Author: Marc

Solving rsync hangs with Cygwin

I was using Cygwin rsync on our two Windows laptops to copy our files over from the old laptop to the new laptop. Invariably, the rsync would copy a handful of files and then hang. Restarting the rsync would copy a few more files...

General

My last name is Error

I was trying to refill a prescription at Lucky's using their automated phone system. It ended with this: The first 4 letters of the last name on file are "Error - missing value". Is this correct?

General

PageRank 0

I changed my site's domain a month ago so that my old site http://marc.abramowitz.info does a permanent (301) redirect to my new site: http://marc-abramowitz.com but the old site still has a PageRank of 6 (according to...

ProgrammingPython

reviewboard – Google Code

Just started using this at work for code reviews and it looks impressive and useful so far. reviewboard - Google Code Incidentally, it's written in Python, using Django.

Books

The Fall of Hyperion

Back in May, I read Hyperion, the first book in a renowned 4-part sci-fi series from Dan Simmons (official site). This weekend, I finished The Fall of Hyperion. This book continues the story of the Shrike pilgrims from the first...

General

Upgraded to WordPress 2.3

I just upgraded to WordPress 2.3. It actually was a bit of a pain in the butt. I initially attempted to upgrade with: svn switch http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/branches/2.3 This resulted in: Fatal error: Call to undefined...

Programming

Perforce gotcha

Here's a fun little bit about Perforce that I discovered today. Let's say you "open" (a.k.a: check out) a file because you're going to edit it. Now let's say you're suspecting that your tree is a little messed up so you move it...