Zed Shaw
Programmer, writer and musician; author of the Learn Code the Hard Way books and of Mongrel, the Ruby web server.
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G&L Comanche Uses
I then have a G&L Comanche that has stainless steel frets as my main recording guitar.
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H4N Uses
Now I record everything into an H4N or DP-008 then do post production later.
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Carl Martin Quattro Uses
I've got a Carl Martin Quattro pedal, which is my primary effect chain.
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awesome Uses
I use awesome for my window manager on Linux since it's mostly keyboard based.
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MacVim Uses
For programming I use mostly vim with MacVim on the mac.
usesthis.com 2011-10-21
Sphinx Disliked
I first used Sphinx but it was too hard to get good PDF typography out of and really only works if you document projects the way the Sphinx authors do.
usesthis.com 2011-10-21
Dexy Loved
Dexy is also the bomb, since it lets you write "code books" in a literate style without carving your code base into tons of chunks.
usesthis.com 2011-10-21
G&L ASAT Classic S Loved
My favorite guitar is a G&L ASAT Classic S, but it has single coil pickups so it's hard to record with it.
usesthis.com 2011-10-21
Boomerang III Looper Loved
That feeds into a Line 6 M5 for extra arbitrary effects. Those then feed into a Boomerang III Looper which is the most awesome looper ever.
usesthis.com 2011-10-21
REAPER Loved
For post-production though I use REAPER which is seriously the best $60 bucks I ever spent. The REAPER forums alone are worth that much with all the advice they have.
usesthis.com 2011-10-21