Being a big fan of Git for version control, I was very pleased to see the announcement last week that projects hosted at Google Code can now use git in addition to subversion and mercurial (see also Google Code’s GitFAQ). I had looked at hosting projects on Google Code in the past, …
Aug 01
XKCD’s Brilliant – And Sad – Comic About Cancer…
Someone recently pointed this XKCD comic out to me and it is both brilliantly done … and hits home at the tragedy of where we are at as a society with cancer:
The scary part is exactly what the strip shows… you don’t know if or when it may ever …
Aug 01
Walled Garden Deja Vu: Facebook Provides "facebook.com" Email Addresses
Over the weekend, I had a severe case of deja vu… and found myself humming that song from Styx that includes the line "Haven’t we been here before…". Why? Because Facebook followed through on its earlier statement around letting people…
Jul 28
One Simple Reason O’Reilly ROCKS as an Ebook Publisher
Like many technical folks, I’ve long been a fan of O’Reilly books, having purchased my first "animal" book sometime back in the late 1980’s, but as we collectively make the transition to the world of ebooks, I’ve discovered one simple…
Jul 27
I am NOT Speaking at OSCON Friday About IPv6
Sadly, I will not be speaking about migrating applications to IPv6 on this Friday, July 29, at OSCON 2011 up in Portland, Oregon. Instead, my colleague Adam Kalsey will be presenting the talk on my behalf. (Adam is also speaking about managing open source …
Jul 25
Interested in Reviewing “Migrating Applications to IPv6”? Looking For Reviewers…
Are you wondering about what might be involved with making an application work with IPv6? Do you develop apps and haven’t given much thought to IPv6, but are thinking maybe you should? Or are you an advocate for IPv6 looking to understand what books are out there?
If you answered …
Jul 25
Fascinating Chart of Growth of Google+ Relative to Facebook and Twitter
Fascinating chart on the growth of Google+ relative to Facebook and Twitter, courtesy of Leon Håland: Now, of course, being the newcomer Google+ benefits from already having Facebook and Twitter out there to spread the news about Google+ … and…
Jul 20
Mac OS X Lion is now in the App Store – are you upgrading?
It’s here! Now available in the App Store…
Are you upgrading today? I’m going to wait a bit on my corporate MacBook Pro to make sure all the apps we use are compatible with Lion… but I’m thinking my home iMac is definitely getting the …
Jul 19
Code.DanYork.com Now Running WordPress 3.2.1
In addition to being where I write about programming and other developer topics, this site is also where I test out new WordPress releases before installing them on other sites like the Voxeo blog portal or the Voice of VOIPSA site. This site runs on a WordPress Multi-Site installation, although there aren’t …
Jul 13
The FCC … on Github??? and releasing a WordPress plugin???
I love being surprised… did you know that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is making code available as open source over on Github? And that FCC staffers have released a WordPress plugin?
I discovered this via a tweet from someone that …
