Month: October 2008

I think I Git it

Posted by – October 28, 2008

I just used Git for the first time and I think I finally understand what all the hullabaloo is about. Git is a distributed source control tool being used by the Linux and Ruby on Rails community.

The difference between Git and other source control systems like Subversion is that there is no need for a central repository for your source code. Your code remains completely distributed amongst the various machines and people that are working on it.
I currently use Subversion to maintain my source code, but I am thinking that I may like Git better.

UPDATE: To install Git on Mac OSX (10.5) I used the following, graciously taken from this forum post at Slicehost.

First, get the source code for the latest stable build here, then:

sudo apt-get build-dep git-core
tar xjf git-1.5.5.1.tar.bz2
cd git-1.5.5.1/
./configure
make
sudo make install

iPhone 3G, a few months in

Posted by – October 28, 2008

I have had my iPhone 3G for a few months now and I really enjoy it. I am not in love with it like I thought I would be though, but I don’t think this is necessarily a poor reflection on the phone at all. Although I don’t think about how much I love it every time I take it out to use it, I do find myself thinking about how much I use it. It may be the single most useful device I have ever owned. I find myself using it all the time. From web browsing, email, finances, maps, games and of course the phone I am using it all the time. It is odd, I thought I would be in love, but I guess I don’t love my Leatherman either I just use it, all the time. I even think this may be a testament to the device. I may not think about how great it really is, but I can’t imagine not having it! I also have a work supplied BlackBerry Curve, but that just sits on my desk all day. All other phones pale in comparison to the iPhone. I suppose that my lack of love for the iPhone is a big step forward for me as I have tended to despise every other attempt at a “smart” phone that I have had prior to the iPhone. I hated how I wished they would do one thing or another. I do not dislike anything about the iPhone, as a matter of fact I rather like how it does most things.

hulu

Posted by – October 16, 2008

Unfortunately I missed the final Presidential Debate last night. I went to watch it online, and once again ended up at hulu. I have ended up at hulu with increasing frequency lately. I have watched the Daily Show and Saturday Night Live to name a couple. Hulu seems to have finally gotten online TV right. The video is freely available, embeddable and linkable. There are ads, but they are minimal and I honestly don’t mind them in exchange for an easy to watch and well presented experience.

I was first turned on to hulu by a weblog post “Hulu figures out how to bring TV online” at Signal vs. Noise.