My dream projects for this week:
Linux Software RAID configurator tool – I have yet to see a good Linux tool for expressing, at a high level, that I want 4 mount points, with the 1st as RAID 1 /boot at xxx MB with ext3fs, the second as RAID 5 / at xxx GB with ext3fs, [...]
acts_as_paranoid (“AAP”) is a Ruby on Rails plugin that does not delete the row when destroy() is called. Rather, it sets a deleted_at field to a non-null value. The find() method is modified to skip any deleted records, thus making it easy to find only those rows that are considered active. You can locate previously [...]
Simon Yorke, who builds record players in his shop in Spain, on why he doesn’t use machines to create his record players:
“We make everything by hand. Yes, we have machines; we have test operators. But, we make everything by hand. Why? If you manufacture everything, in a factory, using computers, everything comes out exactly the [...]
Inspired by Christopher Hawkins, here is my first in a series of dream projects I’d love to build or see built.
Remember the Customer – A user interface and API not unlike Remember The Milk for Lead Management. It may not take much to craft RTM into an RTC, just a few well-placed fields for [...]
Nick Bradbury had a blog series some time ago called “Simplicity Ain’t So Simple”, where he covered tips for simple software feature design. Here are the posts in case you missed them, as they have been a great reminder for me while designing for a new startup:
Part I: Decide What to Hide
Part II: Stop Showing [...]
I just received this letter in the mail last week (click to view the large version) regarding AT&T sharing information with third-parties (personal information removed):
One of my (many) favorite parts:
To allow AT&T to use your CPNI, no further action is required.
CPNI, or Customer Proprietary Network Information, is your phone usage and other statistics (they confirmed [...]
I read an interesting thread on The Business of Software about switching from C# to Ruby on Rails. Here are some of my favorites:
I tried Rails before and it felt like php (editing in Notepad and using command-line tools). When Rails comes up with an IDE like Visual Studio + Intellisense, I’ll consider it.
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It [...]
I rarely post things like this, but this is one of the most innovative music videos since A-ha’s Take On Me:
“Myself and a couple have friends have entered the above into the Modest Mouse video competition. Using green screen footage provided by the band we cut a simple music video. We then degraded the images [...]
I can recall when I first picked up a Palm Vx how excited I was to start writing code for it. I had one of the early versions of Java on it (from JavaOne ‘99), but found most of what I needed to write a complete Palm application was missing. So, I picked up one [...]
Link: Ruby on Rails commercial (1 of 4)
[tags]Ruby on Rails commercial, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Java[/tags]
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