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After the Snow

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:56:33 -0500

Before the Snow

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:01:00 -0500

White at Night BMW 335i Infiniti FX 50 BMW 335i Location:...

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:12:40 -0500

White at Night

BMW 335i
Infiniti FX 50
BMW 335i

Location: Greenwich/West village

Eloquent JavaScript -- interactive tutorial

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:36:01 -0400

Eloquent JavaScript -- interactive tutorial

Linux.com :: Vim tips: Folding fun

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:38:21 -0400

Linux.com :: Vim tips: Folding fun

Web Dev Time Estimate Strategy

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:37:00 -0400

Per Task:

[1] Planning + coding time (could split estimate if applicable)
[2] QA Time
[3] Post QA bug-fix time estimate
- Will be longer for front end (cross browser) dev or complex user interaction
- Shorter for content updates and server side/db dev
[4] Overall enviroment/code setup and multi-dev collaboration time

Javascript Argument Sort

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:49:00 -0400

In response to Meebo Javascript Puzzler

function argSort(){return Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).sort();}

Great article on a current XML coding challenge by IBM on...

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:12:16 -0500

Great article on a current XML coding challenge by IBM on Antonio Cangiano’s blog. Ton’s of prizes and a few contents to choose from. Hurry, contest ends January 31st!

View ithere

Gmail Hack 2 - HTML Email

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:16:44 -0500

Want to send your own HTML content in a Gmail message from the web interface?

If you have firebug installed, you can simply right click the big empty box where your message goes, and select “inspect element”. There will be a body tag highlighted (inside an iframe) which you can right click and select “Edit HTML”. This will give you an empty box in firebug to type or paste in your HTML.

An added bonus is the content will be rendered in real time in the Gmail message box, so you can see the result of the html entered. Sounds complicated at first, but takes no more than 5 seconds. Don’t get Gmail get you down - hack it! :)

[ Python & Ruby Log ] Author: Jason R Seney Key: [+ good] [- bad] [~ indifferent] _____(...

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:01:59 -0400

[ Python & Ruby Log ]
Author: Jason R Seney

Key: [+ good] [- bad] [~ indifferent]

_____( Python )____

+ Exellent scientific computation libraries
- No syntatic markup, just indents
+ Tons of built in functionality
+ Consise code
+ Easy imports
+ Has automatic enumeration with ” for i in array: “
~ Many functions are global for type “casting”
ex: str(x) where x=4 , len(myList) where myList = [1,2,3]

_____( Ruby )_____

+ Interactive mode usefull for quick tests of code
+ AWSOME Regex support! Sooo easy to use and get back references
ex. “This is a test”.match(/(\w+) (\w+)) puts x[0] puts x[1]
- No support for incrementors/decrementors ( “n++” or “—i” etc)
- Can use {} or “do … end” or “if … end” which leads to inconsistancy
- Uses blocks instead of for(int i=0; i

Photo

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:24 -0400

Hacking Gmail to push fetched email Gmail has...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:45:00 -0400

Hacking Gmail to push fetched email

Gmail has “fetch” capability which enables grabbing messages from other POP accounts at a rate of approximately once every hour.

Slow…

I use this to automatically grab my work email from an exchange server, tag it, and forward it to my cell phone via text message (my # @ messaging.sprintpcs.com). This allows me to filter and log all messages in Gmail while pushing to mobile, albeit very slowly.

The Fix Part I

Gmail uses an ajax request to force a check on the email account when you click “Check Now” in Account Settings. By using firebug to grab the link that the GET request is sent to, we can just automate sending to that URI.

I did a quick jQuery script to send a GET to that URI at a timed interval. About 7 lines of code, and just let it run in a browser. It kinda worked I think. I can get my requests down to every 5 minutes. Considering it takes about a minute to check the mail, I guess that’s not to bad.

Now, on to a real server side program that can completely automate this reliably! :D

"The Write Less, Do More, Javascript Library."

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:05:55 -0400

“The Write Less, Do More,
Javascript Library.”

- jQuery is amazing.

“How I built a full Oracle PL/SQL JDBC Java Application with GUI in 1 ½ days.” Coming...

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:14:00 -0400

“How I built a full Oracle PL/SQL JDBC Java Application with GUI in 1 ½ days.”

Coming soon…

Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:05:48 -0400

Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure

District 13 - Featuring Parkour Master David Belle

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:02:29 -0400

District 13 - Featuring Parkour Master David Belle

Thai grocery store

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:11:19 -0400

Thai grocery store

Syntax Test for Previous JS Code

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:26:00 -0400

Using GVim’s “Convert to HTML” feature, I easily converted my line-numbered and highlighted code to plain html for tumblr. While the mark-up is pretty ridiculous (a web developer/designer’s nightmare - full of font tags), it is a quick way to post code.

 1 /* Function that returns a random index (int) of an array */
 2 function getRandomIndex(array) {
 3     /*rand is: 
 4     "The rounded int of a random decimal between 0 and 1 times 
 5     10 to the power of the ceiling of the array length divided by ten."
 6     Thus, rand is a random number between 0 and 10 if length is less than 10
 7     and a number between 0 and 100 if length is less than 100 etc...
 8     */
 9     var rand = Math.round(Math.random() *
10         Math.pow(10,Math.ceil(array.length/10)));
11 
12     /* Get a random int using rand that is also 
13         within the bounds of the array */
14     var index = rand % array.length;
15 
16     return index;
17 }

Javascript Random Index Function

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:04:00 -0400

After seeing the same first testimonial repeatedly appear on Davidville’s front page, and very few of the other testimonials that followed, I thought of a basic function that would mix it up a bit. I think it could also be useful for a lot other applications that involve grabbing a random item.

/* Function that returns a random index (int) of an array */
function getRandomIndex(array) {
    /*rand is: 
    "The rounded int of a random decimal between 0 and 1 times 
    10 to the power of the ceiling of the array length divided by ten."
    Thus, rand is a random number between 0 and 10 if length is less than 10
    and a number between 0 and 100 if length is less than 100 etc...
    */
    var rand = Math.round(Math.random() * 
        Math.pow(10,Math.ceil(array.length/10)));

    /* Get a random int using rand that is also 
        within the bounds of the array */
    var index = rand % array.length;

    return index;
}

I also wrote up a quick demo to demonstrate grabbing a random item from a random size array. It was some good practice with the DOM and avoiding the use of innerHTML.

JS Random Index Demo

Note to self: Find syntax highlighter to use for tumblr!

37 Signals strikes software engineering sense again and again....

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:01:09 -0400

37 Signals strikes software engineering sense again and again. However I can’t say I’ve found many companies following in their footsteps, despite their continued success.

slantback:

What problem are we solving here? Sometimes when you ask yourself this question you’ll find that you’re solving an imaginary problem. That’s when it’s time to stop and reevaluate what the hell you’re doing. (via Question your work - (37signals))