xdissent.com ↯ http://xdissent.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:07:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes ↯Remove Trac Source Code Line Numbers Using Greasemonkey http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/55398 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:45:08 +0000 Greg Thornton http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/55398 Description: This userscript will hide the line numbers column in Trac source code listings, so you can copy and paste without having to delete line numbers later.

I've been using this script since last August, and it really comes in handy in at the most random times.

]]> ↯PHP Gist: Add GET params to links in HTML http://gist.github.com/321173 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:21:13 +0000 Greg Thornton http://gist.github.com/321173 Description: Filters HTML adding URL parameters to links beginning with a base URL.

The HTML source code is parsed with a regex replacement which updates the "href" attribute of all links whose URL begins with the base URL, adding the given data to the URL in the form of GET parameters.

]]> ↯Killer new GitHub feature: Compare View http://github.com/blog/612-introducing-github-compare-view Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:05:15 +0000 Greg Thornton http://github.com/blog/612-introducing-github-compare-view Description: Introducing GitHub Compare View

Wow, GitHub just got even cooler with this feature. Plus changelog generation and 3 in-the-wild examples of a "topic branch" workflow using the new Compare View.

]]> ↯Wrap logo words in spans for Thesis WP theme http://gist.github.com/309375 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:58:55 +0000 Greg Thornton http://gist.github.com/309375 Description: A PHP snippet that wraps each individual word in the logo text with a span tag. This is useful for custom styling of Thesis for Wordpress.

]]> Mimicking Python Descriptors in PHP http://xdissent.com/2010/01/15/mimicking-python-descriptors-in-php/ http://xdissent.com/2010/01/15/mimicking-python-descriptors-in-php/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:55:56 +0000 Greg Thornton http://xdissent.com/?p=112 So you’ve been working in Python for a year and then along comes a PHP gig that you just can’t pass up. All of a sudden you’re realizing just how much you miss some of the familiar Pythonisms you’ve come to rely on. One such feature that is lacking in PHP is the concept of descriptors. Fortunately, it’s possible to pretty closely simulate their behaviour in PHP with just a few special interfaces and classes.

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Gold in yo mouf. HEY GET YOUR PANTS OFF THE GROUND!

]]> ↯The new-style Zend data model http://blog.ekini.net/2009/07/22/a-follow-up-on-the-zend-framework-quickstart-tutorial-the-model/ Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:45:06 +0000 Greg Thornton http://blog.ekini.net/2009/07/22/a-follow-up-on-the-zend-framework-quickstart-tutorial-the-model/ Description: A Follow-up on the Zend Framework Quickstart Tutorial: The Model

Wenbert Del Rosario explores what seems to be the "new way" of defining Zend Framework models. I've abstracted this functionality out into a model base class, and it's eliminated a TON of boilerplate already. When I decide what standard features to use, the base model will be indispensable for my Zend apps in the future.

]]> ↯PHP Zend decorator series from Phly, boy, phly http://weierophinney.net/matthew/plugin/tag/decorators Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:12:29 +0000 Greg Thornton http://weierophinney.net/matthew/plugin/tag/decorators Description: A series of examples and tutorials exploring the concept of decorators in PHP's Zend Framework.

I finally found a reasonable way to tie form media in to Zend forms. Exciting!

]]> ↯uTidyLib on GitHub http://github.com/xdissent/utidylib Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:39:17 +0000 Greg Thornton http://github.com/xdissent/utidylib Description: uTidyLib for OS X moved to GitHub

Finally got around to doing this.

]]> ↯Unison Access Upgrade http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/01/unison-access-upgrade/ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:28:05 +0000 Greg Thornton http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/01/unison-access-upgrade/ Description: Unison Access, the usenet service provided by Panic Inc., gets unlimited transfer.

I'm seriously considering jumping on this deal. $9.99/month for *unlimited* usenet? You can't beat that.

]]> Leverage Twitter’s Distraction Value to Stay Focused http://xdissent.com/2009/07/03/leverage-twitters-distraction-value-to-stay-focused/ http://xdissent.com/2009/07/03/leverage-twitters-distraction-value-to-stay-focused/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:14:50 +0000 Greg Thornton http://xdissent.com/?p=56 Twitter by nature is a stream of distractions. I personally never keep Twitter open and visible while I’m working because I know I’ll be too easily derailed from whatever I’m doing. If Life Hacker reported that a single email arriving in your inbox can cost you over a minute of mental recovery time, Twitter’s rapid-fire updates could prove to be literally stupefying. (more…)

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