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Never trust software developers who don't embrace their inner geek. We're actively engaged in the pro­gram­ming world, and have plenty to say and share on the subjects that excite us. Consider this our simul­taneous soapbox, corkboard, and scrap­book for all things geeky.

Lab project

Posted on 11.30.12 by Chris |

Getting Plan 9 running on the Raspberry Pi

Screenshot of Plan 9

More Unix than Unix

Do you like Unix? Do you really like Unix? Well, what if I told you there's a little-known operating system out there that's more Unix than even Unix is. Cool, right?

Well it is true! Plan 9 occupies an interesting niche in the open source operating system world. It is a full-fledged descendant of Unix, but not in the way that most systems out there are. It took the bones and beating heart of Unix and then built a brand-new cybernetic exoskeleton around it, with lasers, and heat vision... oh wait. You want to boot this bad-boy up, right? Well, okay, we'll do that. But what hardware shall we run it on? Hey, you got a Raspberry Pi? Well then, read on!

Installation

Installing Plan 9 on the raspberry pi couldn't be much easier. Thanks to Richard Miller of 9fans, there's a ready-to-go image for the Raspberry Pi. ...continue reading

Lab project

Posted on 10.17.12 by Brad |

OMG! Rails Rumble!

Last weekend, three Bendyworkers and a Swink-person (Swink-ee?) participated in the Rails Rumble, a competition to build a web application in just 48 hours. Rather than hacking on the backend like I usually do, I ended up almost exclusively forging the frontend. In doing so, I came to further appreciate the sheer immensity of tasks required to polish a website until it shines. In short: turns out, UX is hard. But we're pretty happy with the results. Behold: OMG! You Gotta See.

The <head> tag

Oh, the head tag. A lot can go in the <head> tag. Aside from the obvious <title> and CSS tags, I found myself finessing the contents of the <head> tag to do exactly my bidding. Here it is in all its (slightly edited) glory: ...continue reading

Lab project

Posted on 04.26.12 by Brad |

Introducing Bwoken

Bwoken is a UIAutomation test runner for both iPhone and iPad, which lets you write your tests in CoffeeScript, then run them in bulk from the command line. Watch the video, then head on over to its homepage!