Once upon a time I used a beanstalk repository in http mode. By that I mean I had it checked out from a http:// address, rather than the usual svn+ssh:// because Beanstalk didn't support svn+ssh:// . Since then, no-one had touched the project, but today I wanted to do some changes. I went ahead to make them, and before committing I did a "svn up" just in case. It told me:

svn: Repository moved permanently to 'https://xxx.svn.beanstalkapp.com/project'; please relocate

Beanstalk had deprecated http-mode. Sounds like a good idea, really, I don't remember why I was using http in the first place. But, if you, like me, have used SVN for a long time without really learning it, and get into the same pickle, this'll be for you. To relocate, simply run

svn switch --relocate http://xxx.svn.beanstalkapp.com/project ...

So today they released the new iMac. Still no reviews so I have no clue whether I was right or wrong about the chipset. So I've started looking into another pet topic of mine: RAM. I really would like these machines to take a bucket-load of RAM, but Apple still limits themselves to 16GB.

OWC shipped 32GB kits for the last version, and in this blog comment they confirm they expect it to work well on the current iMac as well. In fact, they already sell 32GB kits for the 27" iMacs, but at almost $3000!

So far I haven't seen people report on the previous generation iMac any brand of RAM that would supposedly work but didn't, and Amazon ...

I'm just getting started with Cloud Foundry. So I grabbed Springs samples and compiled hello-spring-mongodb doing "mvn package" and then "vmc push -no-start". That got me:

Would you like to deploy from the current directory? [Yn]: The input stream is exhausted.<br /> /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.6.1/lib/highline.rb:601:in `get_line'<br /> /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.6.1/lib/highline.rb:622:in `get_response'<br /> /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.6.1/lib/highline.rb:216:in `ask'<br /> /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/vmc-0.3.10/lib/cli/commands/apps.rb:369:in `push'<br /> /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/vmc-0.3.10/lib/cli/runner.rb:426:in ...

Wow, I remember back in 1998, me and another photo enthusiast were discussing DSLRs vs digital film. I was holding out on DSLRs until there was a camera that could fit my lenses and was as good as the Canon 500N I had at the time. Turned out I'd be waiting a while, the first one I got (matched the requirements!) was the Canon 20D. Anyway, my friend showed a links on Slashdot and a few papers on "Digital Film", and I had to agree: that was probably a much better fit for the time.

Well, digital film didn't materialize, until now (or rather, soon) hopefully: Tom's guide has an article where they describe Park Hyun Jin's concept:

While in my mind the right ...

Fair warning: This is speculation on my part

Fact 1: The Intel desktop chipset Z68 will be released in a week or two to the general public.
Fact 2: Apple cares about user experience
Fact 3: Intel has given Apple preferred access to its components before

The iMac, Apple's Desktop offering, is long overdue. I had my bets for a refresh in February, that never happened. In March it would be logical to release an update with Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt. That in itself would he a huge gain.

The Intel Z68 chipset will allow Apple to let the user have a small SSD drive for caching, so that all frequently run program data will be there. That's not that different from what Samsung (and I'm sure others) already do on regular hard drives: keep a small bit of SSD for caching so that data that is frequently accessed ...