September 25, 2011
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Following on from my post way back in July, I have created a repository over at the github, with some updated examples surrounding validation, adding comments to posts and some refactoring. I am currently looking into DI for javascript objects, … Continue reading
July 12, 2011
by gregs
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New job and opportunities. One of the core approaches to developing here, is the use TDD. Now in a JS/UI kind of role this is really novel approach (well at least for me). I don't know how many times in … Continue reading
May 20, 2011
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Stumbled across a post on Oh My Zsh this morning and on a pure whim decided to give it a whirl. After 8 hours or so of use, I am really, really liking it. It's the small things. The git integration … Continue reading
April 21, 2011
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So apparently Apple has been a tad naughty and been tracking where us iPhone and iPad 3G users roam. Two researchers have published these findings along with an app that overlays the data on an OpenStreetMap map. So this is … Continue reading
April 5, 2011
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Since I have a bit of time on my hands right now, I took a look at node.js and socket.io. The outcome, a really simple chat client/server written in JavaScript. Source is up over at Github, with some instructions on … Continue reading
April 1, 2011
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Today my server ran out of disk space. With the help of my friend Ed I was able to pin point the exact location. If you run this command from the root of your server: PLAIN TEXT CODE: du -sh … Continue reading
March 22, 2011
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I took the plunge this afternoon and switched from Apache 2 to NGinx. For the most part I followed the instructions posted here. Since I am now running Debian Squeeze there were a few things to note: spawn-fcgi: there's a … Continue reading
March 11, 2011
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I have just posted two small utility functions to merge PDF documents together for those working in CF. You can view them here . Or inline below. The first function takes an array of PDF documents and merges them into … Continue reading
March 11, 2011
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A few weeks back I stumbled across a post showing how to create a baby monitor type application using Tropo and Phono courtesy of the JavaScript weekly newsletter. This got me thinking about our applications and I thought it would … Continue reading
February 17, 2011
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Over Christmas and last month, I decided to resurrect www.tcias.co.uk. Initially it was just a static html site, but I decided to re-build it using Ruby and Rails. While it's very much like using a sledgehammer to tap in a … Continue reading