January, 2009

I wrote this bit of code while working on a D project this morning:

void trace(R ...)(char[] a, lazy R r) {
     if (tracing_enabled)
         do_trace(a, r);
}

trace("Playing {} on {} ({})", _sound, _channel, _device);

That, friends, is a variadic lazy function template conditionally at run-time calling a type-safe variadic function, only evaluating its arguments if the call is made.

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October, 2008

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There's something that's been bugging me for a while: how did I ever enjoy the Red Hot Chili Peppers?

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Redmine Invoicing Plugin

I've made my Redmine Invoicing plugin public on projects.codekitchen.net. It's a simple but flexible system for creating invoices out of logged hours and other line items, all right inside your Redmine projects. I just started the project Tuesday night, so consider it a very early beta release, but it's in a usable state now and I am now using it for my clients instead of my old system.

Any feedback/bug reports would be great.

September, 2008

sad: Aspiring chef dies after eating super-hot chilli

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Simple git-daemon launchd script

Here is a simple launchd script to run git-daemon under launchd on Leopard. Edit the XML to tweak any options, it's self-explanatory.

You'll need to change at least the UserName and --base-path options to match your configuration. Don't forget to touch git-daemon-export-ok in each repository you want to export. See git-daemon(1) for more info.

> sudo mv cz.or.git.git-daemon.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
> sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/cz.or.git.git-daemon.plist
> sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/cz.or.git.git-daemon.plist

Make sure you're in the know.

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August, 2008

Invisible wires.

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The view from top of Bald Mountain looking toward Mirror Lake.

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Banksy visits New Orleans

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Is your local hardware store owner on the no-fly list?

In the process of remodeling our basement, we found part a March 1959 issue of the Deseret News and Telegraph stuffed up in the ceiling. I could go on and on about some of the fascinating parallels with content you'd find in any major newspaper of 2008 -- some things really never change. But this hilarious post-McCarthy-era comic took the cake for me:

The late '50s also appears to be one of those periods when everybody wanted good mileage from their vehicles -- most every car ad prominently displayed a MPG rating. Did you know that the 1958 Renault 4-door sedan got 40 MPG?

June, 2008

delicate arch in arches national park, utah

Delicate Arch (aka "the schoolmarm's bloomers")

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wildflower in foreground, mountains and clouds in background

On Desolation Trail, near Salt Lake City. We saw the biggest rattlesnake I've ever seen, I'm kicking myself for not getting a photo before it got out of view.

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May, 2008

Phun finally has an OS X port! Playing with this game brings back memories of the first time I threw away the Lego instructions and decided to build what I wanted to build.

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