At work I have been using the Komodo IDE for editing XML files. However, I have to deal with fairly large files (as in 10K lines) on occasion, and Komodo slows to a crawl on those.
I have now switched to eclipse, which now has very nice features for searching and navigating XML files. Also, compared to Komodo, it is snappy!
This morning I was thinking about what separates great writers from the rest. To me, the ability to grab my attention and transport me to an alternative reality that I accept without question no matter how improbable, is one of the indicators.
What triggered this thought was that this morning I started reading “Man in the Dark” by Paul Auster. Five pages into the book I was completely hooked, and now I can only hope the rest of it lives up to the spectacular start.
Being a father of two small children, the time for extra-curricular activities (i.e. development) is very limited.
Breaking up tasks into bite-size bits (GTD anyone?) is a good way of moving forward. Instead of designing a total view, I can set as a target to place a single button. It leads to a sense of achievement, and keeps me moving forward.
If the target is too ambitious, I don’t reach it, and demotivation sets in.
Common sense, I know, but sometimes the simple things are obscured.
been on a trip down memory lane. albums by afro celt sound system and grace jones have been procured.
I now have an xml-rpc server running that understands newPost, getPost and getRecentPosts. Currently it only returns static data, but at least it is a start.
I am in the process of writing a bridge between MarsEdit and nanoc, and will use this blog to document the process. As the bridge will be using the MetaWeblog API, I guess this blog temporarily can be considered a meta-meta-weblog.
I am seriously considering getting a mac mini for the TV in the living room. I already have an eyeTV stick, and ripping the kids DVDs would mean never having to worry about finger marks on the Shrek discs again. With my birthday coming up soon, there might even be a budget break for it.
