DHH Interview - Aug 2008
The Best Keyboard Ever!
I just bit the bullet and got the das keyboard. I know it costs $129, but I just love the tactile feel of the mechanical keys. I’ve been trying to get something close to what I get with the mechanical keys, but it’s just not the same.
First of all, I type much faster and more accurately on this keyboard. Some people complain about the loud sound, but I really enjoy the sound as it reminds of the good old days when the keyboards were made correctly.
This keyboard only takes one USB port, unlike Matias which takes two. That’s really added convenience.
It’s obviously made for Windows, but works without a hitch with my Mac. The “Windows” key is equivalent to the command key, which gets little getting used to.
After going through so many keyboards, I can finally say that I found my keyboard for life and yes, it is the best keyboard ever!
Korea Wins Gold in Baseball & US Beats Japan for Bronze!
I know it’s totally irrelevant to the subject of this blog, but I’m sooooo happy that Korea won gold medal in baseball, beating Cuba. I’m also excited by the fact that US beat Japan to eliminate from receiving any medal. What an awesome day to be a Korean-American!
Ruby Hoedown 2008 Videos
I just love those guys at Confreaks!
They just posted the videos of the Ruby Hoedown 2008, but the link didn’t show up anywhere. However, I was able to dig it up using common sense. Here’s the link:
http://rubyhoedown2008.confreaks.com
Enjoy!
Linux Text Editor for Ruby and Rails
*** UPDATE ***
Please take a look at my post at http://www.rubyhead.com/2009/02/20/search-is-over-textmate-equivalent-and-more-for-linux-windows/ as I finally found the solution!
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I’ve been struggling to find a text editor for developing in Linux. I went through jEdit, gedit, emacs, vi, and even NetBeans (I know, it’s an IDE). None of them really could really help me with my addiction to TextMate on Mac. I even modified gedit to look like TextMate, but that really didn’t help much. I would always go back to vi/vim.
This time around, I finally settled on geany. You can get this wonderful editor at http://geany.uvena.de and if you’re using Ubuntu, get the latest at the link provided the site. With its file browser plugin, it gives me somewhat similar experience as TextMate.
I highly recommend this editor if you’re frustrated with current text editor.
Mentoring Sessions Coming!
I blogged about getting a personal mentor before. Well, now you guys will get the opportunity to listen on some of it now that Ben has graciously agreed to let me post our sessions. I won’t be posting the entire session since the sessions contain our personal conversations.
The only issue that I need to resolve is the Skype audio issue with Screenflow. It apparently does not record Ben’s voice. I’ve been exchanging emails back and forth with Vara Software, and hopefully it gets resolved soon. If not, I’ll have to bite the bullet and go back to SnapzPro. If anyone knows how to resolve this issue, please shoot me an email at joon at this domain. I’m using a USB headset and the audio setting is at Skype so it doesn’t change my default system settings. And yes, I would like to keep it that way!
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