Archive for the ‘General Technology’ Category

5 Reasons VirtualBox Rocks My Socks

January 11, 2009 – 9:30 pm

Lately I've been interested in learning about a variety of the Operating Systems that are available today. I'm a big advocate of using the right tool for the job so experimenting with the latest OSes is a must in order to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of each. ...

Getting it on with Git – Part 2

October 5, 2008 – 5:20 pm

In my previous post I introduced Git and discussed its distributed nature, speed, and powerful branching/merging capabilities. Today I'm going to continue the discussion on Git by writing about GitHub, Git in practice, and why Git may not be for everyone.

Getting it on with Git – Part 1

September 30, 2008 – 10:40 pm

When I first heard about Git a few months ago the first thing that popped in my mind was: "Why the hell would I ever want to learn a new version control system?" Subversion works perfectly fine, doesn't it? I resisted at first, but after a few weeks ...