git rebase --abort

This appears to be superior to git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD because it avoids the occasional “Interactive rebase already started”. I don’t know all the reasons for this yet.

With Zombieland taking names at the box office, here are some more Zombie flicks that with some levity in between all the bloody shooty explodey action goodness:

Shaun of the Dead

Still the king of the Zombie humor genre. A classic.

Undead

Featuring Zombie fish, Aussie accents, and a triple-shotgun. This has a lot of cross-genre antics.

Return of the Living Dead

Camp and synth music abound in this “sequel” to Night of the Living Dead.

Bubba Ho-Tep

Okay, this one is actually about a mummy, but it’s got Bruce Campbell so what the hell else do you want?

Over at codinghorror, Jeff Atwood put together a scathing review of a really sad ad campaign by a MMORPG.

Anyway, today on penny-arcade, I saw that children’s edutainment maker Pop Cap is totally making fun of it. Click for the full pic:

Ha!

Yay for utimeunixtime!

edit: nerd dyslexia

I love that everyone says this has to be pork-free—hoping that a 800-billion or 500-billion or trillion-dollar increase in government spending is going to be free of pork is like expecting that a ham sandwich is going to be free of pork. It’s not viable as a hope, expectation, or request; it’s a fantasy.

—Russ Roberts on Planet Money

Our new house will be nearly two hours away from Black Dog Studios. I will have the opportunity to work from home. Here was my plan of attack:

1. Be a valuable employee. Check.


2. Talk to my boss about telecommuting. He’s cool with it.


3. Buy the land and start working. Work is started.

Right now, the “house” is just a patch of dirt, a set of plans, and a giant pipe in the ground I am assured is a well. Soon there will be many holes of varying descriptions, some of which I will create myself using a shovel.

I have been slowly creating a system by which I will be able to work from home. The most important consideration with working from home is maintaining consistent productivity and quality while away from the office. This is no mean feat; there are plenty of opinions on the matter.

We are moving to a tiny studio (I will call “The Studio”) closer to the construction, whence I can ride the bus to work. Obviously, commuting is not the goal; the first real step is to work from The Studio on Fridays, and add days as it becomes feasible.

I will have a list of techniques and tools I will use on a day-to-day basis to maintain productivity in my next post, entitled Working from Home Phase 1: A Few Good Tools.

The best IE6 png fix so far. Supports backgrounds! The 2.0 Alpha supports background positioning and repeats.

My notes from Jeff Veen’s presentation on data visualization and the future of design. It was fantastic.
These notes were typed quickly and are not without error. Furthermore, they are subject to change.

My notes from Tantek Çelik’s presentation on microformats. I didn’t realize how popular and widespread they had become!
These were typed quickly and are not without error. Furthermore, they are subject to change.