Interviewed (Hebrew) on Hadoop at CodeRadio

I’ve met with Ariel and Shy from CodeRadio.co.il to talk about Hadoop technologies. You can go ahead and listen (or download on your iTunes) here:

Show the Current RVM Info in Your Command Prompt

I’ve recently started using RVM to manage the Ruby versions and Gem sets of the different projects I’m working on.
So, much like showing the current Git branch, I thought it would be really useful to show the current RVM environment (ruby version and gemset name) as part of the command prompt.
So I just added rvm-prompt to the previous snippet.
To use this, just add the following to your ~/.profile file:

Show the Current GIT Branch in Your Command Prompt

One fo the most confusing things when working with multiple branches on git is having to remember the branch you’re currently working on.
Typing git branch all the time is annoying…

Mac App Store Insights

Its not in iTunes

When hearing the news that the Mac AppStore was launched I immediately opened iTunes, but didn’t find it there.
I went online and read that an OS X update is required so I ran Software Update – there was no iTunes update but there was an OS X update so I figured the new App Store must be in the Applications folder.

The Complete Guide to Setting up Python Development Environment on Windows

(Originally adapted and updated from Tom Willis’s posts here and here). Also, as commenters suggested, you should take a look at ActiveState which can probably save you all this trouble…

Write your own Twitter.com XSS exploit

So it seems the new twitter.com has a “virus” going around.
Few minutes ago my twitter stream filled up with strange jQuery calls so I looked into it.

What the new Apple TV is really missing...

I was watching the Apple launch event the other day and I must say I was a bit disappointed.
Don’t get me wrong the device is small and slick and the 99$ puts it in the right price range to compete with other streamers in the market.
The problem is, that besides connecting to iTunes, the Apple TV its not much different than the rest of the bunch.
Apple isn’t taking advantage of its platform strengths the same way its doing with its other devices…

3 Takeaways from the Apple iPad Launch

A Computer That Doesn’t Feel Like A Computer  #

Its not a geek device, its a computing appliance. The iPad is a computer with an iPhone OS. Not a full fledged Os like we’re used to, no multitasking, terminal, filesystems…
Just a list of Apps that can be installed and updated from the net. Simple, elegant, and exactly what most people who aren’t computer geeks need.
The perfect “laptop” for mom and dad…

The New Google App Engine Blobstore API - First Thoughts

Google’s App Engine 1.3.0 was released yesterday along with a brand new Blobstore API allowing the storage and serving of files up to 50MB.

iPhone vs. Droid

I found the following comparison between the iPhone and the Droid ads hilarious.

Especially, the following Droid bullets: