Stefan’s Tools is a small, but useful, set of tools created by Stefan Kueng, the main developer behind TortoiseSVN. Most notable is the StExBar utility, which is essentially everything Microsoft forgot to implement in Windows Explorer.

If you’re a fan of these tools, you can send a small donation his way for all the work he puts into these. Don’t use those tools, but love TortoiseSVN? You can support that instead (or both!).

I don’t know how I missed this before, but the TortoiseSVN and Tortoise Merge manuals are available on the TortoiseSVN website in both PDF and HTML formats. Unless you’re using a nightly build of TortoiseSVN, you’ll want to read the release version (not developer version). Older manuals are also available in case you’re not using v1.4.3.

Wakka wakka wakka.

Who doesn’t want to be as cool as the guy behind xkcd? In a recent blog post, he decided Ask.com’s viral marketing campaign could use a twist. To help him in his quest, I present to you the following:

THE ALGORITHM CONSTANTLY FINDS JESUS
THE ALGORITHM KILLED JEEVES
THE ALGORITHM IS BANNED IN CHINA
THE ALGORITHM IS FROM JERSEY

Thanks to Amy for the link.

I did not get the photo pass to shoot Brand New back in March. Maybe that’s why I haven’t updated in nearly two months: my saddened state has left me feeling less that… writer-ish?

Hmm….. life’s good. Stressful parts, as always, but good nonetheless. Well, except for having strep two weeks ago. That was less than good, contradicting my aforementioned “nonetheless.”