So I’m looking to start storing short bits of code online. With my Java course starting tonight, it might be nice to have a place to share and exchange code with my classmates, and store for later use. I’ve been checking out some online code snippet repositories, and narrowed it down to two of the best.
Snipt.net is very pretty. It has a lovely ajaxy interface that swooshes and swashes around when you add and edit code, and just exudes polish. It has an embed function that allows you to post to a website and have the code remain up-to-date no matter how many revisions you make. Someone has also made a Wordpress plugin that makes the embedding even easier (which is nice for my purposes). What it lacks right now is an API (they’ve asked for help from the community, but there doesn’t seem to be much there right now).
Snipplr.com on the other hand is all about the API. They have plugins for all sorts of IDEs, and like Snipt, a Wordpress plugin (which on the other hand won’t let me input my API key…). They offer a bookmarklet to quickly add code from your browser, and a Textmate bundle for those of you who like that sort of thing. Like Snipt, embedding snippets is a breeze but unlike Snipt, Snipplr keeps previous versions, so revising code never overwrites previous work completely.
This site was always just a place to practice my website building skills and publish something to attach to my name if anyone came looking for me. As I didn’t have a burning need driving me to write (other than my first post), I’ve struggled sometimes to find anything to write about.
That probably won’t change — I’m not a writer deep in my soul — but I’m hoping that as I begin my TAFE course I might find stuff to post more frequently. I’m going to study programming (beginning with JAVA), and I’m expecting to write about some of the things I’m learning. So let this be a warning to you if you visit here regularly (yes my three loyal readers, I’m talking to you), I may be posting programming stuff, including code bits, and expanding on what I’m learning as I go, so if you don’t get programming, or are a super-coder you may want to skim over my posts (or even better, correct me when I’m wrong).
The site is new, and has only been semi-officially launched, but she’s working hard on it. The reviews are short and well written, and kinda cute. For example, her first review (and my favourite) is for Coles brand Bathroom Wipes, which I’m fairly certain has never been reviewed ever before — so, you know world exclusive!
I’ve also written a guest review for the site for PaperClip Stapleless Staplers, and Elle was kind enough to publish it. I hope to write more for the site in future. I also have to say, I CAME UP WITH THE NAME HOW AWESOME AM I?!
It’s getting silly really. I spend so much time updating this blog, without actually publishing anything. This is another test to test my new shortening service using Yourls. It should send a tweet out with my own url.
I’m working on a new theme though, so that’s something.
Can any aadvark molecular biologists help me to to find a primer-primer interactions detection software, I think I have to deal with several probes annealing together in a multiplex assay but I cannot solve it ? An Aardvark Question on *Bioinformatics*
What the hell does that even mean?! I complained on twitter that I was getting sillyAardvark questions. I think they’re getting me back by ratcheting up the difficulty a notch.
Matt is a fellow school support officer, doing ICT at another large metropolitan high school. He’s highly qualified and extremely knowledgeable, and a huge Microsoft fanboy. He’s my first port of call for questions about Windows Server and Active Directory, as I know he’s always on top of the latest information from Redmond.
Commander Keen also has an iPhone fetish. For months he paid me out about mine, but it turns out he really was just jealous. So now he has one of those fancy ones that does video and your taxes. They are pretty neat I guess.
He looks out for his friends and is willing to drop everything to help out a mate. He’s a prolific poster on the ICT help forum and email lists we have in the department, and his answers are actually helpful. Since he joined Twitter, I’ve discovered he knows half the geeks in Adelaide already.
So if you want to follow someone who really knows their tech, Microsoft, Open Source, and other geeky stuff and is super friendly and a good mate of mine — hit up @Talie5in.
As of posting, @networkvideohub hasn’t tweeted. I’m hoping that will change soon!
Today’s follow recommendation was a last minute ring-in. On a whim I suggested to Scott Thomas, the manager of Aberfoyle Park’s Network Video, that they should start a Twitter account, and he sounded keen. I thought it’d be neat to be able to tweet movie recommendations, check whether videos are in stock and generally interact with the staff there, who are all so nice.
The staff there have taken the time to learn my name, and give me recommendations when I go in of videos that I might like, having learned the type of videos that Camilla refuses to watch. And the Scott has very good taste in movies too, which is a good thing for a movie store manager. The other week I asked about the IT Crowd, and Ryan immediately hopped online and ordered it. That’s service.
They haven’t got a website for me to link to unfortunately, so their Twitter account will have to do. Follow @networkvideohub if you want to support a local Adelaide business who’s trying something new. Follow them for information on the latest movie releases, movie recommendations and because the staff there are friendly and know videos.
