New Relic’s basic agent (and the free 30 days of Pro we got up front) have been a huge help on one of my largest ongoing projects. Wanting more insight into our server after a mystery incident yesterday morning, I’ve …
read moreBecause I always forget and because I am getting into the good habit of connecting via SSH for everything, here’s a note to myself on how to get SSH deployment keys running in my typical process:
As befits what was an all-male school, the highlight of my 20th high school reunion occurred in the men’s room near the end of the night (with a conversation at the urinals).
Him: “What brings you here?”
Me [assuming he meant something other than the …
read moreEXT - DAY: An outdoor concert/ festival between acts. Our hero, TOM, just growing into his impossibly handsome looks in his late 30s strides purposefully toward Port-a-Potty Row. His path is interrupted by THE STRANGER, a younger man. Before TOM knows what is …
read moreWashing my high-horsepower, low-milage car as a break from my computer-based job while wearing Local Sports Team’s baseball hat and streaming music made by white males (see below) from my Apple phone to a Bluetooth speaker, I thought to myself, “Boy, you need to step …
read moreIf it’s of use to anyone, I wrote this fairly thick-headed script to look for the most recent versions of files matching one or more patterns in a directory, zip them up and back them up to Amazon’s …
read moreBecause I rarely use MySQL nowadays and because how often do you set up a new machine, this is a reminder to myself on how to get mysql-python installed in a virtualenv
Having recently had shoulder surgery, some advice:
A local experience designer, James Christie has been writing about what he calls “Clean UX”: designers and developers starting to make conscious choices about code and design that reduce the carbon footprint of web sites. As developer tools and frameworks get better and easier, the risk of bloat …
read moreDon’t do this:
https://twitter.com/AndrewBerkshire/status/344972991404310528
At best, it says, “I’ve been drinking”. At worst, it just looks stupid. Rene Rancourt is a thing— if you’re from New England, he’s perfect. If you’re not, I guess he’s annoying. Regardless, there …
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