Archive for December, 2008

The new Fog Creek office

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

The new Fog Creek office – Joel on Software.

Freedom

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
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

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Topsify top hits playlists for Spotify.

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

Flower power

Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Our birthday gift to dad.

Merry Christmas

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

It’s even snowing in Uppsala!

Rails And Merb Merge

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
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

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

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

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

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

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Brasan.

Grymt!

Firms Make a Killing on i-Phone Apps

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

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