StrikeAwe

Just a quick update: from now on all the slide decks I create for conferences, presentations, etc. will be published and shared under a Creative Commons license. You can find them here:

http://gabrielhurley.github.com/slides/

I've been building my decks with deck.js lately, so they're 100% in-browser and work right there online. They're published ...

Handy tips for getting Swift (OpenStack's object store component) up and running when it just won't cooperate.

It seems so simple, and yet the method for installing Node.js, NPM and LESS non-interactively is extremely difficult to find. For future reference here's the concise way to make it work.

I've been doing a bunch of updates to the code that powers this site, and in the process I've also added a new section to the site: a gallery! I do so much film and photography work these days it seemed only fitting that I should showcase some of it here. This is a short update, I know ...

Spring cleaning is a good thing to do. Especially on old projects. One of those projects that desperately needed work was the homepage for Zero Coordinate Inc. The goal was to create a site that loaded inordinately fast and showcased some fun new tech without any javascript at all. Let me give the quick rundown of what's new and cool about it...

Sphinx is a phenomenal tool for creating documentation. It's used all over the world and has become the de facto standard for documenting Python projects (and Python itself!). I'm a big fan. I thought I'd share a few tricks I've learned, as well as a few thoughts on improvements I'd like to see.

I want to make it easy for people to get the content they want. In the case of my blog, there are currently two problems with that:

1. I don't keep separate personal and professional blogs.
2. Those of you who have followed my blog for a long time probably read it for a different type of content than folks who ...

I received a very unexpected honor this week: I was invited to become a committer for Django by Jacob Kaplan-Moss!

When you don't follow through on your instincts tell you it usually catches up with you, and quickly. This week was a prime example.

As of March 1st, Strike Awe is officially open for business! Design/Code/Inspire!

Every Wednesday Suzanne Long (Manager, Forbidden Island) unveils an all-new cocktail of her own creation—served that night only and never again at Forbidden Island. For showing up and ordering the drink, you get a limited-edition collector's card, and at the end of the 13 weeks, there are prizes to be won.

I meant to write this article about a month ago, but I've been too swamped to get it out.

Long story short: I'm done with AIM.

A part of me is amazed that the protocol has stuck around as long as it has, and another part is surprised I've stuck with it.

In truth, I hardly know ...