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May 23, 2007
eMusic downloads in Linux
Best little downloader in town
It's java based so you may have some dependency issues - probably enough to install the latest Java runtime.
Thanks Robin!
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May 22, 2007
Context sensitive job posting
Recently spotted on the 37 Signals jobs board
SELECT * FROM web_developers WHERE programming_language = 'Python' AND communication_skills = 'superb' AND linux_skills = 'superb' AND ui_design_skills >= 'very good' ORDER BY google_maps_experience DESC;
Cheeky!
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May 15, 2007
Ruby on Rails vs. Java
From the boys over at Rails Envy:
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May 13, 2007
Microformat for code?
I have been doing a lot of studying lately to try and sharpen up my OO programming knowledge/skills. I have seen a lot of code examples - some beautifully laid out, some not.
Peeking at the HTML shows even more diversity. Some folks relying on the classic PRE / CODE pairing and others using non-breaking spaces and FONT tags!
I'm not surprised. It's a huge undertaking - probably.
I imagining something that would indent properly, would allow color-coding and all that would certainly provide better accessibility - colon's could be handled by the :after and :before pseudo-selectors - yeah, ideal world and all that. It should probably allow easy transformation from the HTML to a code editor AND allow easy cut and paste.
Something of this complexity would need a little app. to generate the appropriate end result.
Differing coding languages could be a problem but the syntactic sugar such as semi-colons, curly braces, indents etc. could possibly be handled by the CSS.
For example:
public class Exampleclass
{
public Exampleclass()
{
// do some constructor stuff here
}
}
There's a lot going on in just that small example. Even a slightly more complex class would have to include definitions for: fields, properties, methods, events, access modifiers, compiler directives, variable definitions, reserved keywords, built-in functions/methods/properties, etc.. whew!!
There has to be something better than PRE and CODE!
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May 3, 2007
(k)Ubuntu - enabling MP3 playback in Amarok
Crack open a terminal window and type (or copy and paste - but remember that Paste in a terminal window is Shift+Insert)
sudo /usr/lib/amarok/install-mp3
You will be prompted for a password - this is because 'sudo' means 'run this with root privelege' which means you must provide your root password (usually the same as your login password). Let apt do its thing - you may well see lots of errors, but eventually you will see a pop-up window doing a batch download.
Once that is finished you should be prompted that MP3 support is installed.
Restart Amarok and enjoy your choons!
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May 1, 2007
Thunderbird 2 on a fresh install of kubuntu feisty
If you get an error talking about "libstdc++.so.5" then fire up apt with:
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
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