April 2010
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Polyglot (computing) →
mwunsch: What I’m looking at on Wikipedia, right now. In the context of computing, a polyglot is a computer program or script written in a valid form of multiple programming languages, which performs the same operations or output independently of the programming language used to compile or interpret it. Here’s more from this article: The two most commonly used techniques for...
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“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design,...”
– Twitter / Jeffrey Zeldman: Content precedes design. D …
Apr 26th
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Nikon D40 – Modern Classic [REVIEW] →
In a nutshell, the D40 was affordable, weighs less than 500g and can make great photos. Build quality is better than you’d expect from an all-plastic body and a dinky 18-55mm kit lens I love this camera. I’ve had it for two years now and I don’t plan to replace it anytime soon. I shot thousands of pictures and it is still as good as on day one - even heavy rain didn’t do...
Apr 22nd
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Apr 21st
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“Clarity is a sign of strength.”
– John Gruber in Daring Fireball: It’s Not the Control, It’s the Secrecy
Apr 16th
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Apr 11th
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Real life comics nails the "waiting for liveblog"... →
pbjorklund: So good.
Apr 10th
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How to create your own global settings in Rails
Very rarely, I need to create my own global settings inside my Rails apps. If you want these settings to be different for each environment (development, test, production), you can use a YAML file to do so. As I always need to look up how that works, I finally created a Gist, so I can look it up more quickly. Here it is:
Apr 9th