TechCrunch 50: RackUp and Udorse
Two more presentations from TechCrunch worth mentioning. The first, a interesting gift-card auction site that aims to expand retailers market…
TechCrunch50: Story Something, ToonsTunes.com, Sealtale, iTwin, 5to1, DataXU, FluidHTML ToyBots, DataXU, SeatGeek
TechCrunch50, the industry’s American Idol-like startup spring board, wasn’t immune this year to the usual roundup of mediocre start-up ideas.…
TechCrunch50: American Idol for Tech Startups
One wonders just how far outside the echo chamber that is Silicon Valley a conference full of fanciful startups will…
Pattern Matching Function (Ruby)
def hilite_search_criteria(pattern, search_criteria) return if pattern.nil? or search_criteria.nil? pattern.gsub!(/(]*>)|\n|\t/s) {” “} match_char = pattern =~ /#{search_criteria}/i matched_string = $~.to_s return…
How to get the current action & controller name in Rails
In your views: controller.action_name controller.controller_name In the controller itself, you can just call controller_name action_name If you want the current…
If an element is visible or hidden using jQuery
Usually you can trust the .toggle function (or .slideToggle) to hide or show whatever you want it to. But occasionally…
unsolved: jQuery: Can you redefine the click function on a button? (unsolved mystery)
I have defined a click function in the document ready $(“#submit_request_toggle”).click(function() { $(‘#submit_request’).slideToggle(500); }); Later, I do an ajax call…
jQuery function for slightly opaque images
Here’s a jQuery function to make your images slightly opaque (or “disabled” looking), then have them fade in when you…
How can I see my relative url root? (Rails)
The relative url root is the thing that is appended to the front of your path, but after the domain…
Ruby Strings
symbol what it does + concatenate “a” “b” => -1 >> “a” “a” => 0 >> “b” “a” => 1…