September 2010
2 posts
Anyone know a better way of installing java on...
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties sudo add-apt-repository “deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner” sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
Sep 6th
Better HAML and SASS tmbundles
http://github.com/handcrafted/handcrafted-haml-textmate-bundle.git http://github.com/seaofclouds/sass-textmate-bundle.git
Sep 2nd
July 2010
2 posts
Light weight CSS grid system
This http://www.1kbgrid.com/ looks pretty interesting
Jul 5th
1 note
2 tags
Getting started with Clojure and Emacs
http://emacsformacosx.com/ or http://homepage.mac.com/zenitani/emacs-e.html http://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/clojure/Getting_Started_with_Emacs http://p.hagelb.org/paredit-outline http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PareditCheatsheet
Jul 5th
April 2010
3 posts
2 tags
Apr 18th
Vimperator Quickstart Guide
1. Download 2. Learn some basic shortcuts o = open url (tab to smart complete) O = modify current url t = open url in a new tab d = close tab u = undo (as in reopen a tab) y = copy url to clip board 3. Learn more advance commands by browsing :help
Apr 6th
Optimise JQuery with Delegate
Instead of binding an event to every element bind to a common parent and let the event bubble up… http://api.jquery.com/delegate/
Apr 6th
March 2010
2 posts
2 tags
Rack::Auth::Basic keeps challenging you for a...
I recently came across a problem where Safari and Chrome wouldn’t remember the Basic Auth password for the admin area of a site I had protected using the Rack middleware. The reason for this? I had blindly copied the example from the Sintra FAQ and was not providing a realm! It wasn’t initially obvious this is set this but a quick check of the definition of use in the source...
Mar 31st
Don't Discount IE6 Just yet...
Recently @pingles and I have been looking into increasing the conversion rate of one of Forward’s many web sites. We started by looking at the data gathered from analytics over the last month or so and this threw up quite a few surprising figures. From our paid traffic well over 70% of visitors viewed the site using IE and a massive 20% of this was from IE6. This mean that traffic from IE6...
Mar 2nd
February 2010
1 post
Screen commands I keep forgetting...
Create a screen with a name: screen -S name_of_session Detach screen and leave running ctr+a ctrl+d List screen -ls Reattach to screen screen -r name_of_session
Feb 26th
January 2010
8 posts
“the designers work should have the clearly intelligible, objective, functional...”
– Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Muller-Brockmann
Jan 23rd
1 note
Uk Office Adviser.. →
The site @pingles and I worked on over the last month or so is now live to the public.
Jan 22nd
1 tag
3 Depressing TED talks about the state of the...
The Real Danger Lurking in the Water The Seas of Plastic Chris Jordan Pictures some Shocking Stats Man I wish they would fix my sky box so I could go back to watching normal brain dead TV.
Jan 7th
Jan 6th
Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+ | Video on... →
Great Ted talk on the common factors in the lifestyles of groups of people who have much higher than average life expectancy.
Jan 6th
InfoQ: Persistent Data Structures and Managed... →
Another great Rich Hickey talk
Jan 6th
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