FalsePositives goes to DC
That’s DC as in “District of Columbia”, aka in the capital of the USA. At the end of this October we made a extra long weekend trip to Washington DC. It was a first trip for me, so lots of touristy stuff. Continue reading
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TIFF 2014 : The Dead Lands, Phoenix, Breakup Buddies, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 2, Mommy, 71, Tokyo Fiancée, The Imitation Game
TIFF aka Toronto International Film Festival means lots of films in Toronto this september. For us it meant : The Dead Lands, Phoenix, Breakup Buddies, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 2, Mommy, 71, Tokyo Fiancée, The Imitation Game Continue reading
Simple State Machines in Rails 4.1 with Enum
a new feature of Ruby on Rails 4.1 is that of “enum” which enables a simple, and very quick, mini state machine. The use case for such a feature is for a status field that has a small set of Continue reading
Found Words : ADDDD or ADD Driven Development
as coined in the Ruby Rogues podcat #168 with Craig Muth of Xiki fame : Continue reading
Giving the Finger to the WIMP : Mouse vs Touch in Web Design :
Out of the 1980’s computing came “WIMP” as in “Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer”. With Mobile devices soon to be the default computer experience, the Mouse Pointer is dead and with it some bad habits in our web designs. Here are Two : Continue reading