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The Internet's "10 commandments"

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:25:25 -0400

Peter delivered the Internet’s 10 commandments on Mount Sinai:

Independence of applications
New applications can be added anytime that’s a core value
Permissionless innovation
Open standards
Accessible and globally inclusive—anyone can use it
User choice—I can choose what applications I use and where I go to with them
Ease of use—I can use it in my language, I can use it in a device I’m familiar with
Freedom of expression
The ability to change rapidly
Trustworthy and reliable is one we have to work on; it’s got to be a core value.

Are you listening, Microsoft?

Using JRebel with Lift

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:59:00 -0400

1. Configure Maven to use JRebel

On Windows:

set MAVEN_OPTS=-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Xmx512m -noverify -javaagent:C:\path\to\jrebel-2.1.1\jrebel.jar

On Linux:

MAVEN_OPTS="-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Xmx512m -noverify -javaagent:/path/to/jrebel-2.1.1/jrebel.jar"

2. Run Jetty

mvn jetty:run

3. Start Scala Compiler (in another terminal window)

mvn scala:cc

Get a free license here: http://www.zeroturnaround.com/scala-license/

How to get a location's coordinates with Google Maps

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:31:57 -0400

Center the location you want on the map, paste the following Javascript code on the browser’s location bar, and press Enter.

javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

Setting up Hudson on Ubuntu

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:12:22 -0300

First, I installed Hudson:

Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
```
deb http://hudson-ci.org/debian binary/
```
Update the APT index:
```
sudo apt-get update
```
Install Hudson:
```
sudo apt-get install hudson
```

Then, I setup my first project on Hudson. We use Subversion, and some files have non-ASCII filenames; Hudson was choking on the checkout with the infamous

svn: Can't convert string from 'UTF-8' to native encoding

error. After a lot of googling, trial and error, I finally fixed it by:

Adding LANG="en_US.UTF-8" to /etc/environment
Creating /etc/default/locale and adding LANG="en_US.UTF-8" to it.
Changing the hudson user’s shell to bash (sudo chsh -s /bin/bash hudson)
Creating ~hudson/.profile and adding LANG="en_US.UTF-8" to it

About "Intellectual Property"

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:43:55 -0300

Awesome comment by someone named “John” on TorrentFreak re. so-called Intellectual Property:

It’s not property and you, sir, are not an intellectual.

The very idea that something infinitely reproducible could be considered to have value is preposterous and flies in the face of call macro economic theory. Infinite supply results in infinitesimal value.

Eventually people will realize that what is being called intellectual property is actually the result of a service, then we will all be happier.

I want to pay the person who provided the service, but pretending that something ethereal is property is not the way to do it. While it is simple to create copies, people will continue to do it and the companies who fight it will lose potential customers.

Wake up. We are willing to pay for the services rendered, but your prices are ridiculous.

"Opinions come quickly to experts and morons. Few of us are experts."

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:35:33 -0300

“Opinions come quickly to experts and morons. Few of us are experts.”

- Dennis Forbes, The Underappreciated Art of Duct Tape Programming

"DRM doesn’t stop people from pirating a game, on the contrary. It only hurts legitimate customers..."

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:26:08 -0300

“DRM doesn’t stop people from pirating a game, on the contrary. It only hurts legitimate customers since the DRM is removed from the pirate version.”

- TorrentFreak post by “Ernesto”

How to "stripe" the messages pane in Postbox

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:16:38 -0300

Find your Postbox profile folder (it’s a randomly-named folder under %AppData%\Postbox\Profiles
Create a folder named chrome
Create a file named userChrome.css with the following contents:

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");
/* set default namespace to XUL */

/* Set Thread pane to alternate row colours
http://getsatisfaction.com/postbox/topics/alternate_background_colors#reply_794176
*/
#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(odd) {
	-moz-appearance: none !important;
	background-image: none !important;
	background-color: #EFEFEF !important;
}
#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(selected) {
	background-color: #BECFEC !important;
}
#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(selected, focus) {
	background-color: Highlight !important;
}

Postbox - A better mail client

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:20:31 -0300

Postbox is a mail client for Windows and Mac built over the Mozilla (Thunderbird) codebase, with a few new features and a great deal of polish.

I’ve been a Netscape Mail user for a long time, then a Thunderbird user (since 0.8 or so), and I’m using Postbox for a week and already love it. The best feature in Netscape Mail and its descendants is the threaded mail view, and Postbox takes it to another level.

Lots of Eudora orphans are raving about it. I just bought my license; hope they keep improving it, like updating the compatible Lightning extension to the latest version.

Armadilha

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:11:00 -0300

My choice of fonts

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:36:32 -0300

What can I do, Microsoft does make beautiful fonts…

"Inheritance is not ISA. Inheritance is the redeclaration of functions and variables in a sub-scope...."

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:14:15 -0300

“Inheritance is not ISA. Inheritance is the redeclaration of functions and variables in a sub-scope. No more. No less.”

- Robert C. Martin a.k.a Uncle Bob

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm"

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:06:00 -0300

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm”

- Winston Churchill

"A leader is a coach, not a judge"

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:03:00 -0300

“A leader is a coach, not a judge”

- Edward Deming

"Let’s be clear. Your career is YOUR responsibility, not your employer’s. Your employer..."

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:05:00 -0300

“Let’s be clear. Your career is YOUR responsibility, not your employer’s. Your employer is not your mother.”

- Robert C. Martin a.k.a Uncle Bob

Thunderbird 3 kicks ass

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:45:55 -0300

It’s still in beta, but completely useable. Usually, betas from Mozilla are more stable then releases from Microsoft.

The only real problem I discovered was that TB would freeze eating up 100% CPU, but thanks to the fine folks at forums.mozillazine.org I discovered it was due to the enabled-by-default offline caching of messages from IMAP accounts. I disabled this setting (I have a huge IMAP account), and the problem went away.

Some add-ons I used on Thunderbird 2 don’t work in Thunderbird 3, while others are needed to “fix” some stupid changes. This is my current list of essential add-ons for TB 3:

AttachmentRemember
Change quote and reply format
Compact Header
Enigmail
Lightning (nightly)
Lightning Nightly Updater
Provider for Google Calendar (nightly)
Quicktext
TB3 Classic theme

I’m having some problems with “phantom” calendars; I have some events in my calendar which don’t belong to any visible calendar, probably because I installed Lightning nightly over my previous TB2 (Lightning 0.9?) install, so I’ll try creating a fresh profile and copying only my e-mail messages and address book over it.

Encontro Ágil 2009

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:46:45 -0300

Encontro Ágil 2009

Windows 7: Fix for error 809 on VPN connection

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:29:40 -0300

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PolicyAgent\AssumeUDPEncapsulationContextOnSendRule

This key should be created and set to 2 (DWORD) to allow server-side NAT

FireGPG - Welcome to the official website of FireGPG!

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:52:23 -0300

FireGPG - Welcome to the official website of FireGPG!:

FireGPG is a Firefox extension under MPL that provides an integrated interface to apply GnuPG operations to the text of any web page, including encryption, decryption, signing, and signature…

Jolicloud, a cool new OS for your netbook

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:41:12 -0300

Jolicloud, a cool new OS for your netbook