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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Rolling on…
Not sure! I’m done with school for the summer and trying to decide on … – working on a site in rails (haven’t done much rails in the past year.. ::cry::) – learning more about GWT (Google Web Toolkit) – making an android app, i started a few but haven’t gotten very far – trying [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Fun by nola
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Words Mean Things
I am trying to teach my husband Nick some programming. He has tried before but he always loses interest before we get more than a couple sessions. He finally found a problem he was interested in solving. He wants a program that will tell him the most efficient way to organize his vast dvd collection. [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Fun by nola
Monday, May 4th, 2009
May Chicago Ruby Meeting
It been months since I went…but I was missing my ruby peeps! I didn’t see too many of the old faces and they have started a new tradition of going out for a beer afterwards which is always a good time when I can talk code over a Guniness! Good times! The talk was about [...]
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
Simple Java testing with Standard Input
This is not a ground breaking thing but something I learned a few weeks ago. I've been learning java for the past few months and its a whole different world than php, perl or ruby. I learned how to use standard in from my professor a few week ago. Say you have a program like [...]
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
I’m Alive!
Wow, its been a long time since I wrote anything. I guess I haven't done too much cool lately in programming or really much coding to think of it. But I have been working on some things... Android! -- I've been working on an android app with a friend ... soon we can talk about [...]
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
Not Doing It
I am not not not not doing it! I am not getting an iphone. The lower price is very very tempting... but I am not doing it. A friend of mine signed up for an apple developer account like hours after it opened -- I asked him yesterday if he was approved and he said [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by nola
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Off the Grid
I had a pcmcia sierra wireless broadband card for my old laptop for the past 2 years , since I have a loooong commute and its just plain boring being off the grid. I am usually programming on the go and sometimes I need to look something up or ask a friend or install a [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in life by nola
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Git Peepcode Review
I'm watching the Git peepcode by Geoffrey Grosenbach and as usual with other peepcode it is very good. This is the ultimate in geek-tv. I swear, i will burn these to a DVD sometime so i can watch them on my tv! Things I like about git so far: - branching, since I am often [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in git by nola
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Potluck
I've been doing a variety of things lately: Playing with Android I got the "Hello Android" beta book from Pragmatic Programmers -- I am trying to remember its beta but its sort of hard to follow. Be prepared to download the source code for the book and compare to what the book has to see [...]
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Hello Android
I've been hankering to try out programming for a device. I did a hello world app for my pocketpc with c++ years ago. Apparently it didn't hold my interest cuz I never did much with it. I am not enthusiastic about the iphone and its developer requirements and restrictions (way to piss on the developers [...]
