http://paddymullen.com The flypaper of my mind Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:37:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The biggest reason that I wanted to switch to Linux was tiling window managers. OS X is particularly bad at window management. I am constantly dragging this window here, changing the size from a single corner, rearranging my windows, and cursing. All of these actions are tedious, ... http://paddymullen.com/2010/01/17/xmonad-on-ubuntu/ I'm lucky I got the laptop on a Friday, I am spending this whole weekend setting it up to my liking.  It is very nice to be able to take the time to get things right the first time.  This post will detail the hardware and drivers issues that I ... http://paddymullen.com/2010/01/17/ubuntu-and-the-t500/ On Friday my new laptop came in.  I got a Lenovo Thinkpad T500, with 8gb of ram, 3Ghz processor, and 120gb ssd drive -- for $1612.  There are great deals at the Lenovo outlet store. Thoughts 1. Wow is this fast. I can boot, login, and have firefox reload 20 tabs in ... http://paddymullen.com/2010/01/17/new-laptop-the-hardware/ So I was trying to figure out tonight which side project I felt like hacking on. Here are the main ones I have. Terminalcast.com Ugh, where to start.  Terminalcast is cool, it impresses people, no one uses it, myself included.  Here is what I want to improve on it. increased participation, I would ... http://paddymullen.com/2009/12/20/my-side-project-list/ I released a project that I have been working on in my free time today.  Since thanksgiving last year I have been playing with terminal emulators and javascript.  I wanted a better screencast tool. I realized that if I captured the exact output of programs that was going to my terminal ... http://paddymullen.com/2009/09/30/terminalcastcom-is-up-and-running/ I was trying to book a flight on jetblue.com yesterday, and I had a horrible experience. When you go to jetblue.com and search for a flight you are redirected to jetblueairways.com, initially I didn't notice this. After I entered in my credit card information (with my Bank of ... http://paddymullen.com/2009/05/21/yaron-shohat/ I was setting up django on Scott's machine for django development.  In addition to the normal quirks manage.py runserver doesn't work normally. You get no updates in the shell when you load a page, unlike on unix systems, where you see access logs. When you a save a file ... http://paddymullen.com/2009/05/05/getting-pdb-to-work-with-django-on-windows/ I use shell.el on emacs.  After recently discovering pushd, popd, and wanting to write more cd aliases, I have grown tired of emacs' dirtracking.     So, I looked at the code for   shell-resync-dirs </pre> This function uses   http://paddymullen.com/2009/01/30/making-shellel-dirtrack-mode-really-work/   [caption id="attachment_65" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Citizen Aid event at Gallery Bar for Building With Books"][/caption] My girlfriend Jen cofounded a charity named Citizen Aid.  They are throwing an event tonight at Gallery Bar supporting Building With Books.  I will be there and I hope you can come to.  Here is the email ... http://paddymullen.com/2008/12/11/citizen-aid-charity-event-at-gallery-bar/ The New York Tech Meetup is electing a new organizer, given that Scott Heiferman is stepping down.  I have a soft spot for the NYTM, it was about 2 years ago when I went to my first one and met Sanford.  For me it has been the focal point of the New ... http://paddymullen.com/2008/12/11/election-for-the-next-new-york-tech-meetup-organizer/