Monthly Archives: September 2008

A few reasons braid is better than 40 lines of Rake.

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Dennis

I’ve been doing a lot of looking at the git subtree merge strategy for tracking remote projects. Ideally, our remote projects would be tracked with submodules. The issue is, we are developing our own libraries for use in our own … Continue reading →

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Terminal Spelling

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Dennis

There are a miriad of dictionary tools on the Internet and for desktops. If you want, you can even pull out the dusty dictionary on your shelf. I find myself often wanting to use the dictionary not for a word … Continue reading →

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Internet on the go

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Dennis

I’m not very transient in my Internet usage, meaning that I use the Internet at home and at work, but not a lot while I’m traveling. On occasion however, I really wish I had a way to connect my laptop … Continue reading →

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Sharing git branches

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Dennis

I’ve been learning git lately. Here are a few tips for sharing branches I’ve collected during the past few weeks. Create a branch In git, branches are stored on your local machine. Even the commonly named “master”, is just a … Continue reading →

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Custom Derived Classes for wxPython XRC resources

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Dennis

First of all, this isn’t a topic that is bran new or which requires new documentation. I have learned a few quirks about the process for creating custom controls, panels, frames, and other elements with XRC files in wxPython and … Continue reading →

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