The new Fog Creek office

Posted: December 30th, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

The new Fog Creek office – Joel on Software.


Freedom

Posted: December 30th, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: apple | No Comments »
Freedom is an application that disables networking on an Apple computer for up to eight hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create. At the end of your selected offline period, Freedom re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal.

I demand Freedom! | Wildbit.


Topsify top hits playlists for Spotify

Posted: December 29th, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

Topsify top hits playlists for Spotify.

A good thing to have if you feel lost after starting Spotify.


Flower power

Posted: December 27th, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: moblog | No Comments »
Our birthday gift to dad.

Merry Christmas

Posted: December 24th, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: misc | No Comments »

It’s even snowing in Uppsala!


Rails And Merb Merge

Posted: December 23rd, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: rails | 1 Comment »
On to the news: beginning today, the Merb team will be working with the Rails core team on a joint project. The plan is to merge in the things that made Merb different. This will make it possible to use Rails 3 for the same sorts of use-cases that were compelling for Merb users. Effectively, Merb 2 is Rails 3.

Katz Got Your Tongue? » Rails and Merb Merge.

Great news!


has_many :through – Agile git and the story branch pattern

Posted: December 21st, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

has_many :through – Agile git and the story branch pattern.

An always releasable trunk (in whatever version control software you choose to use) is an invaluable thing to strive for.


Just another Saturday

Posted: December 21st, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: house | No Comments »

Which we naturally spent trying to get somewhere with our new kitchen.

Around noon the kitchen floor looked like below.

The kitchen floor around noon on Saturday

Eight hours of work later we got a bit further…

The kitchen floor Saturday night after about 8 hours of work

Hopefully we can finish the job tomorrow.


Brasan

Posted: December 19th, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

Brasan.

Grymt!


Firms Make a Killing on i-Phone Apps

Posted: December 17th, 2008 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

Lyons: Firms Make a Killing on i-Phone Apps | Newsweek Daniel Lyons | Techtonic Shifts | Newsweek.com.