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More Rails
I continued my foray into the world of Ruby on Rails this evening with some success. As I started out in PHP writing a forum system, I decided it'd be a good app to build up a I get the hang of ...
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Tribes 4?
I recently dropped back in on my old Tribes/Halo team's IRC channel for the first time in months and spotted a link to a very interesting post on TribalWar. The suggestion very definitely seems ...
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Team Valley by night
Team Valley by night On my way home from my mate Krishna's flat tonight (or this morning as it now is), it was quite foggy and cool, so I headed up into the hills of the Team Valley and mana...
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Gaming on Rails
Continuing the Rails theme and thanks to a tenuous link... I spoke to an old acquaintance from my Haloplayers days for the first time in ages last night, who pointed me at the stunning upcoming ...
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Rails gets a decent IDE
It's been quite a while since I last attempted a look at Ruby and Rails, but a combination of too much PHP work and the lack of a decent editor for Ruby/Rails meant I never really got anywhere with...
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Still re-aligning?
Are people still calling it 're-aligning' when you slightly re-design a website to improve functionality, usability, etc. without drastically changing the style? It was all the rage last time I re-...
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PHP on TRAX demo app
The Ruby on Rails clone, PHP on TRAX seems to still be making progress and they've just set up a new demo app that mirrors the flickr demo app from a RoR screencast. John Peterson, lead develope...
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Total smoking ban vote
Great news for me as a non-smoker - the House of Commons last night voted for a total smoking ban in all enclosed public places in England. Obviously not good news for smokers who want to smoke dow...
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Cheney shoots man in hunt error
This story has been pretty well covered by all the big news organisations already, I just want to comment on a quote I find slightly disturbing from the shot guy's daughter. In the BBC article, ...
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Blindin'
McLaren unveiled their 2006 livery today for the transition between sponsors (they don't get Vodafone until next year). The car will be mostly chrome and certainly is rather striking. I assume ...