One step that is required is to add an entry to the hosts file on my laptop so that the... ]]> http://blog/2011/03/25/ruby-day-two-seven-languages.html /2011/03/25/ruby-day-two-seven-languages.html /2011/03/25/ruby-day-two-seven-languages.html#comments 25 March 2011 Find:

• Find out how to access files with and without code blocks. What is the benefit of the code block? Info about how to accessing files with and without code blocks can be found here. One of the benfits of using code blocks is that the IO... ]]> http://blog/2011/03/22/ruby-day-one-seven-languages.html /2011/03/22/ruby-day-one-seven-languages.html /2011/03/22/ruby-day-one-seven-languages.html#comments 22 March 2011 Language One, Day One is Ruby:

  Find:

  • The Ruby API
  • The free online version of Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide
  • A method that substitutes part of a string
  • Information about Ruby’s regular expressions
  • Information about Ruby’s ranges

  Do:

  • Print the... ]]> http://blog/2011/03/21/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks.html /2011/03/21/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks.html /2011/03/21/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks.html#comments 21 March 2011 My order from Amazon arrived at work while I was away in Melbourne last week.

    Thanks @animoller Thanks @animoller

    One of the books was Seven Languages in Seven Weeks by Bruce Tate.

    I’m going to post my attempts at the self study sections for each of the... ]]> http://blog/2011/03/21/ruby-day-one-seven-languages.html /2011/03/21/ruby-day-one-seven-languages.html /2011/03/21/ruby-day-one-seven-languages.html#comments 21 March 2011 Language One, Day One is Ruby:

    Find:

    • The Ruby API
    • The free online version of Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide
    • A method that substitutes part of a string
    • Information about Ruby’s regular expressions
    • Information about Ruby’s ranges

    Do:

    • Print the... ]]> http://blog/2011/03/02/slum-village-sound-check.html /2011/03/02/slum-village-sound-check.html /2011/03/02/slum-village-sound-check.html#comments 02 March 2011 ]]> http://blog/2010/10/11/xscope.html /2010/10/11/xscope.html /2010/10/11/xscope.html#comments 11 October 2010 At my first job out of Uni, a colleague gave me a screen ruler she had written. It was a simple ruler that had some nice extras. Unfortunately when I left that company I forgot to take the app with me, and have been searching for something ever since without... ]]> http://blog/2010/10/11/the-simpsons-x-banksy.html /2010/10/11/the-simpsons-x-banksy.html /2010/10/11/the-simpsons-x-banksy.html#comments 11 October 2010 ]]> http://blog/2010/08/12/html5-boilerplate.html /2010/08/12/html5-boilerplate.html /2010/08/12/html5-boilerplate.html#comments 12 August 2010 Paul Irish has release a “professional badass’s base HTML/CSS/JS template for a fast, robust and future-proof site”.

      Looks pretty sweet. I particularly like the CDN hosted jQuery with local fallback.

      Even if you don’t want to use the whole thing, it’s worth looking through for little tricks like that.

      There... ]]> http://blog/2010/07/20/software-will-become-unpatentable-in-nz.html /2010/07/20/software-will-become-unpatentable-in-nz.html /2010/07/20/software-will-become-unpatentable-in-nz.html#comments 20 July 2010 The New Zealand Computer Society reports that the New Zealand Government will be passing a legislation to make software unpatentable.

      New Zealand is looking like quite a nice place to start a software company.

      (via ifacethoughts)

      ]]> http://blog/2010/07/20/dont-hold-it-wrong.html /2010/07/20/dont-hold-it-wrong.html /2010/07/20/dont-hold-it-wrong.html#comments 20 July 2010 Tumblog Mobile Phone manuals with specific instructions on holding your phone.
      collected by David Chartier.

      (via Daring Fireball)

      ]]> http://blog/2010/07/19/dilla-joints.html /2010/07/19/dilla-joints.html /2010/07/19/dilla-joints.html#comments 19 July 2010

      In an act of great musicianship the legendary Roots-crew pay respect to the late and great J Dilla offering their renditions of the producer’s greatest hits. The featured mixtape belongs easily to the most sublime tributes to J Dilla we have seen... ]]> http://blog/2010/07/07/arrived.html /2010/07/07/arrived.html /2010/07/07/arrived.html#comments 07 July 2010 I’ve been waiting for a couple of months now, but when I arrived home last night this was waiting for me:

      

      It’s just as well written and beautifully laid out as I thought it would be.

      Look forward to more titles from... ]]> http://blog/2010/06/30/this-post-breaks-auckland-coucils-rules.html /2010/06/30/this-post-breaks-auckland-coucils-rules.html /2010/06/30/this-post-breaks-auckland-coucils-rules.html#comments 30 June 2010 By doing this… About Auckland Council, I am breaking Auckland Council’s website rules.

      "You may not create links from other websites to this Website in any way, including deep-linking or use of metatags, except with the prior express written permission of Auckland Council."

      Seems like a strange rule to... ]]> http://blog/2010/04/15/run-command-on-save-in-textmate.html /2010/04/15/run-command-on-save-in-textmate.html /2010/04/15/run-command-on-save-in-textmate.html#comments 15 April 2010 Just a little trick to run a terminal command post save in Textmate:

      1. Open Bundle Editor
      2. Create a New Command
      3. Set Save to: Current File
      4. Put you command to run in the Command(s): field
      5. Set Input to Selected Text
      6. Set Output to Discard
      7. Now all that needs to be... ]]> http://blog/2010/04/07/people-gonna-start-calling-their-kids-qkjzxkffb.html /2010/04/07/people-gonna-start-calling-their-kids-qkjzxkffb.html /2010/04/07/people-gonna-start-calling-their-kids-qkjzxkffb.html#comments 07 April 2010 With Mattel updating the rules of Scrabble to allow proper nouns I can just see the hardcore scrabble players among us giving their kids names with potentially high Scrabble scores.

         Here are some suggestions:

         • Qkjzxffb

         • Bfqxz Kj

         • Jqzxkkk

         • Zxk

         • ... ]]> http://blog/2010/04/01/users.html /2010/04/01/users.html /2010/04/01/users.html#comments 01 April 2010 I manage a newsletter for a small website using Campaign Monitor. (Awesome software BTW)

           Users can sign up using a small form on the homepage of the website.There is limited space for the form, so instead of a label, I set a value for each field which is removed... ]]> http://blog/2010/03/04/firing-a-mootools-event-after-a-net-update-panel-reloads.html /2010/03/04/firing-a-mootools-event-after-a-net-update-panel-reloads.html /2010/03/04/firing-a-mootools-event-after-a-net-update-panel-reloads.html#comments 04 March 2010 I wanted to run some javascript after a .net update panel had finished loading after a postback.

           This code basically binds an event ‘reload’ to the window object after the update panel has finished reloading.

            Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_endRequest( window.addEvent.pass('reload', window) ); 

           Once this is done you can listen for the... ]]> http://blog/2010/02/03/dilla.html /2010/02/03/dilla.html /2010/02/03/dilla.html#comments 03 February 2010 The year was 2003. J Dilla and Madlib had just wrapped up their album Champion Sound, recording as Jaylib, with Dilla then still in Detroit and Madlib doing all his work from his bomb shelter studio in Los Angeles. J Rocc - who would later become the third member of... ]]> http://blog/2010/02/02/my-city-vs-your-city.html /2010/02/02/my-city-vs-your-city.html /2010/02/02/my-city-vs-your-city.html#comments 02 February 2010 Cool project to come out of the Music Hack Day - Stockholm.

           A JavaScript based app that compares what people listen to in different cities based on data provided by last.fm

           ]]> http://blog/2010/01/29/paypal-x-politics.html /2010/01/29/paypal-x-politics.html /2010/01/29/paypal-x-politics.html#comments 29 January 2010 Interesting article about the dangers of outsourcing your currency to a private company.

           http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/01/paypal-and-politics.html

           ]]> http://blog/2010/01/15/askew-x-pmoney.html /2010/01/15/askew-x-pmoney.html /2010/01/15/askew-x-pmoney.html#comments 15 January 2010

           3 beats by P-Money, 3 pieces by Askew

           ]]> http://blog/2009/12/10/parliament-on-demand.html /2009/12/10/parliament-on-demand.html /2009/12/10/parliament-on-demand.html#comments 10 December 2009 The Office of the Clerk has now set up a website to make ParliamentTV available on demand

           inthehouse.co.nz

           Every debate, every question, categorised by MP and topic, and available to be linked and embedded by blogs, facebook, or other webpages.

           Seems pretty impressive.

           ]]> http://blog/2009/12/01/ladies-a-plate.html /2009/12/01/ladies-a-plate.html /2009/12/01/ladies-a-plate.html#comments 01 December 2009 Just launched a new site, Ladies, a Plate. Delicious baking goodness

           

           ]]> http://blog/2009/11/23/ponsonby-santa-kicks-ass.html /2009/11/23/ponsonby-santa-kicks-ass.html /2009/11/23/ponsonby-santa-kicks-ass.html#comments 23 November 2009

           So the Queen St Santa got a face-lift. The Ponsonby Road Santa still kicks its ass.

           ]]> http://blog/2009/11/19/kevin-garnett-75-foot-shot.html /2009/11/19/kevin-garnett-75-foot-shot.html /2009/11/19/kevin-garnett-75-foot-shot.html#comments 19 November 2009

           Half court shots just ain’t that impressive anymore.

           ]]> http://blog/2009/11/03/the-man.html /2009/11/03/the-man.html /2009/11/03/the-man.html#comments 03 November 2009

           The Man

           (via Ben Lilley)

           ]]> http://blog/2009/09/23/sydney-duststorm.html /2009/09/23/sydney-duststorm.html /2009/09/23/sydney-duststorm.html#comments 23 September 2009

           Cool photo of the dust storm that hit Syndey.

           There is a Flikr Group with more photos here.

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