My girlfriend just asked me what just might be the hardest question I’ve heard all semester; What do I like better, The Simpsons or beer?

I’ve been a very big proponent of Subversion so far, especially as a tool for collaborating on coding homework. However, I’ve recently been trying out Linus’s git. It’s very nice so far, and really seems to be catching on. Some good points:

• Fast as all hell (much faster than Bazaar, although I haven’t given that the proper attention)
• No need for a central server; hell, no need for an internet connection at all, everything can be done over USB keys or whatnot
• No real need to configure any special server; just install git on it
• Very nice alternative to configuring write-control for all of the users
• Very easy branching and merging, finally! SVN really shows its weakness here

One thing I couldn’t find out how to do is limiting read-access to git repositories without special server configuration. It would be nice if git had support for .htpasswd-compatible authentication, those are pretty easy to use.

Lately I’ve been working on a project that has me using DBus a lot. After trying to figure out how to work DBus with C, and seeing how easy it is to do in Python, we figured we’d try to use embedded Python to do this. Fortunately, it’s very simple to use - especially thanks to this guide.

It later turned out to be much easier to do in C, as described in Faster Languages.

First of all, new iPods won’t work on Linux. Now, while it’s very obvious that the idea is to block competition against other music vendors, that makes it even less legitimate. Good thing we’re starting to see some very nice cheap players out there - I’ve been rather impressed with the Meizu M6 MiniPlayer.

Secondly, they didn’t think of this: Indexed search within the “Open” dialog. It’s in Ubuntu Gutsy, and really makes desktop search (implemented with Tracker in gutsy) worthwhile. Especially when attaching files in GMail :)

Despite having a critical midterm Sunday, as well as being sick, I could not, and should not have, give up on the NaNuchKa show. Some of the best music I’ve ever heard, no doubt, and with the unexpectedly intimate setting, I had the opportunity to get to know the truly incredible Yula after the show. They’re playing in Tel-Aviv today, at the Koltura, where I was supposed to… Fantastic music, at any rate. Keep your ears open!

Some things renew your faith in people, in the time you spend with them. Amazingly small things, considering their grand scope. Making things worse is known to be easy, and rebuilding is one of the hardest things we have to do in life. But sometimes, when things turn out to be completely different than they seem - new perspective is gained, old perspective is found again, and like something out of an old Disney cartoon, kitschy clouds of gloom make way for kitschy rays of sunshine. Complete with the smiling sun and everything. Like freakin’ Roger Rabbit :)