Archive for 2008-04

Mario Kart Wii

2008-04-27 (Sunday)

1504-6106-4741

You know what to do.

(Also, my Wii’s address code is 5238-6968-4962-0503.)

Wallet: meet hole

2008-04-09 (Wednesday)

I just totally bought an Xbox 360 Pro and Rock Band.

Git and the Tangled Working Copy Problem

2008-04-08 (Tuesday)

Hackers that know me personally may have noticed my praising of Git. Today, I came across an article talking about what the author calls the Tangled Working Copy Problem, and how git copes with it. The article is a good read, regardless of your source code management taste.

Aside from highlighting some useful features that are afforded by distributed VCSs, the article also exposes how weak Subversion can sometimes be, no matter how magnificent it may seem compared to CVS.

If you haven’t made the leap and embraced the distributed VCS model, I highly recommend at least trying it. Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, whatever: just pick one up, and do some development with it. You may never go back to subversion again.

And now for something completely different…

2008-04-03 (Thursday)

Spring is here. Here is a Hot Girl Jumping on a Trampoline:

For those more inclined to admire the male form, here is a Hot Guy Jumping on Trampoline:

(In the interest of full disclosure, EQO is a previous employer of yours-truly.)