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I was working on GitHub and finally figured out how to make my commits just show as [terry] instead of [Terry Heath]. It’s my damn Apple user name, so I’m guessing that comes from your actual machine’s username, and not your profile. Which is a little dumb, GitHub.

But anyways, I was curious what that would do to googling my name. I hadn’t googled my name in a while, and the first hit is now some eponymous SEO douche.

SEO contributes largely to the smog of the internets. I realize it’s a natural progression once a medium gets popular to try to … Continue Reading

Sorry. I know that headline is a little inflammatory, but after reading comments about legitimate complaints against Ruby, it’s needed. Don’t get me wrong - I love Ruby. It’s a huge step up compared to Java, C++, or VB/C#.NET when it comes to expressions. What’s 20 painful lines in J++# is 2 in Ruby, and much easier to read. But it’s time to realize that it’s a language - not a religion. It has bad things about it. 

If you’re coming in for an interview, and somehow come across my name (I don’t name companies on my blog), then here’s a heads … Continue Reading

And that’s not the worst of what they do.

When we moved to our new house, we had to give up the *awesome* AT&T U-Verse. You could record 4 channels at once. There were lots of HD channels. We got all the local channels we’d ever need. The DVR and cable box were responsive, reflected a push towards usability, and had more space than you could shake a stick at (when we cancelled U-Verse, we had over 120 shows waiting to be watched).

Enter Time Warner Cable. The. Worst. TV. Provider. Ever.

After getting our new TV (our old one conveyed with our … Continue Reading