The time has come, the walrus said, to sit your fat ass down and learn TextMate. How can you code if you don’t know your tools? So, for now, just a few links I think I may want to keep around.
Multi-Stroke Key Bindings
Revert To Default Bundles
GetBundle
I was dismayed, I must admit, to find a dearth of binaries when I was ready to install Subversion, the open source version control system, on Bender2, my MacBook Pro. But the journey brought me to an even better conclusion. Apple has an article about installing Subversion on OS X, but it’s old (2005), and…
Webmasters and web developers have a very intimate relationship with their browsers. All the web developers I know use Firefox because they can customize the browser with an impressive array of extensions, plug-ins and add-ons. It also doesn’t hurt that the browser is open-standards-friendly, and open source.
Over the years of learning the many and various skills necessary for being a well-versed web developer, you find a number of tools to help you get things done. Sometimes you have to build those tools for yourself. There are any number of logging solutions out there, but I decided to build my own for…
I’m so excited! Mozilla is hard at work on a new version of your favourite browser and mine, Firefox (3.1), which will incorporate TraceMonkey, a Just-In-Time compiler for JavaScript. What’s the upshot? According to Brendan Eich, the father of JavaScript, and Mozilla’s Chief Technology Officer, an 83% speed boost in JavaScript execution speed; making possible…
One of the most frustrating things about Linux, and all other flavours of Unix, is the permissions system. It’s not super complicated, but it can get involved, and it helps if you have a clear idea of what you’re dealing with. I don’t use it that often, so every time I need it, I have…
I recently had to setup a page where users could download files. You’d think such a task would hold few secrets for someone who architected a download site. Well, that’s how much you know. Like many programming tasks, you meet it head-on, on the field of battle; you grab it by the horns and wrestle…