Git PHP lint pre-commit hook
This post describes a small tweak to make to php lint checking via a git pre-commit hook. Using git hooks to check syntax errors – Tim Akinbo’s Blog
Serenity Parenting Now!
I like his description of Serenity parenting, it matches how we are trying to raise our two sons. I still think I should make a t-shirt that says “My kid’s gonna enjoy soccer wether he likes it or not.” But twin research has another far more amazing lesson: With a few exceptions, the effect of
Google using SPDY protocol
Google’s approach to speeding up the web, explained by Kimsall below, is in stark contrast to Microsoft’s approach to trying to dominate the web 12 years ago. Google’s approach can cut pageload times about in half, and can really help large and complicated sites that make a lot of requests. There’s already a proof-of-concept SPDY
Git & Drupal Deployment
THOUGHTS Drupal Development and Deployment using Git | ruzee.com – Steffen Rusitschka
Using git to deploy website code
Jow Maller outlines a straightforward system for using git to manage code from development copies and branches through production. The fact that deployment to live is automated, but I’d be worried about broken or unreviewed code getting deployed unintentionally. I think the best way to prevent that is to have live be its own branch,
Why I switched from GoDaddy
You would think something named “Domain Name Registration” would be boring service that the overwhelming majority of Internet users need not think about. However, GoDaddy thinks that may not be good for business, and their latest media blitz has caused me to rethink how I spend my money. I must confess I tolerated their titillating
Japan’s nuclear crisis: Will it end in meltdown
Slate provides a levelheaded assessment about nuclear reactor risk and safety lessons from the crisis in Japan. I hope, once the situation is resolved, we can still look at nuclear power objectively in the USA. To head off the next nuclear accident, we need to rethink the parameters of plant design. Why do we build
Timeless career advice
Russ Roberts has good advice for anyone who wants to earn a decent living. You want negotiating power? Get educated. Get a skill. What keeps wages up in a world of 7% unionization in the private sector is that I have alternatives. So stay in school and study something serious that has value alongside
isolani – Javascript: Breaking the Web with hash-bangs
Iisolani provides a thorough dissectin of how these new-fangled #! urls you are seeing all over the newest sites on the web are prone to breaking both the web experience and a site itself. I think I see a hint of “we-know-better” from the developers rushing out these new sites and re-designs. HT: Jason Lefkowitz
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Using Dropbox on KDE
Dropbox is a handy service to automatically synchronize files between different computers. Each computer requires a client that connects to the service and monitors the dropbox folder for changes. It’s free for up to 2GB of storage and works well. One of the cool things about Dropbox, is that they provide a native linux client