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Mac Software I Bought

over 3 years ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
1Password Acorn Airfoil Guitar Pro LaunchBar TextMate I really wish I could pay for Skitch. -- Delivered by Feed43 service...

Queerer Than We Can Suppose

over 3 years ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
By far my favorite TED talk. Worth watching every few months to remind us how unique this experience we all share really is. -- Delivered by Feed43...

He's such a great blogger

over 3 years ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
We must be careful to not confuse the prolific with the profound. -- Delivered by Feed43 service...

gist(1)

10 months ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
I just updated the command line gist script with a few patches, cleaner code, a RubyGem, and a man page. The updated version should hit homebrew soon, too...

Load Paths

10 months ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
If your import is failing in Python or your require can't locate a Ruby file, here is how to find the load path in each language: Python: $ python >...

Classic Metronome

over 3 years ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
No batteries required. Awesome. -- Delivered by Feed43 service...

_why on GitHub

over 3 years ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
The Poignant Guide is how I learned Ruby. RedHanded made me want to start blogging. Projects like Shoes inspire me to keep hacking for hacking’s sake...

GitHub is Running Erlang

over 3 years ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
It’s true. Read the blog post – we now serve all public git repos via Erlang. We’re trying hard to fit as many buzzwords as possible into our architecture...

Slightly Obtrusive JavaScript

10 months ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
There are good things and bad things about "Unobtrustive JavaScript." One bad thing: it's hard to tell what JavaScript is touching an element. Idea: Only...

do it like rake

10 months ago by Chris Wanstrath on ones zeros majors and minors.
If you must require RubyGems in your Ruby library, do it like Rake: begin require 'rake' rescue LoadError require 'rubygems' require...