July 2009
8 posts
“No one is further from the truth, than the one who has all the answers.”
– Chinese proverb
June 2009
7 posts
2 tags
svn import: inconsistent newlines
I encountered this error ad nauseum while importing external libraries into my local/offline Subversion repositories:
File ‘/foo/bar’ has inconsistent newlines
At first I was opening each file in Textmate and then “save as”-ing with Unix newlines. This takes way too much time, so I wrote this little PHP diddy:
<?php
// Usage:
// php smart_svn_import.php ....
Swan Song
We are travelling north to Cognac today, then back to Paris Sunday night, then flying to Portland on Monday morning. I promise I’ll get some pictures up soon!
1 tag
Travel Fatigue
The inevitable has happened: travel fatigue officially set in a few days ago. Six weeks away is a long bloody time. Just comprehending that has been an experience in and of itself.
We drove from our last place, near Najac, to near Biarritz on Saturday, where we’re staying in an old mill of some sort. The house was built in the 1500’s and is right on a small river. The mill itself has...
Travelling to the coast today. I’m not sure if I’ll have access to the web down there. If not, I’ll be back in a week!
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From the middle of nowhere
I can’t believe my four weeks in Paris went by so fast. But they did, and now we’re holed up in a house 8.5 hours south of Paris, listening to a magnificent thunderstorm outside.
First things first. My time at Sensio was very nice. My primary takeaway would have to be shaking hands with everyone at the start of every day. I haven’t experienced this in the states: I saw a lot of...
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Two ZendCon proposals
I submitted two 400-character proposals to ZendCon yesterday.
Someone else’s symfony
Taking on development of a symfony application started by another
developer can be a daunting task, especially for those not familiar
with the framework. This will be a practical exploration of
symfony from the perspective of a developer taking on an existing
project. Topics will include getting...