A lavorare!

Idea: visto che non hanno una beneamata minchia da fare per 12 giorni io avrei alcune attività nelle quali coinvolgerli:

1. Ricostruire gli argini distrutti dalle recenti alluvioni (grazie per l'ispirazione Sarcasmo)
2. Assistere alla mensa della Caritas, che ce ne sarà bisogno se continuano ad andar male i Btp (grazie a Nonchocapitonientemasocheèunacosabrutta e a Cinismo)
3. Ripulire dal fango l'immagine dell'Italia all'estero (grazie alla sempre mitica Figuradimerda)
4. Ricostruire Pompei. Molecola dopo molecola (grazie al Gladiatoresenzacasa e alla solita Figuradimerdainternazionale)
5. Fare da scudi umani per magistrati, scrittori e pentiti (grazie per la segnalazione a Sperarenonnuoce)
6. Fare da cartaigienica nelle scuole pubbliche e da pappagallo negli ospedali pubblici (ringrazio Epoisfottevamolamerica)
7. Offrirsi in pasto a tutte le nuove famiglie appena scese sotto la soglia di povertà (ringrazio Avrebberounorribilesaporedimerda)
8. Spalare merda di elefanti circensi (grazie per l'idea Capa)

Per chi non lo avesse intuito questa è la peggiore notizia che avrebbero potuto darmi: una nazione dove si muore di fame e la sua casta che si regala 10 giorni di vacanza per poi ricominciare a giocare a chi ce l'ha più lungo.
Ho praticamente superato la soglia dell'indignazione.

SOLVED: Avant-Window-Navigator Stacks Applets not working under Python 3

So, all of a sudden my AWN Stacks applet stop working... right after the switch to Python 3 (blame on you Arch Linux!!!).

BUT!

... I traced the issue back to its origin so there is a way (as of today quite a dirty one) to solve it:

$ gedit /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/stacks/stacks_applet.py

(You may need to sudo it)

Find line 271, comment it and change it to:
pixbuf = IconFactory().scale_to_bounded(pixbuf, 1 * size)
(or to pixbuf = IconFactory().scale_to_bounded(pixbuf, size) if you're not a Captain Obvious fan)

Save and exit.

Restart AWN.

Done.

I'm on a Phacochoerus africanus.

Fatti. Non...

Nelle ultime settimane le giocate del Superenalotto erano calate.

L'ultima vincita non è "rintracciabile" perchè

nessuno ne possiede la "madre", conservata nella sede centrale di Sisal

 A casa mia è da un po di tempo che "2+2" continua a fare quattro.

La migliore. Punto.

Cinquantamila chierichetti a Roma per Ratzinger. I Papa-toys. [konti]

via Spinoza

git update-to

Reading this very useful GIT guide I thought of a possible addition to my GIT aliases set.
On my archlinux box git update-to origin mybranch is currently an alias for git pull --rebase origin mybranch.
It pulls with rebase instead of merge, thus avoiding many unnecessary commits in your history.
NB: It rebases to the branch the command is issued in!

Command to save the alias in your ".gitconfig":
git config --global alias.update-to pull --rebase

Final notes:
When rebasing fails with conflicts is often a good idea to simply merge (with "git pull origin master", for example): no "history-uncluttering" is this much valuable when conflicts-resolving steps in...

UX - Communicating features and improvements

iBooks - What's New In Version 1.1.1

- Double-tap an image within a book to view it in greater detail.
- Experience books that include audio and video.
- Enjoy substantial performance improvements when reading PDFs.
- Look-up definitions to English words inside books without a specified language.  [...]

I did a little bit of digging on the AppStore and it seems this is not an unusual way of presenting release notes.
I must say that I really appreciate this "challenge-the-user" approach.

As a developer that used to think of release notes as as impersonal as they can be conceived this way of presenting them intrigues me quite a bit.
Maybe it's only the audience of the RN that changes (mine is often composed of techies and/or product managers). Maybe not.

One thing I found interesting is that even this minor details contribute to the user experience in a not negligible way.

GIT Tip: Delete a Remote Branch

In GIT, when you're done with a remote branch you can*:

git push origin :mybranchname

Source: http://progit.org/book/ch3-5.html

* "can" doesn't mean "must" or "have to", you know...

Occurrence

It is usually regarded as incorrect to talk of pre-arranged events occurring or happening: "the wedding took place (not occurred or happened) in the afternoon" (http://bit.ly/aaoTYp)

Great dictionary for both English learners and native-speakers.
(I'm debating with colleagues whether the term "native-speakers" is correct)

git discard

Here's today treasure: "git config --global alias.discard checkout --"
(Also on twitter) 

Quello che stanno facendo contro emergency è ignobile. E ci ricorda che non è solo l'italia ad avere grossi problemi di Libertà.

Se volete mettete una firma qui.

MySQL replication & autoincrements issues: solved the (dead) simple way

First three links on the topic I just found googlin' around:
http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/04/20/advanced-mysql-replication.html (this one really impressive)
http://www.neocodesoftware.com/replication/
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/example-auto-increment.html

It really seems that with MySQL 5.1+ it turned out to be really simple replicating things around.

Enjoy

Censure e buchi

Buchiamo la censura!

Anche su twitter: #raiperunanotte

PHP really can't be trusted...

That's why I strongly discourage using PHP:

[5 Jun 2003 7:38am UTC] sniper@php.net.


We can't fix every library out there that isn't thread-safe, so either don't compile PHP with such extensions that use those libraries or run Apache2 with non-threaded MPM.


Safest bet is to use Apache 1.3.27 anyway..

Tell me about washing your hands as Pilate did...

How to find RedHat version from command line

cat /etc/redhat-release
Period.

Three interesting applications

Trac, Redmine and Retrospectiva are three Issue Trackers/Project Management applications sharing similar features and a killer one in particular: painless Subversion integration.
Which one would you choose (or you already chose) for your team?

Firmate grazie

Leggete questo post e poi firmate questa petizione, grazie: http://firmiamo.it/numeroverdepermamme

The "Random thoughts" series - Thought #1

From idea to working (hopefully) implementation:
1. Blow your original idea to pieces
2. Choose a sub-set of those pieces that, once implemented, will grant you a working sub-set of your original idea
3. Implement this sub-set
4. Add one of the remaining pieces to the implementation
5. GOTO (4) UNTIL (no pieces remaining)