Category Archives: Geek Stuff

…sort of like DxDiag for Linux

Posted on 2012-09-22 by Stephan Sokolow

TL;DR: This script collects hardware and OS info for reporting bugs in Linux games because, on Linux, the functionality of DxDiag is split up across several different tools. The Humble Indie Bundle 6 just came out and, wanting Torchlight, I … Continue reading →

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Questions to ask when marketing software and services

Posted on 2012-07-24 by Stephan Sokolow

After writing what must be my third or fourth e-mail offering advice to an online service whose marketing completely missed the mark with me, I started to notice that I was touching on the same set of points. Again and … Continue reading →

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How to use things like Fat-Free Framework with “php -S”

Posted on 2012-07-05 by Stephan Sokolow

Having grown very used commands like these, nobody was more eager than I when PHP 5.4 introduced its own no-setup development server. python manage.py runserver (Django) paster serve –reload (Pylons) nodemon (NodeMon for Node.js) jekyll –auto –server (Jekyll, used by … Continue reading →

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GitHub vs. BitBucket: Shifting Value Propositions

Posted on 2012-06-13 by Stephan Sokolow

It used to be that GitHub vs. BitBucket was a no-brainer. GitHub was sleek, featureful, popular, and supported git, the godsend. BitBucket was clunky, buggy, comparatively little-known, and required you to use that hg thing with the annoying workflow. However, … Continue reading →

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Open Source for MBAs: A Primer

Posted on 2012-06-11 by Stephan Sokolow

If you’re neither a scientist, nor active in the open-source community, it can be difficult to properly understand why people write open-source software. Why would people just give away the products of so much hard work? I fully understand why … Continue reading →

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Controlling OpenPandora LEDs in Python

Posted on 2012-06-10 by Stephan Sokolow

For those who don’t know me, I don’t like cell phones for a variety of reasons… but I do want a pocket computer, so I picked up what is essentially a pocket laptop made of cellphone parts named the OpenPandora. … Continue reading →

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Treating The Symptom: A Privacy Law Story

Posted on 2012-05-18 by Stephan Sokolow

In May 2011, new legislation was passed in the EU (directive 2009/136/EC) which was intended to require opt-in for tracking cookies. It comes into effect on May 26, 2012. Next Saturday. While people are agonizing over how compliance will gut … Continue reading →

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