March 2008
31 posts
“Clinton’s camp has put off paying bills for months, earning campaign a...”
– Cash-strapped Clinton fails to pay bills - Kenneth P. Vogel - Politico.com
The Online Logbook for Pilots : Jetrecord →
kellysims:
Created by a fellow Joyeur (a silly nickname for Joyent customers). Check it out, and if you know a pilot, send them the link.
“For the past years I’ve avoided passing along currency fluctuations to the...”
– MacRabbit Blog - Going Euro
Motorola insider tells all about the fall of a... →
freecreditreport.com (AKA skanky lying asshats)
Never, never use freecreditreport.com (or anything connected with ConsumerInfo.com, an Experian company).
Read the details here: How to Cancel CIC TripleAdvantage.
"You asked me to pull without telling me which...
When you get this rather annoying error message after trying a git pull, what do you do to fix it?
I just blew away the repo and re-created it with git clone <repo>. When I looked in the .git/config file in the newly cloned repo, I saw these magic settings:
[branch "master"]
remote = origin
merge = refs/heads/master
“Security evaluations conducted in several states demonstrate clearly that...”
– Ohio seizes voting machines in criminal investigation. Epic fail.
“America can change. That is true genius of this nation.”
– http://www.c-span.org/Content/PDF/obama_031808.pdf
“That said, Barack Obama now has spoken about his ties to Tony Rezko in uncommon...”
– NPR: Chicago Tribune: Obama Sets a “Standard for Candor”
“I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or...”
– Barack Obama: On My Faith and My Church - Politics on The Huffington Post
“It is unprecedented and an unlawful act of political interference for the...”
– Ozone Rules Weakened at Bush’s Behest
“Our actions right now will have consequences for many, many generations. Not...”
– Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger, New Studies Say
“One counsel representing a large beer brewing corporation was asked the...”
– The Volokh Conspiracy - Beer and Ale:
$29K Sanction for Client's Frequent Use of "Fuck"... →
The Syndicate that defrauded you has been caught
To whom it may concern,
We have nabbed a syndicate of fraudsters who specializes in document forgery, impersonation and using of fictitious offices and clandestine phone, fax and emails to defraud innocent people. On interrogation, we promised these syndicate that if they confess their victims, that we will help them reduce their jail terms. Based on this promise we made to them, they provided...
Incantations to import Subversion repo to git
mkdir my_project
cd my_project
git-svn init \
http://code.yoursite.net/my_project/trunk/ --no-metadata
git-svn fetch
Or: http://github.com/guides/import-from-subversion
(The above link didn’t work for the checkout, but does show how to add a new remote master and push to it.)
“I ordered a version control system, not a toolkit for building one! If I’d...”
– Let’s Play: Use Mercurial, you Git!
“But the one thing that rings true to me is this: The Clinton campaign got rough...”
– Talking Points Memo | Final Thoughts
“I woke up nervous, eager for my laptop. That forbidden, I reached for the phone....”
– A Day Unplugged: Frenzied Blackberries vs. Kwai Chang Caine? | 43 Folders
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