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More command line meme data

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Since everyone else is doing this... I thought I would join in

dazza@macpro:~>history|awk '{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}' |sort -rn|head
96	svn
85	python
44	nosetests
40	./start-tgmetalinfo.py
37	ssh
28	tgenv
20	mate
16	cd
14	curl
13	ls
 

that's a bit weird. I do a lot of svn as I merge from development to release. I'm surprised (and pleased) to see nosetests (unit test suite) being called so frequently. tgenv is an alias I have for setting up my workingenv for TurboGears (I have many different version of turbogears installed). mate is the command line call to TextMate (text editor) from the current directory. I think the curls are there from debugging calls to AWS (Amazon Web Services).

Email HMTL standards

Friday, April 11th, 2008

I've been avoiding sending email from New Metal Army because it is SO hard to make it look good (without resorting to HMTL hacks and tables). I wish the Email Standards project good luck. Come on google... don't be evil :)

Email Standards Project - Gmail Grimaces from Mathew Patterson on Vimeo.

A Nation of Shopkeepers

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

"And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore. If you are a brave man you will do nothing: if you are fearful you may do much, for none but cowards have need to prove their bravery. Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say, 'what is the use?' For we are a nation of shopkeepers, and no shopkeeper will look at research which does not promise him a financial return within a year. And so you will sledge nearly alone, but those with whom you sledge will not be shopkeepers: that is worth a good deal. If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg" - The Worst Journey in the World, Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard