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My main laptop is a 15” 2015 Retina MBP/OSX, and I do most of my linux work via Vagrant and/or AWS.   The Lemur  exists mainly for build/test work and making sure that "stuff" still works for our non-MBP developers That said, in no particular order - Ubuntu Just Works out of the box.  Which is, maybe, the single most important thing that I cared about.  No fiddling, no messing around.  Just worked.  Sooo, mission accomplished in that sense. What the heck is going on with the weird battery bump?  it tilts the keyboard up just fine on a desk, but gets very weird  if you're typing with the laptop on your legs. The whole things feels sort of plasticky. Not in a *bad* way, but in the same way most android phone feels somewhat plasticky as compared to an iPhone The keys also  have a slightly plasticky feel.  Again, not in a bad way - they’re actually quite good. Come to think of it, the "plastic-y" feel I'm referring to is...

BOE ( 209 Wythe, Williamsburg ) My favorite watering-hole in Williamsburg, it is technically the tasting room for "BOE Wines" (vintner - Alie Shaper), but it is so much more.  It also showcases all things drinkable from New York (Whiskey, Rye, Vodka, Grappa, Beer, etc.) as well as a carefully curated set of some off the wall - yet excellent - New York wines.  Endlessly helpful staff, as well as local cheeses/salumi at $7/portion, it's a wonderful way to spend an evening (or afternoon!) Cantina Royale ( 58 North 3rd Street, Williamsburg ) It's a "Mexican" restaurant, which isn't saying much in NYC (where the selection thereof is remarkably poor).  The go-to dish here is the salsa - you get a selection of four, which range from hot to delayed effect nuclear , but all of which have a depth and complexity of flavors that belies the simplistic "hot salsa" definition. Apart from that, some of the tacos are excellent, the tortilla/chicken s...

via The New York Press Matt Taibbi: Flathead: The Peculiar Genius of Thomas L. Friedman Flathead : I think it was about five months ago that Press editor Alex Zaitchik whispered to me in the office hallway that Thomas Friedman had a new book coming out. All he knew about it was the title, but that was enough; he approached me with the chilled demeanor of a British spy who has just discovered that Hitler was secretly buying up the world's manganese supply. Who knew what it meantbut one had to assume the worst "It's going to be called The Flattening," he whispered. Then he stood there, eyebrows raised, staring at me, waiting to see the effect of the news when it landed. I said nothing. It turned out Alex had bad information; the book that ultimately came out would be called The World Is Flat. It didn't matter. Either version suggested the same horrifying possibility. Thomas Friedman in possession of 500 pages of ruminations on the metaphorical theme o...

From rmburnett's tumblr , we have this dispatch fro 2019, giving us the details on the JJ Abram's helmed remake of Godfather . Liked the original?  You'll love this! CODY JARRET SAYS JJ ABRAMS’ GODFATHER MIGHT JUST BE BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL!!!! ——— Cody Jarret here! I just got back from the hottest ticket in town, the top secret sneak preview of JJ Abrams’ new re-boot, Godfather, and man, did it ever blow my expectations out of the water! When I found out that he wasn’t a fan of the original, and preferred Scarface, I was worried, but I have to say, JJ’s done it again, folks. If all you want is a one sentence review, it’s this - Godfather is awesome! For those of you want more, here it comes, but be warned, SPOILERS ARE EVERYWHERE!!!!! We open on Michael (Zack Effron) in the army, blowing away some Nazis and shit. He’s a total badass, but kind of inexperienced, and rough around the edges. He comes home, and his family’s all happy to see him, cuz he’s a war hero now...

Disclaimer #1 - I was asked to review this book, and no starch press sent me a review copy. Disclaimer #2 - The erlang world is somewhat small, and I happen to know the author. Disclaimer #3 - I helped proof-read large swathes of the book. (Ok, that one isn't a disclaimer - it was an #AutoPlug. Sue me). When you really get down to it, books tend to come in two types Reference Books : These are the ones that you pick up when you want to learn something, or more likely, when you need to look something up.  The classic example, of course, is The Camel Book (to me at least.  I find perl to be quite useful , and the perfect counterpoint to erlang) Fun to Read Books : These are the ones that you read 'cos, well, they're fun .  Anything by Jasper Fforde , Iain Banks , or Terry Pratchett counts.  And yeah, the intersection between categories (1) and (2) is basically the null set .  Mind you, if your idea of entertainment is curling up in front of the...

Hoo boy - just when you thought you'd seen everything, along comes Daily Caller 's latest idiocy - Cigarette reviews . And not just any old review - reviews done with flair, style, and a remarkable degree of odiousness. So well done in fact that if it wasn't for the fact that this is almost Onion worthy.  Except that it is the Daily Caller - Tucker Carlson 's latest chumpy endeavor and is entirely serious. Patrick Howley's review of the Marlboro Red is truly the Mariah Carey of reviews - starting on a high note, and just going up from there. Before cigarettes were sold to men for the purpose of sexual solicitation, they were allowed to revel in their polarizing maleness, their seductiveness muted and irrelevant, their purpose utilitarian. Hoo boy.  Seriously? " sexual solicitation "? What on earth is Howley smoking? Apparently something a bit different from a Marlboro Red, I suspect.. Densely concentrated at its tip, the Marlboro requires a ...