NY Tech Meetup Oct 6, 2009: Tagnic, Anyclip
Two of the interesting startups presented tonight at NY Tech meetup underscore one of the crucial facets of the tech…
Coercion operations affect which order you might evaluate variables in
In trying to write code to give me the full name of “next” month (in my case, November, as today…
Configure git so that it shows green & red in my terminal
Create a file in your home directory here: ~/.gitconfig (The dot makes it invisible of course) In this file, you…
Object Equality & States in Ruby
A good area to spend some time for someone new to Ruby is to understand about objects. This serves as…
Arrays in Ruby
Ruby syntax for working with arrays (cheat-sheet):
CSS Symbols
Symbols used in CSS symbol name what for notes . dot (period) denotes class value # pound denotes id value…
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…