I often see something when I am looking at source code, that I will need to address to get to where I am planning on going, but that for whatever reason, I don’t want to write at that particular moment.
Instead of popping out to another tool to record that, I just toss in a comment right where it would be relevant. This has several benefits, the first such being that the task, a “TODO” if you will, is in context. A reminder of what you were thinking the last time you looked at a segment of code is plopped down right smack in front of you when you visit again.
Continue Reading…Posted by Phi Sanders on May 07, 2008
I wrote previously about my initial reaction to The Big Word Project but it’s come up again thanks to an article in Wired with the great opening lines :
“Ready to taste envy? To burn with regret?”
OK – I can admit it, I am definitely envious…
Continue Reading…Posted by Phi Sanders on Apr 24, 2008
One thing I neglected to mention previously, is the reason I am upgrading my slices. Because I am planning a new app, and all of my slices are pretty much single-purpose, I need to add a new one. For Fedora, the slicehost manager only offers version 8 “Werewolf” when creating new slices. The older Fedora distros have already been retired. (Fedora moves fast, with updates every six months.)
Before I added a new slice, I thought it prudent to get my older ones up to snuff, or at least to the same distro level…
Continue Reading…Posted by Phi Sanders on Apr 20, 2008
I just upgraded one of my slices from Fedora Core 6 “Zod” to Fedora 7 “Moonshine.” There were only a few complications…
Continue Reading…Posted by Phi Sanders on Apr 20, 2008
