March 2008
23 posts
“If you would persuade, appeal to interest and not to reason.”
– Ben Franklin in Poor Richard’s Almanack
Mar 25th
Mar 25th
Mar 24th
Don't Embed Color Profile
Unless of course you want to look dumb in Safari. Background Safari is the only browser that correctly interprets the color profile information as is the default for Photoshop when saving jpegs. So what happens is your make your cute web2.0 app with your oh-so-original rounded corners you made in photoshop, and you all your safari traffic will see your cute corner image clash with your...
Mar 23rd
Pylot | Open Source Web Performance Tool →
Mar 21st
Cells bring clean re-use to your Rails views «... →
Mar 18th
gladwell dot com - blowing up →
Mar 18th
Benchmarks of DIfferent Rails Full-Text Search... →
Mar 18th
People as Data Connectors from JasonKolb.com - The... →
Mar 16th
Mar 16th
celemony_ :: Direct Note Access →
Amazing. One of the coolest applications of technology accomplishing something I have always dreamed of but deemed impossible.
Mar 15th
New sales program pays Facebook members:... →
Mar 14th
Is social networking a waste of time? - Times... →
“One estimate puts the cost to British industry at £6.5 billion per annum … Another survey estimates that Britain’s social media fanatics are spending as much as 12 hours per week on these…
Mar 14th
Stevey's Blog Rants: Get that job at Google →
Really good interviewing tips/tricks/advice
Mar 13th
python_cheatsheet.png 773×938 pixels →
Interesting way to present basic python syntax
Mar 13th
mathjob - Fullscreen →
Common Interview Problems
Mar 13th
Http Headers Diagram  →
Very cool chart explaining HTTP headers
Mar 11th
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Using SQLite3 for Rails on MediaTemple (dv)
SQLite is a really easy to use serverless, selfcontained database engine. Additionally it is the default db adapter for Ruby on Rails version 2.0. This post gives a quick overview for using SQLite3 and Ruby on Rails on a Media Temple Dedicated Virtual 3.0 Server. Pre-Requisites Media Temple Dedicated Virtual 3.0 Server Root Access Developer Tools SSH Access Install...
Mar 11th
Mar 9th
Quick Break
Taking a quick break from blogging to implement a really cool new web application conceived last thursday. More info soon.
Mar 3rd
Business Cards - a photoset on Flickr →
Mar 3rd
Twitterfied!
I’ve finally given in and gotten a twitter account. I’m still learning my way around, but check out my feed and follow me if you’re interested: http://twitter.com/danielrhammond
Mar 2nd
Merb | Features →
Mar 2nd