Tools of the Trade

April 08, 2009

I’ve been writing more lately. I finally broke down and decided to learn how to use all these great applications to actually get some shit moving. I suppose I’ll break down what I’ve been using to create what I collectively refer to as the Tellerverse.

Version control and the new understanding

July 15, 2008

For some time I’ve used Subversion to maintain a remote copy of all my irreplaceable but frequently edited files. For a while this was workable despite my limited comprehension of SVN commands. Recently, however, things have become more untenable. I was using an OS X GUI client called svnX. That was working fine but more and more I was seeing odd errors that my limited understanding could not explain nor overcome.

How Twitter is keeping the ‘net alive

July 14, 2008

A moment ago I came across Kurt Vonnegut on Writing Better over at 43Folders. I read Merlin’s take on the origination of the post. I read Merlin’s tale of breakfast with Mr. Vonnegut. Then, for some reason, I was compelled to follow the link back to Metafilter where Merlin first came across his subject matter.

Bits

  • 10 fucking bubbles from passing that damn level. 10! I'd be fine if I was 100 off but 10! Gorram it.
  • I'm just saying the Coathanger level in Chains is a complete bitch.
  • A combination of Steam and Amazon will put me in the pauper's house.