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Joey blogs his progress on git-annex assistant in detail at http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/blog/ http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assist

by sciurus 14y ago

Joey blogs his progress on git-annex assistant in detail at http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/blog/ http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/blog/ Here's a post from his personal blog that hints at how he can afford to work on this project for a year on only $20,000- http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/notes_for_a_caretaker/ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/notes_for_a_caretaker/

peterwwillis 14y ago
So apparently he lives in the woods in a solar powered shack. I guess that would keep costs down. http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/solar_day_2/ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/solar_day_2/ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/solar_year/ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/solar_year/
- joeyh 14y ago
  A solar powered 3-bedroom split-level house, but yeah. ;)
icebraining 14y ago
Check once a day (especially on windy or stormy days) that the fridge is lit, by touching the black pipe sticking above it on the back. That's its chimney. What...?
- insaneirish 14y ago
  Absorption refrigerator: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator
  - tedunangst 14y ago
    link for people using real computers. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator
northband 14y ago
I love it. Back in 1999-2001 I used to live in a shack on top of a mountain in Boone, NC which is less than an hour from Bristol. Our network was driven by dual US Robotics courier modems bridged until the local phone company gave us DSL (we were located close to the switching facility). There were 3-4 of us devs living there. We cut our own wood, got our water from a natural spring, drank lots of coffee and local beer, and coded 24/7. Its there where I started to really grow as a dev because there was little distraction and the enviro was very inspiring. My goal is to get back to the mountain (move my family) and focus on writing good code.
- martinaglv 14y ago
  You sir, were living a dream!
  - northband 14y ago
    I'm coding more than ever - hence why I want to move back. My family just visited the 'cabin' last month while vacationing in NC. Since then my wife and are are dead set on returning to the mountain. For me - this life is crazy busy. Constant 'suits' wanting new things built and never fast enough - and never able to understand the amount of work it takes to make 'that magic button'. Seems apetites are insatiable. That's fine as its job security - work is work afterall. However, it seems that living in a tranquil environment helps run this marathon.
- yesimahuman 14y ago
  That sounds wild, you should blog about this if you haven't, I'm sure many here would love reading more :)
  - northband 14y ago
    Thanks guys - I think I will blog about it - that'd be cool.
- joeyh 14y ago
  That's awesome. I was doing similar 1.5 hours away at the time, and it can be hard to find local tech folks; wish I'd known about you. :)
jroll 14y ago
My favorite part of this is the slow Internet connection, which tells me that git annex will be optimized for poor connections. :)
- skeletonjelly 14y ago
  Similar to athletes training in mountainous regions

by sciurus 14y ago

peterwwillis 14y ago

So apparently he lives in the woods in a solar powered shack. I guess that would keep costs down. http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/solar_day_2/ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/solar_day_2/ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/solar_year/ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/solar_year/

joeyh 14y ago
A solar powered 3-bedroom split-level house, but yeah. ;)

icebraining 14y ago

Check once a day (especially on windy or stormy days) that the fridge is lit, by touching the black pipe sticking above it on the back. That's its chimney. What...?

insaneirish 14y ago
Absorption refrigerator: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator
- tedunangst 14y ago
  link for people using real computers. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator

northband 14y ago

I love it. Back in 1999-2001 I used to live in a shack on top of a mountain in Boone, NC which is less than an hour from Bristol. Our network was driven by dual US Robotics courier modems bridged until the local phone company gave us DSL (we were located close to the switching facility). There were 3-4 of us devs living there. We cut our own wood, got our water from a natural spring, drank lots of coffee and local beer, and coded 24/7. Its there where I started to really grow as a dev because there was little distraction and the enviro was very inspiring. My goal is to get back to the mountain (move my family) and focus on writing good code.

martinaglv 14y ago
You sir, were living a dream!
- northband 14y ago
  I'm coding more than ever - hence why I want to move back. My family just visited the 'cabin' last month while vacationing in NC. Since then my wife and are are dead set on returning to the mountain. For me - this life is crazy busy. Constant 'suits' wanting new things built and never fast enough - and never able to understand the amount of work it takes to make 'that magic button'. Seems apetites are insatiable. That's fine as its job security - work is work afterall. However, it seems that living in a tranquil environment helps run this marathon.
yesimahuman 14y ago
That sounds wild, you should blog about this if you haven't, I'm sure many here would love reading more :)
- northband 14y ago
  Thanks guys - I think I will blog about it - that'd be cool.
joeyh 14y ago
That's awesome. I was doing similar 1.5 hours away at the time, and it can be hard to find local tech folks; wish I'd known about you. :)

jroll 14y ago

My favorite part of this is the slow Internet connection, which tells me that git annex will be optimized for poor connections. :)

skeletonjelly 14y ago
Similar to athletes training in mountainous regions