Obtuse error messages: git

The error message:

To ssh://user@host/path/to/repository    c441eb7..a5705cd  master -> master error: failed to push some refs to ‘ssh://user@host/path/to/repository’

The error condition:

A hook script that does nothing. Either the script is empty or contains only comments.

Apparently git does not like useless hook scripts. Took me a good 10-15 minutes to deduce that was the [...]

Attracting the Spam

Five years ago, I wrote a post entitled “Combating Comment Spam” It amuses me that this post attracts the most comment spam than any other post on this site. The spam ratio is easily 100:1

Unlocking the OS X screen saver from the command line

My OS X Desktop system has a problem. When the screensaver activates, there is a small window, one or two seconds in length, wherein if I depress a keyboard key or move the mouse, the screensaver does not fully activate. However, it does not de-activate, leaving me with an unusable desktop.

The system does not [...]

directx is not backward compatible

Directx, the most common API on Windows for game development, is not backward compatible. Why?

When you upgrade to a new version of Windows ( e.g. from Windows XP to Windows Vista ) you need to install older versions of directx in order to use your older games. For Windows Vista, this means installing directx [...]

Twittergation needed

Twitter went from being “why would I use this?” to “hmmm, look how many of my friends are using it” to “why doesn’t this integrate easily with anything I use?”

The closest is via SMS, but that can be costly for how often updates happen. What I would like to see:

1. Better integration with [...]