Archive for March, 2006

BrokenBuild Site Updates: Permalinks,Feeds, and Performancing Metrics

I’ve updated the Permalinks, switched feeds to FeedBurner and started tracking stats using Performancing Metrics.

Permalinks

I changed the permalink structure:

From WordPress Custom http://www.brokenbuild.com/blog/index.php/2006/03/21/sample-post/ To Mod_Rewrite http://www.brokenbuild.com/blog/2006/03/21/sample-post/

I haven’t taken the time to verify everything works… if it’s broken, let me know.

FeedBurner

The feeds are now served up by FeedBurner because I’m into data porn. Let me […]

Keyboard Recommendations Needed

I’ve been a happy hacker keyboard user for about 2 years now and I love it. Normally I’m working with Vim for coding, even in Visual Studio thanks to ViEmu. My new job has me working with IDEA which is an awesome editor, however to use it well you’re always hitting combinations of […]

Can you do this on your bike?

Some type of crazy bike ballet… http://www.youtube.com/player.swf?video_id=Ovy5IM4hPKY&l=471

FireBug, AJAX Debugging Done Right

FireBug is a new tool for Firefox that aids with debugging Javascript, DHTML, and Ajax. It is like a combination of the Javascript Console, DOM Inspector, and a command line Javascript interpreter.

It wins me over because you can:

. . . log specific DOM elements with your mouse. . . . log and […]

Can I quote you on that? Red, Green, Refactor; Drink the cool-aid.

JUnit green is just like snorting crank off a hunting knife. Cgus

Cgus hack teh Java code that runs one of America’s most customer friendly retail stores.

How to fall while skiing.

Fun. I’m going to get it one of these times.

Links for 2006-03-04

Via Cgus… Downtown San Diego Condo Rave! I saw this blimp floating in the air outside my window… Above the Rest Photography Technolust for the Macbook Pro More technolust for the Blackdog. Portable USB powered Linux server.

Can I quote you on that? jx speaks the truth.

I don’t know how I ever lived without my robot vacuum. jx

jx is one of my friendly local bartenders at Cafe Venus/Mars Bar.

First Week at the New Job

Started working at the new job this week, this is the recap:

Day 0 (aka Monday): Wake up at 6:00, wait to leave till 8:20, walk 30 minutes to work… find a coffee shop and eventually arrive at the office around 9:15, no one was in yet. Once people showed up I found out […]

Real Life Simpsons Intro

The Simpsons intro done with real people…. watch it.