Chawlk

1. Drawar
2. Fenxy
3. Decaflon
4. Two Credits
5. Wriging
6. Loose Suits
7. Chixe
8. Dud3s
9. Wing Colors

 

"lightweight" is a single page script. When you start talking about MVC, Rails become a very suitable choice. Besides, RoR isn't the only Ruby framework around either, a couple have recently appeared - Merb for example.

Cake PHP is simply a translation of RoR into PHP. Or at least as close of an attempt as PHP would allow.

Well then, imagine that I've cropped the above picture to just show my ducks ;)

Hmm... didn't we _just_ have a similar thread recently?

There I've mentioned my desk at work, but I'll share the picture again.

The notables items would be a pair of rubber ducks - Ninja and a Pirate. Daily epic battles ensure.

oh hey, you are right! Seems kind of non-obvious, but I'm gonna give TextMate another shot now. Thx.

@subimage - it's all grayed out unless I have a particular file open and in focus.

In comparison, Eclipse has a "synchronize" feature where it would compare my working project against the SVN and visually show all the files that can update/commit, or are in conflict (and then also show a diff for each file). It also keeps track of local changes and lets me know what files I've updated.

With TextMate, I can't seem to figure out how to make SVN consider the entire project, not just the file currently in focus.

I'm pretty disappointed in Textmate's SVN integration. It works wonderfully for a single file, but it's a pain when multiple files are added/removed/changed in a large project. Maybe I'm just missing something...

I think the obvious one is Basecamp.

I wrote about my workstation setup recently.

I'd like to point out a pair of rubber ducks that help me with my work -- software development ;)

StumbleUpon'ed it ;) Good stuff.

Does this even work? There are 4 opening { but only 2 closing }. Try indenting your code to see the logic flow of the if statements.

It's a geek thing to upgrade to a newever computer, before the previous one(s) become completely obsolete. Though in such situations we just geek it out some more, and repurpose the older system. Run a NAS server, outsource batch jobs, etc.

I think this might be a lot similar to having more than one TV in a less geeky house - one wouldn't throw out a good working TV, even if they've just gotten a shiny new Plasma for the living room. So it goes elsewhere. Right now, my older laptop is living in the bedroom. Just in case I'm in a mood for some late night Wikipedia surfing.

;)

This might sound kind of crazy, but the other week I was using all 3 of my computers (desktop, two laptops). At the same time.

I usually work with two computers - actual work on a laptop (it's faster), secondary stuff (IM, email, references, etc) on the desktop's screen. Though that one time, I was also installing some work-related software (VM stuff) on the other laptop. I've had them set up around myself on the desk, and was spinning around in the chair. I walked away with that surreal feeling of an evil genius in a secret lair.

I have a Mac Mini and a MacBook - the latter is replacing an older PC laptop (running Ubuntu).

I think we first need to better establish the definition of VR. From 10 years ago I'm thinking large rooms with bulky equipment and polarized glasses that presented some polygons in seemingly 3D space.

Today we have FPS video games with hyper-realistic rendering engines.

Both are Virtual, so which one seems more Real?

Another, though less likely, route is that of Final Fantasy series
OS X-2
;)

There must be some magic happening for calculating the pixel heights of everything!

Also -- is it just me, or did anyone else expect the Esc key to close the Zoom div? I'm not sure where I've picked up on that, I know I saw it somewhere before...

Well according to Wikipedia, we are left with "Lion", "Cougar" and three more flavours of Leopards ("Snow Leopard" for example).

Not to break the naming trend, the next release might be promoted all the way to OS 11.0 and start a new theme. German Tanks perhaps? ;)

lol Josh, the original theme is "big cats"

10.0 - Cheetah
10.1 - Puma
10.2 - Jaguar
10.3 - Panther
10.4 - Tiger
10.5 - Leopard

So maybe Apple has only recently started plotting a subliminal blitzkrieg.

In the conversations that I've been having, the references were usually made to a specific release of OS X. So Panther, Tiger, Leopard... no numbers ;)

To me, a "start-up" is more of a company culture. If it's been 5 years in the making, and the team is still made up out of a couple of young developers, shooting Nerf balls at each other and their CEO, who's 5 feet away -- it's a start-up.

As soon as everybody starts taking things seriously enough to hinder productivity -- I guess that makes a company to be something else.

So wait... Flash doesn't actually work on iPod Touch, unless it's YouTube? That doesn't make much sense... Well unless it's a special Touch player, and not actually Flash at all.

The novelty factor would probably have to play quite a role, in order to overcome the fact that everything else seems of so little importance - especially when QWERTY is already well practised.

I used to be "that guy with a Mac". Now that everybody else is catching up, perhaps it's time to try something else that's new. Think Different ;)

Well the supposed argument is that one would get to the same 100 WPM, but with less effort / strain / errors / etc. The counter-argument is that everybody already knows QWERTY, and it takes quite a bit of effort to learn something new.

My first gen Mac Mini is still running on Panther! I've also recently gotten a MacBook, so I'm thinking of migrating the latter's license of Tiger onto the Mini, and upgrading the MacBook to Leopard. Yey for upgrades. Or you know.. just take advantage of that student discount and get two copies ;)

With extremely limited knowledge of php, you'll find yourself way over your head, extremely fast. Besides, there's a problem of social networking fatigue - requiring users to maintain a yet another online profile. Why join a new network to connect with just you and your friends, when they are already on Facebook and can connect with _everybody_.

Depending on the target audience, you might be able to get away with creating a group on an already existing social network.

Or at least start off from some Open Source project - there are some on Source Forge.

hooray! It seems they've just processed a bunch of new submissions.

Thx hthth - you've got my vote! Kami, Lifecruiser - you too!

Making coffee! Followed by checking up on Reddit ;) Hey, being a consultant - I should stay up to date with all the latest Ruby and WebDev gems ;)

Voted.

I also nominated myself for the Canadian blog category. compsci.ca/blog (might not show up until the comment gets moderated)

Salting is good because you can't trust the user to actually use a strong password. It's also good in terms that when someone is working on the database (helping you out, or otherwise) -- they don't have the passwords in plaintext, and it's so much more difficult to crack.

Though you are right - all of that does seriously get in the way if you try to merge two different encryption implementations.

Well it could be tack

v.intr.
To change one's course of action.

Or it's a knock-off around the copyright. Which is probably Creative Commons anyway...

There doesn't need to be an actual link - your stats record a referrer, and a bot could claim that referrer to be anything.

From the first Google page it appears that they've got a bot set up to just hammer away at any website that links back to their referrers (with certain type of stats page installed?), thus getting free backlinks.

Here's the follow up story

The tattooed man, whose photo has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times around the world and who suddenly found himself famous from Iceland to Brazil, walked into the Victoria police station with the stolen machine at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, said gt. Colin Brown.
The man also contacted Global BC on Tuesday, telling the station he did not know the computer was stolen and that he had bought it from a friend who had bought it from someone else.

Not completely relevant, but I tend to burn out after spending too much time in school. Switching it up, and alternating school with work every 4 months seems to be working quite well for me though :)