Programming
Rails for the Ruby-Impaired, John Paul Ashenfelter
Notes from John Paul Ashenfelter’s talk on Ruby on Rails at Frameworks 2007.
Regardless of what language you’re developing you’ll be facing the same problems. Frameworks across all languages have that in common - they try to make developing easier, usually with some take on the model-view-controller pattern. The holy grail of application development is something [...]
Monster Skills
Required Skills: SQL, Crystal, Visual Basic, Delphi, JAVA, Java Script, XML, PHP, ASP, PERL, ColdFusion, HTML, DHTML, CSS, ASP, LDAP, Dream Weaver, Flash
Yeah, good luck with that. Reading Monster.com job postings. Not so much because I’m looking for a new job, but just to see what skills are out there and what [...]
While I’m Young
This last week has gone by entirely too fast. Coding, going out, Micheal Moore, HK movies, classes and massive amounts of work. Last week hit me hard too — 38 hours in a week most my HW was due. There’s no longer any doubt though. The time i spend working out [...]
Not Sweating It
Job interview went OK. They asked me a lot more questions than at previous interviews I’ve been at, but I think most of the answers I gave were right on. Asked questions on what php libraries I’ve used, xml, xslt, dhtml, coldfusion functions, give examples of database queries, explain how certain joins work [...]



