My total exposure to Ruby has been around 2 hours, a great time to write about it. So warnings, n00b alert, I have not even written a ruby “hello world” script! But hey, it’s important to write when you feel inspired. I have a few people to thank for the inspiration. Read the rest of this entry »
A newbie to Ruby
October 14th, 2009Jquery input selectors
September 25th, 2009I have a had file on my desktop for months now called “must-learn.txt” I thought I would share it. Every now and then I need to select form elements. I find the follwing very useful, but can never remember the conventions off the top of my head. Read the rest of this entry »
Virgin Trains
September 16th, 2009This is a rant about Virgin Trains. Whilst I am forced to use this terrible service to visit my parents, I have always tried to make the most of their website. I feel that it’s a classic example of poor design, hopeless linkage and a bumpy user journey. No pun intended. I have had to just buy another load of tickets from there and this is why I am so angry. Read the rest of this entry »
TinyMCE or NicEdit for CodeIgniter?
July 26th, 2009I have been writing a content management system at work using CodeIgniter. Since it will be used by many people to add content, making an editor available is essential for the system. At the time, two candidates stood out for me, both of which, I want to mention in this short post. They are:
Wordpress absolute path update
June 30th, 2009I have just found a really helpful command that I can see myself using all the time. It’s too often that I need to take a copy of a development database file and update the absolute paths to use the live address.
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