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Brad’s Musings
A Smörgåsbord of gray gooey stuff from my brain
15 Sep
2009
Summer Night in Indiana
The glow of a living, breathing bonfire.
There's my dog, Woof!
This picture is cozy; nothing satisfies like hanging around with your friends and family around a campfire.
Its almost equally as amazing how captivating it is to stare into the glowing embers of a red-hot fire. There is something visceral and mesmerizing about it.
15 Sep
2009
Another Great Sunset
When the fog doesn't roll in, we have the most amazing sunsets here.
14 Sep
2009
Super Chill Song
I ran into the song "The Furniture of Time" while working on a deployment for Poll Everywhere last night. Check it out, but be sure you are either wearing good headphones or have decent speakers in a quiet room.
(download)
The Furniture Of Time by Darshan Ambient
If you like the song, be sure to buy it on iTunes or Amazon.
14 Sep
2009
Super Mario Bros AI
via doc.ic.ac.uk
Awesome! A contest was held to see who could write the best AI algorithm to get Mario through the levels. Check it out.
1 Sep
2009
Yes, United Airlines, I'm Sure
Its bad enough that United Airlines forces you through their upsell screens, but to make matters worse they're starting to ask if "You're sure you want to skip out on this INCREDIBLE DEAL!". I thought this airline had slightly more class than that but I guess they're just like the rest of them; a used car salesman in a plade suit.
Please redeem yourself United Airlines and take this confirmation message off. To answer your question: yes, I'm sure I don't want to pay $55 for more miles. In fact, I never want to see this option again. Where is that checkbox?
27 Aug
2009
Ruby DSL Trick with the Hash
Today I had to rig up a method for defining symlinks in Capistrano. I never really liked how the ln command worked to begin with; I think of symlinks in terms of:
Alias A targets File B
To make this easier I wrote up this method:
def link(link)
source, target = link.keys.first, link.values.first
run "ln -nfs #{target} #{source}"
end
Which reads as:
link "alias_a" => "file_b"
I love finding these little ways that make my code more readable.
Brad Gessler's Posterous
Hi, I'm Brad. I run a company in Berkeley that builds web applications that people pay for, like Poll Everywhere. Find out more about me at my website or follow me on Twitter.
