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For his senior project, @crnixon is implementing an R5R5 Scheme interpreter called Lemur Scheme.img http://img.skitch.com/20090206-8qpughp6au9gp3s5y6ub5y9wmd.jpg http://crnixon.github.com/lemur-schemeThe blog is hosted using GitHub Pages and promises updates on the status of the…
ObjectiveResource is “a framework for the iPhone that makes interacting with Ruby on Rails applications dead simple.” Basically, it’s a port of ActiveResource to Objective-C.Want to drive a Rails app’s…
img http://img.skitch.com/20090206-q26tmesnecrjwi2bjmecm1qyi5.pngHyde is @lakshmivyas’ evil Python transformation of my own Ruby Jekyll project, according to the backstory: About a week back I wanted to open source a few jQuery plugins…
Getting a clone URL into your clipboard is now just a single click away!
Fabric is “designed to upload files to, and run shell commands on, a number of servers in parallel or serially.”img http://img.skitch.com/20090206-mu1i9qjynj9r6fu467cwbsxdwq.png http://www.nongnu.org/fabIt’s primarily for deploying changes to web apps or…
@mileszs and Davey Strus have compiled a great list of resources for Vimers of all shapes and sizes.img http://img.skitch.com/20090205-m3xmcardc6crk8nki92h3n2dss.png http://mileszs.github.comBest of all, it’s a GitHub page – which means you…
JUnit, the Java Unit Testing framework, is now available on GitHub at http://github.com/KentBeck/junit.The impact graph is quite fun – I didn’t know @clarkware was a contributor!Welcome to GitHub, @KentBeck and…
Chiplog is a personal journal written in Django by @trey and @myles. It’s not a blog, more like a Twitter that’s only for you.img http://img.skitch.com/20090205-mjfkj5fg19c3pd41pb33aigtuk.png http://trey.github.com/chiplogimg http://img.skitch.com/20090205-87r7udtb99t2i2u9j5a2t1gcij.png http://treypiepmeier.com/code/chiplogOf course it’s…
img http://img.skitch.com/20090204-eji9cs6mj3sw2pt5qfj7s64u27.pngI found this open source recipe for Japanese curry this evening after a hard day’s work and it made me laugh (read to the end). I love seeing non-code…
What’s Emoji? According to this Ars Technica article, “Emoji icons offer a wide range of pre-built little pictures that add a little visual splash to your messaging.”img http://img.skitch.com/20090203-b8es9b5ftp4i8ay922m7ihrum5.png http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/02/freemoji-access-emoji-for-free.arsIf you’re…
@judofyr has created a simple project called Grancher which helps convert directories got git branches. It’s perfect for GitHub Pages.Check out the repo or blog post. Thanks Magnus!
eg is a nifty piece of work. Are you meeting resistance trying to move your coworkers or friends to Git? (“SVN is good enough.”) Know someone who would love to…
Now a permanent fixture on my jacket.img http://img.skitch.com/20090202-buuwtc4xeh9jxynwwgdjj3s3b6.jpg http://www.nerdmeritbadges.comGet yours.
The unstoppable Dr Nic has just dropped another amazing piece of software in our laps. This time it’s ChocTop, and it’s hosted right here on GitHub. From the README: Package…
From Daring Fireball: One thing I’m noticing about GitHub is that it seems to be the first open source community through which multiple forks of the same project feed back…
I just learned this morning that my favorite iPhone Twitter client, NatsuLiphone, is open source and on GitHub! If you’re into iPhone development and Twitter, find a comfortable chair, sit…
This morning we had some database problems. With help from Engine Yard we were able to identify the slower queries and eliminate them.Here you can see our database exploding:img http://img.skitch.com/20090130-x5dfywbure73aqfjt3bqspckf3.pngAnd…
I have a dream wherein future developers don’t even have to install Git for themselves in order to be able to use it. Apple has shown a very forward thinking…
Avery Pennarun is tracking Windows using Git. The post is just insane.  A taste: I had to try it, of course. I went into ~/win, typed “git init”, and…
JeremyBanks and davglass have been busy: they’ve rewritten my gist.rb command line tool in Python.Check out davglass’ gist.py for the code and some enhanced functionality. #Creates a new Gist gist…
Ilya Grigorik has posted an article on visualizing with code_swarm. He looks at Ruby on Rails and our own Scott Chacon.A video of Rails’ commit history is available in HD…
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