Sat Mar 31
Thu Mar 29
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“ Clipping will be lost on roundtrip to Tiny. ”
Adobe Illustrator, every time I import something from Quantum GIS
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“ Ajax is just lipstick on a pig. ”
Dave Thomas
Wed Mar 28
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Rails core
Michael K. - links is awesome
Michael K. - Accept: */*
Michael K. - even though it's a cli browser and patently can't display any images
Rick O. - yea it's good for seeing how shitty your ajax app is for blind people
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“ These people are interested in rage and they think that if you aren’t enraged then you are part of the problem. It seems that they hate my optimism. They think I am poisoning peoples’ minds with my positive outlook. ”
Kathy Sierra on how she offended internet psychopath stalkers (keep on ‘poisoning’, Kathy)
Tue Mar 27
Mon Mar 26
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“ noise […] resembles a sound wave yet communicates no information. ”
Reese Inman, on painting an algorithm
Sun Mar 25
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Dice stacking
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Rails core
Thomas F. - "Sir, I understand that you are buying used rail scraps,we are direct seller of used rail scrap based in Guniea and Ghana West Africa."
Thomas F. - "We are having over 360,000 tons of the Rails to sell."
Sat Mar 24
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“ Smudge her mascara a little; she’s still sexy in the morning. ”
Jeremy Kemper%3
Tue Mar 20
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“ If you are a poor player, just back up slowly and fade away. ”
Playing the Ukulele Live
Sun Mar 18
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Full orchestral version.
4’33 by John Cage
Full orchestral version.
Recommendation: Open the link in multiple tabs simultaneously. Listen to all the notes they’re not playing.
Sat Mar 17
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“ ERb is like a hack…to the max. ”
Marcel speaking at the Mountain West Ruby Conference
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“ Programming is for world commerce. It is like agriculture or fossil fuels. It is lot a like baling hay. I’ll give you an example: You wouldn’t write a cartoon book with a plot and running narrative just to show a guy how to bale hay! That would frustrate the guy! He would throw that book in the pig’s pen! He just wants to get straight to the nitty-gritty and, for once in his life, just bale hay, straightway! ”
Programming is not supposed to be fun.
Fri Mar 16
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“ Winning is a feeling that you get. ”
Chad Fowler
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Convert JSON to YAML for Syck
def convert_json_to_yaml(json) # Ensure that ":" and "," are always # followed by a space quoting, escaping = false, false json.gsub(/./) do |char| escaping = false and next char if escaping case char when '"', "'" quoting = quoting == char ? false : char when "\\" escaping = true if quoting when ":", "," char << " " unless quoting end char end end json = %({"returnTo":{"/categories":"/"}}) YAML.load(json) # ArgumentError: syntax error on line 0, col 30: `' YAML.load(convert_json_to_yaml(json)) # => {"returnTo"=>{"/categories"=>"/"}}
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A response to accusations that he digitally manipulated the footage of him performing the feat with his feet
Michel Gondry solves a Rubik’s Cube with his nose
A response to accusations that he digitally manipulated the footage of him performing the feat with his feet
Tue Mar 13
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“ There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful—many more. ”
Bjarne Stroustrup
Mon Mar 12
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Rails core
Michael K. - man, random image sites are awesome till you get something filthy
Jeremy K. - like eating at taco trucks
Sat Mar 10
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Recommendation: Open the link in multiple tabs simultaneously.
Look at all the things I’m not doing!
Recommendation: Open the link in multiple tabs simultaneously.
Fri Mar 9
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“ I don’t know how far we’ll get, but at least whatever we make will be onion-free. ”
Avi Bryant on Heresy and Fried Onions
Thu Mar 8
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“ Go easy on me, Queen of Languages…Go! ”
Dan Bejar in ‘Queen of Language’
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“ Just buy me something. I’ll pay you later for these things. ”
Jim Putnam in ‘All the Ghosts’
Wed Mar 7
Tue Mar 6
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“ Does your mirror say, “Good day”, today? Does your family make you feel pride? Do their pictures keep you warm. Is your smile so easily worn? Worn away. Do you feel pride? ”
Jim O’Rourke in ‘Movie on the Way Down’
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Rails core
Scott B. - the biggest fault i'm finding with my blackberry is it's not very pocket friendly
Scott B. - i pulled it out today and the phone dialer was up with the text Mmmmmmmmm on it
Scott B. - now, i don't know if it *knew* it was in my pocket and became excited, or what ...
Michael K. - don't they come with those silly belt clips
Scott B. - i'll take a bullet to the face before i EVER wear a phone on my belt
Scott B. - sorry, i'm not 50 yet
Thomas F. - there are combo leatherman/phone belt clips
Thomas F. - so, it can get worse than just the phone
Mon Mar 5
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“ Your programs should expect alien chunks and treat them as if they weren’t there. ”
MIDI file format specification
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Interviews with Jonathan Lethem, DJ Spooky and Malcolm Gladwell.
To the Best of Our Knowledge on plagiarism
Interviews with Jonathan Lethem, DJ Spooky and Malcolm Gladwell.
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“ Black is the new black. ”
Charting what the new what is in 2005
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Rails Core
Marcel M. - http://www.harpers.org/TheEcstasyOfInfluence.html
Marcel M. - an article about plagiarism by a fairly well know contemporary american novelist
Michael K. - http://www.harpers.org/TheEcstasyOfInfluence.html
Michael K. - Hey guys, check out this interesting article on reuse by a pretty well known american author.
Rick O. - to learn about recursion click here: https://rails.campfirenow.com/room/21/transcript/2007/03/05
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Lady Disastra CLUB AREOLA VIP: The back room is for employees only.
Wenis Swindlehurst: How do I hit people
Toothpaste for Dinner on Second Life
Lady Disastra CLUB AREOLA VIP: The back room is for employees only.
Wenis Swindlehurst: How do I hit people
Sun Mar 4
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“ no no no no no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
NO
“Venus Venus”
no no no no
no
omg
no ”
Kelly’s reaction to The Final Countdown
Fri Mar 2
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“ You don’t know a language until you’ve used it in anger. ”
Dave Thomas