Month: February 2009

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I don’t develop on Windows any more.

Last time I used VS it ate the machine and installed a ton of services running SQL Server and other .Net stuff without even asking or explaining what it was doing. It’s just a fancy editor with a ton of macros built in that integrates with these services once you’ve understood how to use it. So what?

On Linux gedit is fully customisable with little bits of python code (most of which you can get from elsewhere so you don’t have to write them yourself). One of my colleagues has managed to get it looking like his beloved TextMate. Emacs runs on all platforms including windows and is more customisable than any other editor I’ve ever used (but you need to buy the O’Reilly book to get anywhere with it IMO).

I dunno, VS is heavy, slow and invasive, as is Windows. Mind you, so are most of the Java platforms too – but they don’t install a load of crap that slow your boot down even more …

I installed Wubi so I can switch back to Windows if I have to, but very rarely do. The machine looked like it needed to be upgraded because it was so slow. It’s like I’ve got a new machine. So why would I run windows and VS?

I’m in the middle of moving my blog to francisfish.com. I’ve been looking for a Rails-based solution and decided on typepad.

I’ve bee variously ill or stressed for most of the last month which was’t a lot of fun. Made some really silly and expensive mistakes at work that did’t help either. Nothing I can do about that now.

We’re off to the Redemption con this weekend which I am really looking forward to. R is trying to raise £2000 so that Deb can go on a guide-sponsored trip to Eastern Siberia to teach English and help run a summer camp. R is doing a “slot” and having a stall at the zocalo fair.

The new blog site will also feature my novel Archive Fragments. I’m going to set up a way of remixing it using random numbers, plus add your own content. To that end I’ve decided to release it under the CC non commercial licence. I’ve been reading Corey Doctrow’s Content and understand his arguments. Still confused about copyright – I need to think about it some more.

Still getting the site together – so I thought I’d post here to prove I have’t died.