-
A worker removes dead fish from a lake in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, in 2007. Mankind’s immense pressure on the planet is causing the fastest extinction of species in millions of years and is rapidly heating up the planet, threatening more extreme weather, according to scientists.
-
I couldn’t resist not posting this.
(Source: kottke.org)
-
Khoi Vinh: On the Grid
(Source: thecolormachine.com)
-
Man.
-
Heroku Task-Master
I enjoy trialling new Rails apps on Heroku before taking them too seriously. They’ve made deployment a breeze. For reference, here are some common commands I use daily.
After finishing a new feature:
git add . git commit -m 'amazing new feature' git push origin master git push heroku masterAnd if you need to migrate the database:
heroku rake db:migrateIf shit hits the fan, you can tail the logs:
heroku logs --tailA side note. For Rails 3.1 it seems I need to precompile assets before pushing to Heroku. To do so, run:
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake assets:precompileAnd there’s plenty more in the Heroku DevCenter.
-
Installing Rails 3.1
A really handy writeup on transitioning to Rails 3.1. Covers possible gotchas, as well as options to preserve older gems, libraries, using RVM.
-
Richard Feynman on beauty.
(Source: kottke.org)
-
Intelligence in Lifestyle magazine. Cover and various page designs.
(Source: subtraction.com)
-
Not a trick shot.
-
Chevrolet Speedometer Design
(Source: kottke.org)
-
Thailand’s worst flooding in 50 years. Flooding across the globe seems to be on the rise, in general. Hmmm.
-
People are indeed, awesome.
-
Welcome James.
-
Steve Jobs
Like many of us, I’ve been thinking a lot about Steve Jobs the last few days — thinking about the man and his legacy. I’ve been having some trouble even understanding the way I feel, let alone being able to put it into words. Lots of folks have asked me what I think, and have been surprised that I…
-
The main effect of automation in the computer era is not that it destroys blue-collar jobs but that it destroys any job that can be reduced to a routine.
