July 2011
8 posts
A Short and Incomplete List of Shit Some Fuckers...
Jogging in the bike lane.
Riding an electric scooter in the bike lane.
Using “fail” or “win” as nouns.
Calling mundane shit epic.
Relating to 3 and 4, using the phrases “epic win” or “epic fail”.
Saying “X a.m. in the morning” or “Y p.m. at night”.
Thinking that merely making a reference that people recognize counts as...
Stuck in Meta: I’m finally diving into test-driven... →
stuckinmeta:
I’m finally diving into test-driven development (TDD), and two advantages come to mind:
Making tests pass is fun! It’s a game: checkmark, checkmark, checkmark. Short feedback cycles (aka. instant gratification) are critical in maintaining ‘programming morale’ and productivity.
Coded specs…
Very true. I like having tests mainly because they let me refactor without fear...
OTask →
onethingwell:
A todo.txt-like command line interface for OmniFocus.
Pretty sweet! That Mr. Terpstra knows his stuff.
Scripting Chrome and Kaizen
One technique or philosophy that I find very useful is the idea of
kaizen: Continous small improvements. I find that looking for small
inefficiencies in ones workflow and figuring out how to address them a great
pastime, as not only do you make your life that little bit easier, but you tend
to learn some neat things in the process.
The bit of friction that inspired this post is something that...
On Being Pigheaded, Part 1 of Many
So this Sunday I managed to rather painfully injure my lower back. I saw this coming — that area of my back has been horrible stiff and sore for weeks now, due to my refusal to take days off lifting — but I did nothing to avoid it. Why? Because the lifting session in which I injured myself also saw the setting of three new personal bests. Totally worth it.
No regrets.
