January 2012
So be proud, Internet: we not only took back the democratic process, we dragged...
– The Internet Spoke and, Finally, Congress Listened! | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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When life imitates your Twitter Bio
About 1.5 years ago it was time to renew my mobile plan, and as a result I got a shiny new HTC Desire, instead of the iPhone 3g I was using in the two years before that. The result was that my iPhone was basically doing nothing. I jokingly said that it was now my alarm clock, which led to the line on my Twitter bio: “I’m so hip, I use my iPhone only as an alarm clock”.
Of...
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My Year in Cities, 2011
Like I did in 2008 and 2009:
Amsterdam* (I live here)
Eindhoven
Riga, Latvia*
Trakai, Lithuania
Manchester, England
Warsaw, Poland
December 2011
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Using separate tables in Rails with model...
Suppose there is a situation where you have two separate tables with the exact same structure, and you want to use separate models in Rails. Obviously, you want shared functionality from the models (order, scopes etc.), so the most logical way to go about it seems to be:
class Vehicle < ActiveRecord::Base
end
class Car < Vehicle
end
The problem however, is that is triggers Single Table...
I salute the women who said, “Hey, wait a minute. Maybe having a vagina doesn’t...
– Users Know: STFU About What Women Want
The idea is to write simple, yet machine parseable documentation such that you...
– Knyle Style Sheets — Warpspire
November 2011
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10 Skills to Become a Frontend Developer worth... →
July 2011
Monitor and restart Apache or lighttpd webserver... →
d3.js →
June 2011
The breakthrough is a different type of sensor that captures what are known as...
– Start-up Lytro Aims to Sharpen Focus of Entire Camera Industry - Ina Fried - News - AllThingsD
Myth #5 – Introverts don’t like to go out in public.
Nonsense. Introverts just...
– 10 Myths About Introverts || CarlKingCreative.com || Los Angeles, CA
Given the time and complexity of setting up new merchant agreements, this might...
– A way to take out spammers? 3 banks process 95% of spam transactions
May 2011
One of the problems with side projects is that they can remain incomplete. You...
– Raw Syntax | Importance of Side Projects
10 Skills to Become a Frontend Developer worth... →
April 2011
tinypay.me » the easiest way to sell physical and... →
RoR Guide & Solutions: Getting error: undefined... →
Oh, hai! →
De NS API › 10 - Reizigers →
jQuery Masonry · David DeSandro →
The Ruby Toolbox - Know your options! →
nuts and bolts of cakephp | Tag Archive | cakephp... →
March 2011
oscardelben/rawler - GitHub →
Script Junkie | Automating JavaScript Testing with... →
John Resig - Dictionary Lookups in JavaScript →
Bagel toppings
greyhatbusinessmodels:
Make pieces of cheese and meats with a hole already stamped into them. Sell these toppings at a premium.
August 2010
FB.Event.subscribe - Facebook developers →
Some High-Tech Tips: Facebook Like button XFBML... →
Safari HTML5 Audio and Video Guide: Audio and... →
Making HTML5 work in IE6, IE7 & IE8 →
Git saved my day - restore accidentally deleted... →
Google Chrome Dual View - Chrome Plugins →
HTML5 Reset →
My favorite Android apps →