Linchpin by Seth Godin
I recently finished Linchpin by Seth Godin. Seth does a superb job of describing the characteristics of being a linchpin. He leads your thought process, describing the characteristics that one needs to acquire to become a linchpin in the world.
This was an exceptional book. I feel like I learned a lot and that I missed a lot. I definitely plan on going back and reading it a second time.
Read it. Then go and do something with it.
I frequently find myself having to copy or dig into the Library folder on my Mac. Apple has decided to make the folder hidden, so I usually press CMD-SHIFT-G on the keyboard and type out my path. But here is another option: Open Terminal, and type:
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$ chflags nohidden ~/Library |
This will work for any folder that is hidden, and… Continue Reading
I have been having some trouble with Synergy across my Windows and Mac computers. They connect over wifi, so that is where I started. Instead of finding a bloated or costly piece of software, I searched out a more natural, built-in solution.… Continue Reading
I have found that my WordPress install seems to be running especially slow. Now I am running multi-site, but still, I only have maybe 200 posts across all sites, so it should not be a big deal. After a quick google I found this post on the Webfaction forum. Here is the recommended steps that… Continue Reading
This is a situation that I have come upon in Mac OS X Mountain Lion:
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IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/__init__.py' |
For whatever reason this file is basically missing from the Python install by default. We will not talk about why for Apple has always seemed to install bad versions of Python. Python needs the __init__.py file to know that it should… Continue Reading
I’m working on an app right now that lets anonymous users update data. Only I don’t quite want them to be anonymous. I want to be able to keep track of “who” data belongs too in order to provide individual service. So I needed to create unique usernames to register with the server. I extended… Continue Reading
I was trying to push some updates for a website to the production machine. After pasting the new files into the web directory, I hit the site and got this error: Exception Details: System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type ‘System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089′ failed. I found this post on an MSDN blog. To… Continue Reading
I’ll be upfront: I haven’t had an Android for a couple years now, and the main reason why I bought an Android was because I wasn’t willing to leave Verizon for AT&T to get an iPhone. Let me also say that while I prefer and love my iPhone 4S, I very hopeful for Android and… Continue Reading
Do to some unexpected circumstance I ended up loosing my 2008 24″ iMac this week (my work machine), leaving me with my old 2006 MacBook Pro (my personal machine, the first of the Intel models). I have been intending to upgrade my personal equipment, but have been waiting for Apple to release the new models… Continue Reading
So generally, when I want to re-throw an exception that I caught in C#, I just throw a new exception like this:
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try { // ... } catch (Exception ex) { // ... throw new Exception(ex.message); // or throw new Exception("", ex.message); } |
This just never sat well with me, so today I decided to figure out if there was a better way to handle this. Seems like there just had to be. Shoot, it… Continue Reading