-
My weather gripe has made me famous
Back in January, I posted about being a weather wimp. Today I was contacted by the local CBS affiliate about the entry wanting to know if I'd be interviewed about the big storm coming. I didn't even know that a storm was coming, but I agreed to be interviewed. We did the interview over Skype as they wanted it for today's news. Unfortunately, the only piece of the interview that made the news was one quote on their website and a split second shot of my blog. I guess the people that lived on Rainswept Way were more interesting than my rant!
-
Review: Alfred
When I saw Alfred available in the Mac App Store, I grabbed a copy and was pretty impressed. I've used a number of launchers over the years including Quicksilver, LaunchBar, Google Quick Search Box, and Butler. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses. The biggest downside I found to all of the launchers was the UI.
-
Giving Spaces a try
I've decided to give Spaces another try. Combined with BetterTouchTool, I can now switch spaces with a swipe of my trackpad. I've tried Spaces in the past, but really got annoyed when I had problems dragging between workspaces. I think one of the problems is that I had the Finder in a particular space instead of all spaces. We'll see how long this experiment lasts; sometimes I consider myself an old dog that can't learn new tricks! I've been using my computer in the same way for so long that even if something is going to make my life easier, I resist it!
-
git: The good and the bad
I've now spent a few days working on a new project that has all the source control in git. Knowing that I was going to be assigned to this project at some point, I spent parts of the last few months learning git. Now I actually have to put the knowledge to use. While I have read/write permissions to the main repository, I am choosing to submit pull requests and let another developer accept my changes until I'm more comfortable with git.