As seen on Google Code’s new and improved source browser.
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.
“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.”
There are some great tips for owning your local workflow in here.
Nifty combo.
This should immediately supercede your present Ninja Mask technique.
All you have to do is add a few lines to ~/ssh/config.
Aaron Swartz looks at the productivity problem, how not to proscratinate, etc. This is just what I needed right now.