GitHub as Blogging Platform Testing GitHub as Blogging Platform
Donkey Engineering - PEMDAS Widget
PEMDAS now replaces Calc Board (http://tastyorange.net/calcboard.php) as my favorite dashboard calculator.
Acquisition FAQ ??? Posterous Spaces: Share Smarter
Acquisition FAQ
Posterous has been acquired by Twitter. Their only words of comfort for long time Posterous users is essentially 'Don't worry, we'll let your export your data.' How about 'There are no plans at this time to change the level, quality, or type of service.' Or 'Twitter and Posterous have some exciting plans for the service that will likely enhance your already great Posterous experience.' I can only conclude that they really don't have any plans for Posterous at this time, unlikely, or that the plans they have will eventually involve integrating the Posterous platform into Twitter somehow which may or may not herald the end of our personal blogs as we know it.
New programming slang - Programming - Yoda Conditions
Yoda Conditions
The act of using if (constant == variable) instead of natural if (variable == constant),; for example, if (4 == foo). Because it is like "if it is the blue – this is the sky" or "if that is tall – this is a man."
There's some really funny ones in this article, but in my C/C++ days "Yoda Conditions" were a best practice because it was all too easy to omit one of the '=' and turn a boolean expression into an assignment -- if( count = 5 ).. would set count to 5 and the expression would return true. if( 5 = count ) would outright fail at compile time since you can't change the value of a content constant. Getting into the habit of doing Yoda Conditions help reduce this risk. :)
Further down this list of slang, I also liked "Fear Driven Development". Its how I live my life!
Step aside Arduino, TinkerForge is the new sheriff in mod-town (video) -- Engadget
This is really cool! Click through to the video to see how these modules can be connected together! I wish I had more hobby time on my hands! :(
Reading the tea leaves on app sandboxing in OS X ??? Apple News, Tips and Reviews
The sandboxing issue has impacted at least one of my favorite apps, Source Tree - http://blog.sourcetreeapp.com/2012/02/16/abandoning-the-mac-app-store/
Generally speaking, sandboxing is a good direction to take, but it has to accomodate the needs of the app.