Ryan Tomayko

ruby-debug in 30 seconds (we don't need no stinkin' GUI!) —

I sometimes forget how useful a debugger is for coming up to speed on a new codebase. This bare-bones HOWTO on rdebug was everything I needed and nothing I didn’t.

How to Talk to Strangers —

“If you’re still terrified by the idea of talking to strangers, challenge yourself to talk to one stranger a day, every day, for 30 days. If you’re walking past someone on the sidewalk, say ‘Hi’, and the person looks at you and keeps walking (done that many times), your job is done for the day. If you walk up to a girl in a club and say ‘Hey!’, and she responds, with a slightly grossed out look ‘I have a boyfriend.’, congratulations, you’re one step closer to improving your love life. The point of this exercise is to get you used to talking to people you don’t know and form the habit of being more social.”

Office Worker Goes Absolutely Insane Video —

NFW!

Git HOWTO Index —

There are some great tips for owning your local workflow in here.

Server Monitoring With munin And monit On Debian Etch —

Nifty combo.

How to make a Ninja Mask with a shirt —

This should immediately supercede your present Ninja Mask technique.

How to make multiple SSH connections to the same host faster —

All you have to do is add a few lines to ~/ssh/config.

HOWTO: Be more productive —

Aaron Swartz looks at the productivity problem, how not to proscratinate, etc. This is just what I needed right now.

How To Look Like A UNIX Guru