bugs showed up. And then they bit Amber 17 times *on one leg*
RT @ohanniebeth: just a photo of me with my girls @sarahmclachlan and @sherylcrow. no biggie :) http://bit.ly/c3XTK6
First ever bike commute to work. Unexpected side-effect--great scents passing Widmer Brewing, St. Honore (bakery), and Slabtown BBQ (ribs)
Morning bike ride to St. Johns, breakfast at a good old diner/thrift store, farmers market and an afternoon organizing the shed. Perfect.
Clicked wrong icon because VS2010's purple icon is eerily similar to Eclipse in my QuickLaunch bar. Hmmm...
Dropped Kryptonite lock, point down on sandaled foot. Left a mark and growing soreness. Knew biking might hurt, but unexpected angle there.
Perfect weekend camping at Oregon coast: 70 degrees, followed by uncomfortably strong wind, and rain the next morning.
A single wrong setting now has me redoing a day and a half worth of install processes. Ah, the sweet smell of blazing a trail.
Gardened kid free (thanks @kristencourter). New potatoes, chard, and strawberries fresh for dinner. First family bikeride = awesome evening.
First ride on new bike (Amber's as mine isn't here yet) with Coraline tonight. The verdict? "Mo ride dada."
Bought first Bees & Beans bars in the wild @LilRedBikeCafe. Packaging looks as awesome as the candy will taste!
Ready to commence long weekend with Cora shipped out to the grandparents. Fun filled time for everyone!
RT @jasonjwwilliams: There are only two hard problems in Comp Sci: 1. Cache invalidation 2. Naming things 3. Off-by-one errors. (via @sp ...
Saw a truck with Grim Reaper saying "Your Next." Somehow the fact that Death can't manage proper grammar is comforting.
Realized @amandapalmer show tonight that our toddler daughter Coraline learned to say elephant from @evelynevelyn clip seen on the computer.
Cora's earned some big girl Elmo pjs pottytraining. Then I got something in my eye. Wind must have kicked up. Or pollen. Yeah pollen.
RT @jeresig: The Venn diagram for elegant JavaScript code and cross-browser DOM scripting is two different circles.
Retrieving a pot from the kitchen cabinet, a piece of an Elmo puzzle fell out. Hmm, wonder whose been playing around in there.
RT @unclebobmartin: No matter who. No matter what. No matter when. Short term. Long term. Any term. Writing good code is ALWAYS faster t ...
Decades old popcorn popper from Amber's grandfather popped its last tonight with a puff of acrid smoke. It served us well and saltily. RIP.
When was the last time I laughed out loud at jokes about programming languages? Oh yeah, right now. http://bit.ly/1mAs2
When ice cream came at restaurant tonight, Cora belted out repeated verses of HAP BIRDAY COWA and asked for party hat. Ah to be two again.
RT @mfeathers: I'm trying to imagine something scarier than regexml: http://bit.ly/cu7ULq How about an XML encoding for Perl?
Smell of wet sawdust at the park gave me flashbacks to cleaning guinea pig cages as a kid. Ah nostalgia.
RT @kevindente: Oh how I dream of the day I can walk through the house without the fear of crunching a Cheerio under my foot. #parenting
What's it means that I'm excited for Sesame Street Live today? Can't wait to see Coraline's expression... oh yeah, and Grover. He rocks.
RT @qikipedia: A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled - SIR BARNETT COCKS
Oh yeah, and if you haven't checked out http://beesandbeans.com/ you owe yourself. Salted caramel nom nom nom...
Things to love about gardening: warm sun, Cora digging happily, peaceful quiet. Still no fan of dirty hands, but that's what gloves are for.
Couldn't remember if I had my second coffee this morning. How's that for a question that practically answers itself.
Just back from an excellent morning watching @shanselman on .Net 4 and ASP.Net MVC. Cool new stuff coming down the pipe with VS2010.
RT @RogueAles: Rogue's famous Smoke Ale won a Silver Medal at World Beer Cup in Chicago on Saturday. Congrats to John Maier for making ...
Cutting concrete pacers for front porch was more fun than expected. Not fun mind you, but not as bad as I had feared.
Amber's fancy new rice cooker plays "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" at start up. What, no custom ring tone support? Talk about disappointing!
RT @codinghorror: the Alanis song "Ironic" contains no actual irony.. but what if the SONG ITSELF is meant to be ironic? THINK ABOUT IT, ...
RT @mfeathers: I submit that e. e. cummings was the first obfuscated C programmer: http://bit.ly/ZNKyK
For any Buckman Home Community folks, tonight's at the Clark's instead of Nash and Kora's. Directions on Sunago or contact me if you need.
Heading out for a evening excursion to Uwajimaya. Sushi + fuzzy logic rice cooker for Amber's birthday = awesome!
Carving up ham for Easter potluck tonight. Such a delight working with knives recently sharpened (thanks Dad!)
RT @BadAstronomer: Installing HP software on my Mac. It's a lot like self-trepanation, with similar results.
Cora's 2nd b-day party a huge success. Salami (at Cora's request... "nami!"), fishing game for prizes, ice cream, and BALLOONS!
Happy birthday sweet Coraline! Two years old, how did that happen so fast? You brighten every day with your smile, laughter, and curiosity.
How is the iPod such an intuitive UI, but it relies on iTunes which is clunky, slow, with frequent warnings and perplexing hidden options?
RT @dhh: "Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro Mobile" -- it reads like a joke, but it's actually the name of an iPhone app. Kid you not.
RT @kevindente: The thing that freaks me out the most when using a Mac is not knowing the keyboard shortcuts.
Just saw myself in mirror with freshly trimmed beard for first time since this morning. Amazing what a difference an inch of hair makes.
I hate screens you can't fastforward on DVDs. Bad enough knowing they modified Elmo in Grouchland's original format. Must they rub it in?
Home taking care of sick wife and no-longer-so-sick daughter. Guess which one doesn't want to take a nap.
Toddler Moment. Cora, one leg out of bathtub: All done. Me: You all done? Coraline: No. <back into bath with a splash> <repeat 10 times>
RT @testobsessed: Cost of manual regression testing far more than just cost of manual effort. Delayed feedback + increased risk = high p ...
Just learned that Alt+double-click brings up Properties window by default. How did I not know that one?
Two yards doesn't sound like much in 2D. Upgrade it to 3D, add a shovel, and suddenly it seems a lot bigger.
Any recommendations for good Wordpress theme sites? Seeing plenty of options, but lots 'o cruft in there.
Working from home, and suddenly laptop doesn't see any wireless networks. Sigh. Card table and CAT-5 cable back near the router...
Found a default shortcut key in Eclipse that actually matched VS. Almost sprayed coffee on the screen in surprise.
Today's brewing involved a partial mash, which means we get to sparge the grain. The best part--saying "sparging."
Brew day! RyePA, bottling habanero Amber, and moving baby porter to secondary. Gonna be a fun, full day.
Finally upgraded to Pandora One. They should send a thank you note to my loud cube neighbor who tipped the balance.
Last three dinners: ramen, udon, sashimi tonight @bamboosushi. Sounds like I need to line up teriyaki, yakisoba and tempura for the weekend.
Watching airplane videos with Coraline on YouTube. The look of absolute wonder on her face is so fun to see.
RT @KentBeck: programming is much easier after a night's sleep, especially if you were doing something incredibly stupid the night before
RT @codinghorror: I'm pretty sure the person who coined the phrase "slept like a baby" never actually had a baby.
Good times with the Rodecaps in Virginia. Hoping no more snow drops before we fly out Tuesday! Almost didn't get here on time to begin with.
After two hours on phone confirmed SW expects us to reach Baltimore tomorrow despite weather. Hope airport's better than their phone system.
Heading out to Powells to get kids books for upcoming trip. Really, only books for Coraline. I promise.
Working with a third-party library, Java's checked exceptions are killing me. All my interfaces look crufty and ugly.
Hawthorn: 1, Me: 1. A draw, but who isn't in the ground anymore?Neither of us, that's who! Hrmph... that sounded less awkward in my head.
Heading down to Corvallis for the day. But first, breakfast at the Little Red Bike Cafe. So. Yum. http://bit.ly/aXrQ5v
In that lucious spot of choosing next book. "Spook Country" by William Gibson, "JPod" by Douglas Coupland, or "Enduring Love" by Ian McEwan?
Is it wrong to gulp down a cup worth of pot-liquor from a tasty batch of green? If so, I don't want to be right.
It's amazing how Eclipse defies my every instinct about shortcut keys. Go to line = Ctrl+G? Nope, Ctrl+L suckers!
A fairly fast moving train blocks your path to work. The alternate way adds 10 minutes to your commute. Do you turn or wait? What do you do?
Apparently kiwis grow here in Oregon. Who knew? But they take 5-6 years to bear, so that's right out for now. Next house maybe?
Heading for breakfast at Lady Bug Cafe in St. Johns, then bottling and brewing beer. http://bit.ly/9pKB2S
Just finished _The Crossing_ by Cormac McCarthy. What a heart-wrenching, powerful novel. I so have a writer-crush on that guy.
The problem with using MP3 player on last trip wasn't the car adapter, it's the MP3 player. My old MUVO^2's days seem numbered. Sniff sniff.
After three days, much blood, sweat and configuration got the new system running. Take that space coyote!
Dentist appointment today. Smell of ground tooth, taste of rubber, half my mouth numb... Strangely more pleasant than today's work.
Preparing to install a whole other development environment on my local box. Cross your fingers folks.
Leftover ribs tasted smokier than they were at original meal. Did someone swap my fridge with a cold smoker? Hmm, now there's an idea...
In the midst of moving our massive brier rose in the front yard. Digging it out is about as much fun as it sounds like it would be.
Fantastic dinner @bamboosushi introducing our friend Drew to the cuisine. And Amber actually ate sashimi... what's the world coming to!
Scent of fried breakfast in the air, hot coffee on the way, a good book in hand. Mornings don't get any better.
Kenny and Zukes, then Powells. We should have friends visit more often so we can "show them the sights" of Portland.
Picked up friend from the train station, now working at home. Confirmed that my personal laptop's wide keyboard has now utterly spoiled me.
Anyone got suggestions for a good place to rent bikes in Portland? Yeah, we don't own bikes. Are we still allowed to live here?
Fixed cousin's laptop with monitor disabled in settings. Ran screen reader, navigated device manager by keys, re-enabled driver, all better.
Plumbing == Time Travel. It's just that instead of taking you back in time, it fast-forwards you to the end of whatever day you start it in.
RT @amberdclark: Cora just saw a picture of Hugh Jackman on the computer screen. What does she do? Points and says "Daddy!" Of course!!
48 empty bottles gathered after WebMD First Thursday. Reuse > recycle. One step closer to accommodating latest batches in secondary.
Caring for dogs and toddler this morning, I forgot to pack lunch--only breakfast in the bag. Oh tater tot casserole, how I miss thee!
Junk mail filter is freaking out, flagging half my messages. It's like I've got two inboxes to check... joy.
Finishing salt question: is Fleur de Sel or Turkish Black Pyramid more appropriate for tater tot casserole?
My wife found a web page to convert text to binary, and sent me IM's of pure 1's and 0's. I think I'm in love.
Whenever I finish reading non-fiction, I'm starved for story. No amount of engaging facts can replace the joy of soaking in good narrative.
Hard drive seems to have been the machine-killing component. Oops. Searching for options before resigning myself to re-ripping 100's of CDs.
Heading to the pool to get Cora some water time. This afternoon will finally retrieve files off dead computer's hard-drive <fingers crossed>
Hanging with the fam in Corvallis, trying new laptop for the first time as, you know, a portable computer without 6 USB devices plugged in.
Tracking a Heisenleak in our kitchen--the leaks stops when we're watching for it, then makes a lake of the countertop when we're away.
Lunchtime demo from the Benson Polytechnic High School Robotics Club. When is Cora old enough to join? She'd love it... and I could help!
A toddler moment: Last night as I got into bed, I shifted my pillow over. Underneath it was a sippy cup I'd been searching for.
Heading to @RogueAles to peruse the Garage Sale and pick up a growler. Don't need more beer, but can always use extra bottles for brewing.
Quiet day in the office with most folks out. Makes me realize how much easier it is to code in relative quiet.
Saw Avatar this afternoon--awesome. Way more fun than cutting my finger less than an hour before showtime. Thankfully no stitches for once.
Gave Coraline a shortened Swiffer found in the utility room. I think she liked it better than all the Christmas gifts we gave her yesterday.
Enjoying last Christmas where Coraline is unaware of what's going on and simply surprised and happy whenever these presents keep showing up.
Watching Coraline, I'm not sure if there's anything more magical in this world than a helium filled balloon.
Super fun afternoon with Coraline: trip to sopping wet park, hide-and-seek with blankets, building and destroying robots with jumbo "legos."
"...Google has a single code repository, which is completely open to all of the 10000 developers" http://tinyurl.com/yb7lhds
Disabling a button won't emit it's click handlers? What? Why doesn't it just, I don't know, disable the button and leave it at that?
Gave Coraline a teeny tiny dab of my habanero salsa. Felt like a bad dad until she came back for more. Now she won't leave me alone.
Would my coworkers still leave loose change by my candy-bowl if they knew I use it all to buy Cheez-Its from the vending machine?
New laptop acquired--shiny new HP Pavilion with 17" screen, quad core and best of all no smell of burned electronics!
Computer squealed horridly and died with burned smell. So... shopping for a new laptop. Any non-Mac suggestions (not ready to jump yet)?
Eating leftover ribs at my desk from Slabtown Ribs & BBQ (http://tinyurl.com/ya9utpq). I fear for my keyboard's cleanliness.
Does it make me a geek that I get a warm glow from leaving Google Reader with 256 items in it? Oh, right, it does.
Ants found the gingerbread house. Looked like a miniature scene from a sci-fi/horror pic. "Oh no, the giant ants are coming. Hide!"
"Write whatever it is you want and stop thinking about approaches or limitations or or or... Just *write* it." http://tinyurl.com/yzctqxc
I hear Coraline grunting, turn around to see her bending over to pick up every last Cheerio she spilled. That's my girl!
Sitting on porch overlooking Bangkok, checking email briefly before heading out for beach-time in Phuket. Enough internet, time to pack.
Day three after password change. Only typing the old password about half the time. Stupid muscle memory...
Today's naptime special--Coraline squalling, find her stripped, poo everywhere, diaper MIA. Where was it? She'd put it in the diaper pail!
My wife loves me. She just reordered two books from my childhood we found a mouse had taken a liking too. Sadness averted!
If in Portland your answer for getting somewhere quick is "Just hop on Burnside," you're doing it wrong.
Home to watch Coraline while Amber has an appointment. Will get some work done while kiddo finishes nap... we'll see how long that lasts.
Listening to Amber reading "The Monster at the End of this Book, Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover." Truly a modern classic.
1.5 weeks to Thailand means one thing around the Clark house--time to switch the bedrooms around! What, that isn't how you'd get ready?
Bookshelves consolidated, dusted and rearranged. My inner book nerd is happy with what updated placement says of my shifting reading tastes.
Coraline has learned the joy of spinning around in circles while singing. Just waiting for her to fall over from the dizzies...
First day working this week (from home). Stuffy head still, keeping to basic clean up tasks while trying to get back on top of things.
Sure it's been said before, but Elmo is baby crack. First in a long line of "thing I won't understand why my daughter likes," I expect.
When I nap away the whole afternoon and don't feel like the time is wasted, that's when I know I'm still sick.
3AM ER visit for croupy Cora, followed by morning trying vainly to reclaim sleep while sharing bed with the plague child. So... tired...
Just finished Zoe's Tale by @scalzi. What an excellent series--perfect return to sci-fi after my non-genre summer reading.
This one's for my friend Nate--just played "Panic Attack" by Dream Theater in Rock Band 2's Impossible Drum Challenge. Man my arms are sore.
It's very satisfying writing that first test around an old, crufty piece of code you hope to replace.
Sesame Street vintage videos + computer in living room = tons o' fun. http://www.sesamestreet.org/onair/history/videos
Early service plans foiled by "helpful" alarm that updates for DST... on the wrong day since the schedule changed. Gotta throw that out.
It's disconcerting when one pane of an app sees a file is changed but another one refuses to. Doubly so when it's your version control. Eek!
Just installed new DVD drive and wireless card in computer that's moving out of the room with the cable modem. Success!
Blowing insulation lives up to its name. In-laws who come to help you out, on the other hand, are awesome!
Successful new batch of yogurt. Last ended up 1/2 yogurt, 1/2 curdled. In other news, curdled milk tastes as bad as you'd think.
Brew day is well underway! Already bottled half the batch of red, brewed the winter spiced ale yesterday, and plotting the habanero amber.
Let the brewing night commence! Um, after we get stuff from the store... and more propane... and dinner...
I know I've said it before, but I love deleting code. -5KB total on the check-in, but everything works right, better even. Bliss.
Early morning drop off for Ams and Cora at the airport, watching sunrise out the cube window at work.
New month, back on Pandora. Yes, I'm that cheap I didn't fork over 99 cents for the rest of September, when it ran out.
Merging code that got postponed into the new release. Makes me wish for version control with stronger branch/merge support.
Last day before trip to South Dakota to see Nate, Amy and Matthias. Hard to find completable work, but hate to leave things over vacation.
Forced reboot for update and 30 minutes later I'm back working. Hurray for not letting folks schedule their updates at convenient times.
Cora this afternoon: first unattended climb up changing table, first escape from Pack n' Play, and first busted dish.
Long day wrestling with complicated code. Once I managed to simplify it, several tough to trace bugs vanished. Simplicity is the way.
Finished up outline after read-through of the novel rough draft. Lots to do, but lots of ideas bubbling up too. Rewrite here we come!
"Cora, would you like some chicken?" Cora goes "buk-buk-buk" making pecking motions with her hand like the chickens who startled her before.
Company picnic this afternoon. Chance to spend quality time with coworkers since I don't see much of them.
Fixing persnickety CSS issues has a certain satisfaction... like getting a plugged drain to finally work.
Back from the most relaxing weekend in memory. Reading, sushi, watched Up, video games... but mostly spending time with my favorite person.
RT @RogueAles: Garage Sale going on right now, through Monday! Great deals on all of your favorite stuff... http://bit.ly/18B7Lq
We're working here on CST. Not Central Standard Time, Coraline Sleepy Time (or not as the case may be).
Revising based on review comments. Two sets of eyes ARE better than one. Two eyes are also better than one (barring cool pirate eye-patches)
Home for dinner and then to the Rogue Pub on 14th and Flanders for my birthday beer. Join us if you want!
Cleaning up broken bits before moving on with new stuff. This is what happens when your QA gets to work two hours before you... :)
Guess who just learned to slide open the door to the back porch? If you guessed Amber or me, please deduct 10 points from your score.
What flavor are the pretzel bits my wife got me? "Double baked butter." It's almost like she knows me or something.
Dropped big yogurt container this morning. Most impressive mess in quite a while. Bet we'll be finding splotches of yogurt weeks from now.
Getting close to time for release celebration at WebMD, complete with movie, beer and food at the Mission Theater. Rock on!
Picking up a story from coworker who's gone to vacation in Hawaii. Wish that was the other way around.
Bit the side of my tongue this afternoon and it's still ragingly sore. Think I might have bruised it or something. Oww.
Brewed a red ale with Andrew, let wife get a nap, now time for dinner. What an excellent lazy Sunday.
First successful record cut. The Peter Pan Chorus Sings Songs From Sesame Street, a timeless classic.
Recording old children's records for Coraline off new turntable. USB hook-up sounded crummy, but good old line-in's working like a charm.
Using meebo for the first time instead of Pidgin. Refreshing to have my IM app not steal focus while I'm busy typing somewhere else.
Heading out to unexpected lunch with Amber and Coraline. Well, I expected lunch, just not with my two favorite people.
Removed the battery on the MP3 player, put it back in and we're back in action. Finally opened USB cable for phone though as backup plan.
How did I not know about Google Reader's shortcut keys for moving between folders before? So many wasted mouse movements.
It's not just breakfast for dinner. It's CEREAL for dinner. Makes me feel sorry for what everyone else is eating tonight.
What an awesome day with Travis and Sarah. Dim sum, wander around the Pearl, Jamison Square, Pho Van, garden trip and homebrew. Too sweet.
Waiting for Trav and Sarah to arrive for the day out in Portland. Wondering if crying Coraline needs a nap before we start.
RT @rory_blyth Going camping today. Outside. Not my thing but you find a girl you want to go with and getting bear-killed suddenly seems ok.
Homeward bound and seriously looking forward to weekend with brother and sister-in-law, and cereal-for-dinner night on Sunday with HC!
Here's a funny joke: Why do you pay a plumber $200 an hour? Because it's worth it! Ha! Hang on, what do you mean that's not funny?
Actually looking forward to getting home knowing full well that a postponed garbage disposal fix awaits. Not a top 10 work day I guess.
Peeling labels and cleaning bottles is the most tedious part of brewing, but you can't exactly skip that step.
Surprisingly productive after all-hands meeting this afternoon. Heading out for relaxation and paint scraping. Oh right, only one of those.
Working with a massive number of projects in VS is painful. I know, don't do that, but I don't have a choice for now.
Walked to the garden with Coraline while Amber was crafting. Cora's walking a big part of the distance (~1/2 mile) these days.
Rolling back changes for now. Sigh. Of course it was the fun part to work on that needs to be postponed.
Heading out to help @1967mustangman scrape and paint his house. 'Cause he's just that good of a friend.
Trying out Fitnesse for acceptance testing. Hard to get away from unit testing perspective in how to write the fixture tables.
The air outside already looks sizzling and stagnant. When did Oregon move latitudes, and why wasn't I informed?
The technical term for Coraline after berry picking is "gruba-lubba." Not only are raspberries, delicious, dirt makes a nice chaser too.
Berry picking before the day gets hot. No, this doesn't have anything to do with homemade yogurt. Just move along now, and stop drooling.
Trying to work from home, but RSA token went dead. It's only a revolving multi-digit number, but it might take me a while to log in.
Maker vs. Manager scheduling. Don't always agree with Paul Graham, but this one is spot on. http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
My friend Heather Sharfeddin is reading from her new book Windless Summer tonight at Hillsboro Library 7pm. Be there or be square she says!
Cutting the landline. Within 24-48 hours, will have only the cell phones, internet and carrier pigeon to contact us by.
Told Coraline on the phone that my unit tests broke. She said, "Uh-oh." Told ya she's a programming genius.
Camping with Coraline = fear of fire + dirt + fear of ravine + dirt + dropped food with pine needles + dirt + good times all around.
Impressed with IE8's built-in Developer Tools. Element highlighting, script debugging, style inheritance... like Firebug for IE.
I wouldn't say Transformers 2 was the dumbest movie I've seen, but, um, like... cool, exploding robots!
There's something profound about knowing a community of people care about you and put it into action. Thanks Buckman HC!
Hilarious history of the C family of languages. If you don't know why C++ should be ++C, might not be as funny. http://tinyurl.com/m3wegq
Hardly slept an uninterrupted hour due to sick kid. Reminds me of the "good" old days when she was 6 months old. Now where's my coffee?
Finished up story I've wanted to write for a long time. Now helping poor Cora back to sleep. Sharing the family cold = scared for tonight.
Part of reservations to Thailand completed. Apparently, the return flight will actually go back in time! How cool is that?
Finally done with my small part in subjugating the plant kingdom. Die morning glory! Die blackberries!
I believe Coraline has officially turned the corner into toddlerhood. If that ain't toddling, I don't know what to call it.
Code reviews, spelunking through old database tables, not much actual coding today but I still feel strangely productive.
Amber says Coraline eyed a jar of green olives at Costco today sign hungrily for "more." Any doubt she was our daughter is now obliterated.
Is there anything sweeter than coming home to your daughter and wife waiting with smiles at the door?
Reading "Ballistics" by Bill Collins. Never been much for poetry, but that book has got its teeth in me. Wow.
Coraline has successfully pulled a chair out from the table to scale it and retrieve a glass she wanted. Scary!
Life is good when Google brings up stackoverflow.com first for your programming question. Signal's winning against noise there.
Tried out Pandora last night. Where has that site been all my life? What, it's been there and I've just missed it? <kicks self/>
Dropped Cora with friends to get gelato and walk around Pittock Mansion with Amber. Excellent anniversary, entirely unexpected.
For our seventh anniversary, Amber and I both decided to almost entirely forget about it until yesterday. Um, yeah. Love you so much honey.
Placing holds on a slew of books for the Summer Non-Genre Spectacular (http://tinyurl.com/mmxlqr). Still time to get your votes in!
New budget + summer = return of the buzz cut. Chin and scalp now the same length... it's a race to see which is faster. Go!
Back and Coraline's doing fine. A little grumpy, but doesn't seem uncomfortable. It was QUICK procedure--done almost before we knew it.
Heading into the hospital for Coraline to get tubes in her ears. Poor thing, but hopefully this'll end the persistent ear infections.
FIve steps! Cora keeps up the pace. At this rate of increase, by the end of next month she'll be walking 72+ miles at a time. Go Cora!
Coraline took three steps on her own today, a 50% improvement. She's gonna have to work hard to keep that percentage increase up.
Coraline loves nothing better than throwing things in the bath--shampoo bottles, potty seats, bath mats.
Rough draft of the new novel is finally finished. Now to leave it alone for a good while. These things need to marinate you know.
And the verdict is.... fifth ear infection of the year confirmed. My poor little girl will be getting tubes soon.
Urgent care for suspected ear infection instead of church? On Father's Day? Sure! And Happy Father's Day to all the dads... especially mine!
Just did the impossible--actually accomplished something meaningful with a 3 1/2 inch floppy disk. That's a blast from the past.
Trying to coerce ASP.Net's validators to work right with a screen-reader. Not sure if I'm winning or losing the battle yet.
Huddled around the webcam, I wonder if Cora will look back on this someday like we think about family's around the radio in the early 1900's
Back from fantastic weekend in Newport while Coraline stayed over with the grandparents. Not ready for it to be done.
Cup o' Noodles are only 56% RDA for sodium? Where's the rest of it going to come from? Do I need to get a salt-lick for my desk?
Just finished up a project after several weeks of sporadic nights and weekends. Feels good to have that done.
Beautiful beef roast on the grill, potato salad with lemon, mustard and fresh herbs. Good night for dinner at the Clark's house.
I love using Reflector to delve into weird problems with third-party code. Except when it shows me I can't fix it... grr.
Drilling holes in a half-barrel to use as a planter, the wood chips smelled strongly of red wine, like someone spilled a bottle behind me.
Putting white paint onto an already white ceiling is like coding without tests--it's easy to think you're done, hard to confirm it.
Hunting accommodations for my lovely wife to get away to for a weekend sans Coraline. She sure has earned it!
"That’s because the hard part of programming is the thinking, not the typing." http://tinyurl.com/owu4xa
Setting up new version of our software on my box over lunch. Here's hoping it finishes faster than a can of soup.
Unburied from email after day off, now buried with meetings. Will feel lucky if I get some code reviewed today, let alone written.
Back home via car, plane, train and then foot (beautiful day, so I skipped the last bus leg) House is quiet without Amber and Coraline here.
Heading out for the day to Leavenworth with the Herlings. Amble around, get photos taken, should be fun.
Clumsy fingers today. That's a second time I had to retype trying to unlock my workstation. Time for a long weekend.
Now that Coraline's sleeping better, we get to bed at a more reasonable... hang on, is it really 12:30?
Evening at home with Coraline while Amber gets out of the house with the ladies. What will Cora find to throw on the floor next?
There is a certain satisfaction in fixing many small, individually insignificant issues all in one big batch.
Picklethon 2009 is concluded, with 16 pints and 5 quarts of asparagus + 6.5 pints of pickle garlic. Taste the vinegary love.
Asparagus Picklefest 2009 has been redubbed "Picklethon," and will continue tomorrow. 12 pint jars+6 quarts before running out of dill seed.
What morning isn't improved by a trip to urgent care? Oh right, this one. (Just Coraline's ear again. At least she's still happy)
Unusual amounts of potting soil in tonight's sweepings. Has Coraline taken up an interest in indoor gardening?
Two words--Love Bug: http://tinyurl.com/o76r79 Well, "ve bug" if you're literal, but that misses the point.
Having waited more than a day to update my source code from Vault, I am now paying the price. So slow...
Sitting in the new office chair last night made me realize just how bad our old one had gotten. Hurray for comfort!
Coraline's latest thing--saying tuka-tuka-tuka-tuka, and poking at us like we do when we tickle her. Will the cuteness ever end?
Afternoon of light gardening (due largely to stitched thumb), now home watching Futurama between bouts of putting Coraline to bed.
Coraline slept through and fairly late, off to Kettleman's breakfast and farmer's market. Why don't we have weekends every day?
Forgot wallet this morning, cell phone died on the way in, thumb hurts more than yesterday... I need coffee.
RT @mfeathers Hilarious 'Brief, Incomplete and Mostly Wrong History of Prog. Langs. ' http://bit.ly/28FNh (from @marick)
Fighting a build that wants to grab files from anywhere it can find it. Bad compiler, no AST for you.
Rogue Chipotle ale with burritos made of leftover bean dip for dinner. Hey, it is Cinco de Mayo, right?
Groveling through old code. It's not always as bad as you think, lulling you into a false sense of security.
Working around the two stitches in my right thumb is teaching me how very un-ambidextrous I am. Stupid, stupid left hand.
Left Grandad's 90th birthday party this weekend keeping pressure on my thumb as we headed to urgent care. Not recommended way to get out ...
Coraline fell asleep in the car on the way home, successfully deposited in bed. It's so uncommon that we're both a bit unnerved.
Third night of operation "Put-Coraline-To-Bed-Whether-She's-Asleep-Or-Not" was successful. Hopes unrealistically high for the future.
RT @philtowne: My 6 year old daughter just said to her sibling "you are an app and you are deleted off my ipod." oh boy...
Coraline is entranced by the sound of her bath running. Nothing cooler to her than water... (except maybe Dad, says Mom)
Annoyed that autoarchive wasn't keeping my mailbox small enough for IT. Manually moving old emails and setting more aggressive schedule.
Two days of gardening have left me ultra-sore. So glad I sit on my butt and work with computers for a living.
Plot in the community garden is largely weeded, chapter typed up on the novel, Coraline napping... all in all, a lovely Saturday.
Confirmed earlier today--Coraline has another ear infection. She's okay when the Tylenol is on-board, but I fear for the night.
Had dinner at 5th Quadrant, with an excellent Lompoc Strong Draft and an Italian Grinder. http://www.newoldlompoc.com/5thquadranthome.html
Home with the sick kid. She's happy at the moment, but if yesterday's any model things can change in an instant.
Coraline is getting sick. Afraid what the night will bring. Much crying at the Clark household. Some of it's even the baby...
Best comment of the day--declaring Tuesday 70's retro day based on the shirt I'm wearing. Hmm, didn't think it was that dramatic.
Closing Solution Explorer to force myself into getting used to ReSharper's "Go to file" and "Go to type" functions.
Just said goodbye to in-laws on their way down to the coast. Heading out soon for Corvallis for family birthday festivities!
Heading to the park with my daughter. I hear that swings are the new "in" thing with cool one year olds.
Apparently Cora has learned to climb up Big Bear onto the couch. She's getting rather intrepid about climbing things.
About to install ReSharper upgrade. Fearing for my keybindings (exported and saved thank you very much), but excited otherwise.
Getting ready for early service at Imago so we can get the MASSIVE ham in the oven soon enough for dinner.
Demo of new work went well. Now back to it until the company release celebration this afternoon--rented out the Mission Theater. Free beer!
Bruiser (our greyhound) just decided to pee on the floor. What? How long has it been since that's happened?
@1967mustandman Decanting amber ale to primary buckets. Will be bottling Thai pale beer soon. Success! #brewday
Bacon in a chocolate bar? It's not crazy, it's crazy-good! http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/bacon_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars
Coraline spent most of her evening snack giving me imaginary bits of food. You can't turn down imaginary food from your daughter, you know.
Back at work finally after Friday + Monday off. Allergies are killing me, though. My head feels like it's packed with fuzz.
Is there anything better than Totino's Party Pizzas? Yes, there is, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to eat them.
Happy Ada Lovelace Day to all you techies out there. I'll be teaching Coraline some javascript tonight to celebrate. http://findingada.com/
Coraline has a major ear infection--both sides. Poor thing! Explains the almost utter lack of sleep last night for the whole fam.
Coraline keeps pressing a button on a noisy toy that scares her. Stops pressing it, looks at us cries, then presses it again. Over and over.
My Hot Tamale bowl looks so bereft sitting there empty. Where will I get my quotient of red number 5?
Watching "Le Jetee", the short film of still images that inspired "12 Monkeys." Eerie, and no Brad Pitt. http://tinyurl.com/lajetee
Working with baby proves that concurrency isn't just a hard CS problem. Coraline keeps calling lock() on my resources at unexpected times.
Working from home today. At the moment, catching up email while trying to keep Coraline out of my bag, the garbage can, the dog's area...
I fear the TV is dead. It made sparking noises, showed a brief horizontal electric line and now refuses to turn on. Very quiet in the house.
Trying out a different flavor of unit testing on a similar patch of code to what I wrote yesterday. Practice, practice, practice.
Digging into domain driven design for new project. Is it sad or just geeky that I find that exciting?
Power went out for miles around yesterday. Painting didn't get finished but friends came for sandwiches by candlelight. Strange and cool.
Making this years celebratory dessert for everyone's favorite holiday... Pi Day: http://tinyurl.com/b5cer5
Bummed to miss home community tonight, but just not feeling up to it. Should be better by tomorrow, though.
Hanging with my daughter back in the office. Not the most childproofed room in the house, so it keeps me on my... oh, gotta go.
Coraline has discovered how noisy a stockpot can be when rolled on the concrete floor. Put toy inside, and it's EVEN LOUDER!
Researching whether ASP.Net MasterPages will work for us or against us. Later will determine whether to use said power for good or evil.
Dialog reads "Processing requests from background thread." FAIL. What's "background" mean if my UI is locked?
Putting last smoke test in place. Driving the browser from code feels strangely fulfilling and hacky at the same time.
"Code is always in an inconsistent state. Embrace ambiguity. Seek feedback. Just don’t stop there." http://tinyurl.com/bxyvk3
Ever wondered about those constellations? Cool tutorial at http://www.quietbay.net/Science/astronomy/nightsky/ (via @unclebobmartin)
Gratifying to finally write chapter imagined two years ago. Makes sense why some people write out of order, but I'm kind of a linear guy.
Afternoon of writing, installing child locks in the kitchen, and cleaning up after the big brew yesterday.
Beer remained at 90+ degrees for absurd amount of time. Turns out, thermometer was broken and misreading--beer was down to air-temp ~50. Grr
Still waiting for the porter to cool enough to pitch the yeast. Love how brewing has such great terms--wort, pitching, beer.
Thai pale ale moved from primary to secondary. First half of wimpy amber bottled. Get ready for second round of bottling and then to porter!
Dealing with FSA documentation. Hate this stuff, but it's "free" pre-tax money, so what're you gonna do?
RT @neilhimself: Quick reminder: today=last Coraline 3D day in most theatres. Tomorrow the Jonas boys get the 3D screens. Just so you know.
Falling in love... with ReSharper's "Find Dependent Code" feature. As if I needed more reasons to love ReSharper.
Slowly learning to not hate Visual Studio's Error List tab. Seems far more stable on 2008 version than last time I tried it (2003?)
Home from work, getting stuff together for Amber's trip and waiting on beautiful standing rib roast int he oven for dinner.
Back from seeing our friend Adrian dance in Ash and The Rite of Spring with OBT. I'm no ballet critic, but it was excellent!
Coraline Premiere notes, in which we watch the film, hit after-party, and meet the amazingly friendly @neilhimself http://tinyurl.com/ctplh4
Soup container leaked seriously. Luckily, I suspected its nefarious intentions and had carried it in a gallon zip bag. Take that soup!
Having discovered she can feed herself (messily), Coraline is now morally opposed to eating off a spoon.
Our Valentine's gift to each other--Mariokart. Nothing says I love you like a shell, banana peel or mystery exploding cube in your path.
Update Coraline photos (the daughter, not the movie) for those who don't follow the Clark family blog: http://tinyurl.com/aocppc
Mt. Hood was buried in clouds this morning. Looked like a big pile of smooth clay lit gold by the sun.
Elk smokies for dinner that we traded homebrew for with folks from Montana. Maybe this whole barter economy thing is a workable idea.
Hooking up a USB hub kindly given away by my employer. Too bad it isn't USB 2.0, but better than nothing.
Overhead on CSI: NY, "I'll make a GUI interface in Visual Basic to track their IP address." Ow, my brains hurt.
Heading off to breakfast-themed potluck dinner with home community. We're bringing hearty quiche and cheddar-onion drop biscuits.
Annoyed our ancient copy of MS Money won't run on my wife's account, but too lazy to reinstall and/or otherwise try to fix it.
Heading out to dinner with the Yues after installing external backup on computer (finally!) What an excellent day.
Scrambled eggs and homemade pecan ginger scones, the new breakfast of champions. You're on notice fruit loops and bacon.
Cora got the lid off her sippy cup while I wasn't watching, then proceeded to sit in the puddle. Time for new pants.
Listing to Coraline waking up over the baby monitor while working. Will have to go tend to her in a moment from the sounds of it.
Absolutely stunning in 3D. True to the spirit of the book. Delightfully creepy in all the right ways. #coralinereview
Coraline premiere was AWESOME. If you're going to see it (and you should), gotta go for the 3D. Never seen anything like it.
"Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written." George R.R. Martin, http://grrm.livejournal.com/69850.html
My second monitor just decided it's half the width it actually is. Maximized windows actually get smaller. Grrr....
What do you do with a sleeping baby, early in the evenin'? (sung to the tune of "What do you do with a drunken sailor")
Better night, but still a lot of up-time. Either she's getting sick or we've entered a frightening new stage. I'm going with sick.
Lazy weekend day at home, only downside the three extended up-times last night with Cora, and Amber's cough + asthma returning.
Shared home brew with my old team, announced moving to new team. Fun afternoon with sandwiches made by my AWESOME wife.
Worked from home last half of the afternoon, so had to stick around until I would have normally gotten home. Feels late.
Cora's standing in her crib with no pants on. Um, when we put her down to nap she was wearing pants... that's a new one.
One of my writing heros, Jonathan Carroll, shares my obsession with pens. At least that's one thing in common: http://tinyurl.com/am4mwu
My bad, apparently screen reader has a two stage install--hadn't run the piece after reboot. Feeling much better about demo now.
Installing screen reader on laptop before demo this afternoon. No headphone for that--I bet my cube-mates will love me!
First child locks installed on bottom drawers. They are almost as much fun to line up as the drawers themselves were.
Heading home to continue the baby-proofing efforts. Coraline's exploratory nature is growing by the day it seems.
Packing up for trip to grandparents' in southern Oregon (with a stop-over in Corvallis for the night).
Another rough night with the kid. She "woke up" crying but with her eyes closed still... not sure what that was about.
Continued accessibility work on application, reading about Scala when waiting for builds--http://tinyurl.com/56t369
So excited to get back to home community tonight. Been too sick (or too out-of-town) for too long now.
Refactoring code I wrote yesterday. It's cool to see a piece of code continually improving as you work on it.
Build magic, explaining root causes, and making our apps more accessibility to the visually impaired. Just another day in the office...
This one's for @1967mustangman and @RobertClark4777--helpful for debugging client issues: http:://www.ismycomputeron.com/
Back to work just long enough to fix one thing and get remoting working again. Feeling better, but not better enough to be here.
Super Mario Galaxy = Awesome! Exactly the right mix of nostalgic Mario elements and clever new controls/game-play. I'm hooked.
Laziest Saturday morning in ages. Just hanging out with the kid while Amber slept in. Hashbrowns and fried eggs on deck for "breakfast."
Installing screen reader for some accessibility testing. First time I've put on full headphones in ages. They goof with my glass.
Finally back at work... and it's Friday! Little bit of slush on the roads wasn't enough to keep me away.
Improved performance of a query from 4-6 minutes down to less than a second. Now that's what I'm talkin' about!
Back after trip to Bend with friends after Christmas. Fabulous time apart from Amber still fighting the coughing and passing it to me...
Most excellent Christmas. Mega Bloks for Coraline, awesome pics Amber did up, and watching Cora chew wrapping paper were the highlights
Almost ready to pack up and leave. Things are still looking melty outside--I hear lots of dripping off the roof.
Drove to Freddies and things weren't bad. Slushy on the edges, but lots of bare pavement. Parking lot on the other hand, packed with idiots.
Working from home yet again. That makes my whole work week spent sitting at the kitchen table with a dinky laptop screen.
Working from home, waiting for my dev machine to wake up. Network is much better recently, so things aren't as slow. Yeah!
Snowing again on top of 4 inches + 1/4 inch of freezing rain. Who moved my house from Portland to somewhere in the frozen north?
Josie, our greyhound, didn't know how to walk on icy snow. Took her minutes to walk, one cautious step at a time, back to the door.
Trekked in to work. I'm getting tired of working on a laptop, even with the mouse and keyboard plugged in. Screen is so small!
Stupid reboot after stupid overnight Windows update. Why does it take some apps longer to shut down than to start up?
Seeing where the snow this morning heads before going into the office. I've got coffee here, I can work, right?
Ended up at home in case of weather this afternoon. Napping wife, daughter being cute in the walker... life is good.
Quiet at the office--lots of folks staying home in preparation for bad weather. Might WFH in the afternoon.
With freezing weather and family coming into town, working from home today. I miss my fancy single-cup Starbucks machine. Drip is old-skool.
Why when I'm driving in snow do I hear my friends and family in Montana and South Dakota laughing at me?
Cora's become a fan of taking things out of containers. Amber tells me she set her with a big bowl full of toys, and she's happy as a clam.
Terrible night--Cora kept waking up. Amber ended up most of the night sleeping in the recliner, poor thing!
On to the second cup of coffee and it's only just after 8am. Promises to be a caffeine-soaked day. I'm jittery with anticipation.
In for the early morning shift after last night's release. Who knew, there's dark in the morning too.
Worse than slow computers--slow tests. It's like swimming through oatmeal trying to get all the lights green.
Back after several days entirely away from computers. Comforting to be in front of the screens again.
Twittering, IM'ing with the wife, writing unit tests and eating lunch all at once. Who says people can't multi...wah?
Cooking up Italian soup with venison sausage traded for homebrew with family friends in Montana. Having family up that way's good fun.
Finally almost unburied from the week off's email. Tomorrow's looking like I'll get some real work done.
Windows Update problem was just a permissions thing from security software. Love it when something protecting you prevents needed updates.
Burning CD's of photos to take to in-laws. Found the missing pan--it was in the utility room with the hot peppers.
Arrived in Corvallis. Daughter is busy being cute, Buddy the (Jack Russell "Terror") is being his usual self....
Preping for day trip to Corvallis. Will be dropping the dogs off for their Thanksgiving vacation with my folks.
Dinner at a sushi conveyor, reviewing chapters at Powell's, now bathtime with squirming daughter. Does the world get better than this?
Heading out for a badly needed haircut and some alone time writing. My wife takes such good care of me!
Scrambling to get something done between meetings. Lunchtime writing was conspired against by soup and phone calls.
Lunchtime. Going to try and do some writing rather than continue peeking away at the keyboard and reading tech blogs.
Done baby smashing (http://www.babysmash.com), time to leave the computer and get the baby down for bed.
Running full builds of our software. Faster than it used to be, still long enough to catch up on some articles.
Listening to string quartet on radio playing the original Super Mario Bros. theme. I love classical music.
Morning around the house, laundry, cooking, whipping kitchen into shape for company Sunday. Also let Amber sleep since she was up with Cora.
Visual Studio is crashing whenever I try to load one of our solutions. Grrr... reverting to command-line build.
Found a single line fix for the performance issue I was debugging. Removed one little function call, and suddenly the world is beautiful.
Setting up tests to time performance of the code I'm working on. You can't optimize without measuring first, otherwise you're just guessing.
... and Cora woke up about 20 minutes later, took ages going down, woke back up about 15 minutes later. So much for the early night.
Performance problems are often either blatantly obvious or really subtle. Guess which one I've been trying to fix.
Cora slept through until 9:45 this morning. Hurray for sleeping babies! (Of course, she didn't go down until 1, and it was touchy at that.)
The Fishwife was excellent. Great seafood, friendly attentive staff. Never would have guessed from the exterior--looks like a dive.
Parents are heading back to Corvallis, Amber's at a knitting class and Cora's sleeping. Time to write.
Day trip to Bend went off without a hitch, folks are up for the day, stew in the oven, baby sleeping... life is good.
Friend from home community stepped up at the last minute to let dogs out tomorrow while we're gone. What an awesome group of people!
Writing unit tests for code I started writing last night. Was just trying it out, but I like where it's heading, so time to get testing....
Signed up for workshop with Ursula Le Guin in Bend this Friday. Sweet! http://www.thenatureofwords.org
Sigh. Two pages before the jumper lost it's savor for Cora. Got her down napping before the potluck, so we'll see how long this lasts.
Tater tot casserole ready for the potluck (casserole themed). Now to see if I can get some writing done while Cora's happy in the jumper.
Looks like we're just a bit late to hit the 9am service. Rolling to 10:30 (since we're checking Cora into nursery for the first time)
Making masses of lasagna with Amber while kiddo's down. Amber doesn't cook small on lasagna--3 full pans, 3 1/2 quarts of leftover sauce.
Visit this afternoon from Amber and Cora. Cora was in her Halloween costume--a love bug. So cute it would almost blind you.
Amber's home. Now working on putting the kid back to sleep. First round lasted about 45 minutes... next round through morning maybe? Please!
Home with Cora while Amber knits with a friend. She had a good nap, so it should be a fun evening of daddy-daughter time!
Cora scooted herself backward across the floor about 4 feet, almost under the tv cabinet. While we were out of sight for about a minute...
Redesigned tv schedule on comcast is taller/wider than it was. Doesn't play nicely with my small monitor at home. <Frowns>
Computer wants a reboot for updates AGAIN. Such a pain with how many apps I keep running at once. Grr....
One minute she's asleep on my shoulder, the next she's wide awake and clearly not ready for bed. Such fun!
Lazy day reading, writing and caring for drippy nosed daughter when not napping. Just about a perfect day... except the snot.
Reading up about SQL Server 2005 CROSS APPLY. Could it save our bacon on a UDF join that's killing performance? Perhaps...
Got first season of House on Netflix, distressed by how many of them we've already seen on TV lately.
Given up on test, running locally. Taste of the frustration that people who don't run their own boxes must feel.
Problem was with the -mox-inline-box style, which is funky if it's got anything complicated inside. Falling back to tables in 3, 2, 1...
Well, FF2 installed fine with the side by side instructions. Now if I could just sort the rendering bug. Grrr.
Just printed off "Works on my machine" badge. Now to hang it up... http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000818.html
I always have to look up the syntax for CASE statements in SQL. Don't use it often, and it's just different enough from C# to throw me.
Yesterday night = best sleep in ages. Last night = worst night EVER. I thought Cora was supposed to be more consistent about these things!
Coraline figured out to use her feet separately in the walker instead of pushing with both at once. She's SO much faster, it's terrifying.
Fixing small bugs. Refreshing after a week of mostly working on the build to actually code something.
Apparently Cora opened her first cabinet today. Accidental ("oh, what's that shiny thing I can pull on?"), but scary nonetheless.
Only meeting of the day ran short. I may have a headache and sleepy eyes, but something's gone right.
Home for the evening with Cora while Amber goes out with a friend from her moms' group. Wish me luck!
Homemade coffee cake to share with co-workers. Turns out, I'm an incredibly popular guy. (Thanks Ams!)
Getting new post ready for the family blog. Photo and video heavy since it's been so long since I've cleared out the camera.
Cora's inching along on the family room floor. I can see a bold, frightening new world not that far away.
Reading first chapters of "Domain Driven Design" before discussion tomorrow. Strangely, I find it to be light, enjoyable reading. Weird.
Learning msbuild. Feels like make with sharp, pointy angle brackets (and a bit more sanity, got to give it that)
Window on my screen--VS "Processing requests from the background thread." Did the dev fail to understand what "background" means?
After two hours combing through data for anomalies, I'm so glad it's Friday night and I get to go home.
Crazy morning. Late to first meeting (thought it was a half hour after it was) and scrambling to catch up ever since.
Setting up new local versions of code after the branch in source control. Less painful than it used to be, still not painless enough.
After walk to the garden and swinging with Cora, we're off to do some errands. Otto's here we come! http://www.ottossausagekitchen.com/
Morning with Cora while Amber rests. She's happy playing with toys about half the time, other half is all-daddy, all-the-time.
Finally got through the biggest part of my outstanding work. Now for the ugly smaller bits and cleanup.
Updating quizzes. Hardest part is getting comparison between old version to new to find out what changed.
Cora says she's not too hot on green beans. We'll see how she feels when there's bacon on them at Thanksgiving.
Decluttering around the house. Feels great to finally pack away things that have been sitting around since before the baby arrived...
Meeting up with the Yue's for dinner. No idea what the plan is yet, but that's what Amber + Jodie is for.
Just realized I'm spacing on writing group. D'oh!! Don't know whether the others were planning to show up, and don't have all their numbers.
Just brought up http://tvplanner.comcast.net in Chrome. First site I've gone "wow" at the performance improvement.
Overheard on the baby monitor: "What sound's a dog make? Bark, bark. What sounds do our dogs make? Zzzzzz."
Back from paintballing. What an absolute, screaming good time. I have welts on both of my shoulders, and my shins are barked up.
Back from Pok Pok (http://www.pokpokpdx.com). Utterly fantastic meal. My stomach and taste buds are still reeling.
Picked up Cora, poo on my forearm, jeans, shirt, her outfit (top and bottom) and carseat. I love the smell of fatherhood in the morning!
Digging deep into WCF today. Complicated stuff, but pretty nifty. Tagging lots on http://tinyurl.com/6xwxhv
"Real architecture happens when you can throw away code and maintain the same level of functionality." From coworker's presentation.
Back from dropping wife at dentist, taking care of daughter, and hitting three hardware stores for finishing touches on kitchen. Productive!
Finally got all the grout on. I'm dirty, aching, my hands itch from all the rinsing... but it looks fantastic!
Tiling kitchen. Tomorrow's grout, and then we're finally done with that stage. Paint, cabinet hardware and the "before baby" project's done!
"The key to testing is the presence of seams (places where you can divert the normal execution flow)" http://tinyurl.com/6q9few
Roughed out six new chapters in seven days while the fam was gone. Not bad, although my hand aches from the lovely fountain pen.
5 gallon batch of Russian Imperial Stout, and bottled 101 12 oz's of Red. Stout cost twice normal amount from added grain, malt, and hops.
No longer getting gmail crashes when closing tabs in FF. I'd heard FF3 fixed that, but it's nice to see it in action.
Gotta say, gmail seems WAY snappier in FF3 than before. Apart from the appalling lack of full release Firebug-ness, I'm liking what I see.
Hmm, seems Firebug 1.2 Beta does support FF3. Makes me nervous, though, given how much I rely on Firebug.
Odd, this latest ink cartridge for my fountain pen has turned from black to a very watery blue on the page. Hmm...
Correction... the 10 pages I would have printed would be ~1/1000th of a tree. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Looks like 1 page might be closer to 1/1000th of a tree if this site is reliable http://tinyurl.com/6r5e33
Editing interviews for Pete. Feels a little weird editing directly on the computer, but figured I'd save 1/100000 of a tree by not printing.
Ah, 2.0 conversion is complete. The programmer in me is happy, even if the site looks exactly the same.
Putting website back to .Net 2.0 after host move required downgrade to 1.1. Feels nice deleting hacky 1.1 MasterPages replacement I created.
My hands smell of tomato plants--green, fresh and slightly sharp. I don't like gardening much, but I don't mind the scents.
"What makes you so sure that mathematical logic corresponds to the way we think?" http://tinyurl.com/63puy9
Major code reshuffling. One of the few times I've got any complaints about our source control system...
Afternoon of frantic decluttering, cleaning and canning. Those peaches from farmer's market won't can themselves, you know (stupid peaches!)
Solved bizarre build problem. Apparently VS doesn't show all references if one of them has a duplicate name.
Deschutes Brewpub for dinner http://tinyurl.com/58o2sf Ah, Black Butte Porter, the true king of beers!
Another chapter down, and the first notebook is filled. Brief writing break to do some editing for friends, but good progress still.
Up since 6am with Cora to let Amber catch a little more sleep. My normal wakeup time is 7:30... Gotten too used to the kid sleeping through.
Fourth stout is in the bottles. Bit short on the count, but hopefully it'll smooth out while it sits.
http://tortoisesvn.net/ seems to be down... and after I actually went to the trouble of obeying the nag screen for updating!
Watching "Letters from Iwo Jima." Subtitles throughout makes it an ideal movie to watch with the AC blaring behind us.
Almost clear to start working on new release. New code's always exciting... before it devolves into old code while your back is turned.
Heading down to Corvallis for (grand)father's day, and to visit Grandad who in hospital with pneumonia.
Lazy Saturday morning with Cora while Amber sleeps. She's batting the mobile on her bouncy seat... so cute!
Brew day! Sampling porter brewed in Coraline's honor (and for Amber's taste), and boiling up a batch o' red.
Ah, different version of AJAX.Net assemblies referenced between the root and a subdirectory's .config file. That makes sense.
Baby in Moby wrap... it's okay, but not as easy as I'd hoped for a first try. Keeping baby close = cool, though.
Getting ready to try and snap up Radiohead tickets for the Auburn, WA show in August. Fingers crossed!
"Early" bedtime after Coraline's feeding. Been a big day--ready for some rest and vacation next week.
Mowed lawn for first time of the season. All things are new, including the sharp thorns on the rose bushes...
Mom's in town to help out, and I'm back to work tomorrow. Will be taking next week off entirely, but don't want to burn all my vacation up.
Got another invite to Facebook from a friend, but I just don't have the time/attention to sign up. Wish I did...
Working in attics is the funnest part of home improvement. Right up there with striping concrete... Blurg.
Dry-fitting shelves in the utility room so tomorrow I can put the spacers in between joists above the sheetrock. More fun than concrete...
Dim sum at Fong Chong in Portland. Tasty stuff--been too long since WebMD moved away from the area there.
Done with first round striping carpet adhesive from concrete floors. Recipe for good time? No. Recipe for blisters? Yes.
Preparing to stain concrete in family room + utility room. Exciting but frightening at the same time.
Loving ReSharper's optimize unneeded usings. It works on the entire project, not just single code files!
Special order bullnose tile was the wrong stuff... glad I'm not the tile merchant tomorrow when Amber gets there!
Rough outline for new novel. It's in my brain for years, glad to jot something down about it finally!
Home for a few, then out to dinner with Ams. With glucose testing she can't eat after 8:30pm tonight... better hurry!
Finished the new story draft. Now to let it marinate for a while as I get other writing work done for the next month.
Installed over-stove microwave, tore out sink and counters, all with help of my gracious father-in-law. Glad that's done.
Spiking language support into a set of classes that didn't have it before. Think six levels of parameter changes.
Fixing immediate bug in an immediate bug fix from a couple weeks ago. Ain't software development grand.
What's the protocol for when window washers appear outside your 7th floor window? Feels awkward to just ignore them.