http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog He keeps it the realest. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:50:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Corey sent me a link to Ubiquity, a dynamic-mashup-maker-that-reminds-me-of-Quicksilver. The video is cool looking, I may keep an eye on this project to see where they go with it. I think it's a useful tool if you have these specific tasks coming up often, and the ability to make new ... http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/26/mash-it-yourself/ OK, so let's say you're an OSX user, and you use the command line a lot. I bet you've accidentally deleted a file using rm, and wished that it had gone to the Trash. We had this problem a few days ago, and fortunately the file was under version control. But ... http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/21/trash-aware-rm-for-osx-never-lose-a-file-again/ I watched a video of Adam Savage at a hacker con in NYC. You should watch it too. He talks about Mythbusters, and also has a lot of other good stuff. Strongly recommended. Bonus: Look for his pirated copy of The Dark Knight. http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/19/adam-savage-of-mythbusters/ Hey, just wanted to throw a quick update. Bhangra is a sweet style of Indian music. It's got some traditional elements, like the Sitar and Tabla drums, but tends to have a good beat to it, keeps it moving like Hip Hop.  Tabla Beat Science is something in this category that ... http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/19/music-styles-and-fuck-the-man/ In case you haven't heard, PHP may soon have support for lambdas. These are basically anonymous functions that let you more easily create dynamic code, or throwaway functions that only get used in one place. Mmm. Lambdas. http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/05/lambda-functions-in-php/ I've got a post at Websites and Beer talking about adding vinegar to beer. Blasphemy? Maybe not...read on. I'm reposting this here, because it's sort of a follow up to my post about cheap versus expensive wines. Hooray for food. Hooray for science. And hooray for food & science together! http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/31/vinegar-beer/ I love Science. I don't just love Science, I *fucking* love it. Maybe I'll do a post on the Science sticks someday. There's a webcomic I particularly like, called XKCD.  It's Science-y, Math-y, geek humor. Perfect for me. One of the best is the following comic, good old #397. I love it ... http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/i-love-science/ Here's a neat trick, if you're working with Ruby. Ever wondered how to get a list of all installed gems? At the command prompt, type sudo gem server Once you've done this, go to http://localhost:8808, and you can see all the Ruby Gems installed, along with info and documentation about them. Awesome! Hat tip ... http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/listing-ruby-gems-or-just-viewing-documentation/ I'm sharing the link love today. This is a link to Futility Closet, a blog run by a very nice (and presumably well-educated) guy named Greg Ross. He updates often with lots of odd bits of trivia. He had a post the other day, discussing the price that was paid to ... http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-power-of-compounding/ My coworker Jacob shared a neat cell phone tip with me. If you often get solicitations from a particular phone number (especially those annoying automated ones), you might find this useful. Next time you get a call from a number you'd rather not hear from again, add them to your phone ... http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/28/pro-tip-how-to-block-calls-from-any-cell-phone/