October 2009
31 posts
Efficient Tempeh Making →
Tempeh is a moldy cake made out of soybeans. Found this while researching faculty at UC Santa Cruz. Veggie Grill uses it in their Bali Bliss. Rachael?
JSON-RPC 2.0 Specification Proposal →
Seems simple enough to integrate into my work. Don’t agree with the base64 encoding of parameters, but if you’re sending binary data that would make sense.
Dive Into HTML5 →
An in-depth work-in-progress detailing HTML 5. Love the illustrations!
Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows XP →
Completely forgot about PowerShell! There’s probably a really good reason why I forgot…
The Lip Comes Down →
Great article on The Wedge. Too bad it’s flat right now.
Bodysurfing action at Boomer in San Diego →
Boasting the only spot where all flotation devices are prohibited, the art of bodysurfing flourishes at a little known spot called Boomer, in San Diego, CA. Known for its snorkeling and scuba diving appeal, it’s also where four to fourteen foot waves of pounding surf bring never-ending entertainment to both bodysurfers and tourists alike as champion-class bodysurfers enjoy fast, pounding...
What do HTTP URIs Identify?
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By Tim Berners-Lee. I find it funny he mentions Roy T. Fielding by description, but not name.
Mobile Web Application Best Practices →
I’m liking these recommendations as Telios already implements many of them!
“I think we’ve seen the JavaScript language move through many individual...”
– John Resig, JavaScript as a Language
A Matter of Protocol →
ZotZine Feature on Roy T. Fielding
“programming is rather thankless. u see your works become replaced by superior...”
– _why
Emailing Yourself from Android Photo Creates Draft
Now this is interesting. Not sure if this is a design feature or a bug, but when you email yourself @gmail.com from Photo on your Android phone you don’t receive an email. Instead, it creates a draft with the image already attached.
The subject line of the original email is disposed.
I’m positive I’ve done this before in Cupcake and it worked as expected. Is this a Donut...
Adobe's Real-Time Media Flow Protocol →
Finally a non-Mickey Mouse explanation of RTMFP which includes a link to Matthew Kaufman’s MAX 2008 presentation.
“The traditional rule states that the whole comprises the parts and the parts...”
– The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait...”
– Red Adair
“It happened in stages, gradually. My experience with pornography generally, but...”
– Ted Bundy
Polypropylene Bags – Tomorrows Landfill →
Luckily my bags are in my trunk and are hardly ever exposed to sunlight. Still, I mush admit I feel bamboozled.
50 Ways to Never Waste Food Again →
Push tags to github →
Jeweler won’t forgive you if you’re on the wrong branch when you release. It’ll just switch to master. BAD. If you bumped the version you have to redo the tags manually.
Ruby's Exception Hierarchy →
Nick Sieger:
Tim Bray:
Today I needed to know the class hierarchy under Exception, and maybe it’s there online but I couldn’t find it. Blecch. Hint: Pickaxe, 2nd ed., page 462.
Well, you could always use Ruby itself, too, that way you’ll always have an up-to-date list…
Software Development Problems: update rubygems →
Did your gems crap out with this?
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:578: in ’report_activate_error’: could not find RubyGem session (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError)
This guy nailed it when he realized something strange was up with 1.3.5…
How to write case (switch) statements in Ruby →
Summary using rubyish pseudocode. Ruby case statements are what I’ve always wanted in other languages. Thanks to Brian Morearty.
“Austere, bleak, spartan, stark all suggest lack of ornament or adornment and of...”
– Definition of Austere at Dictionary.com
UC Irvine Feature: Daniel Boehne →
Wow. Fellow anteater is surfboard shaping royalty and an endodontist to boot. Wish my dentist could pick away while talking about Teahupo’o!
