Archive Posts for: March 31, 2011

API doc for scala API to MongoDB

Casbah casbah-core v2.1.1 – _root_ API doc for scala API to MongoDB tags: scala reference programming Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Handy cheat-cheat of SQL / mongoDB correspondences.

SQL to Mongo Mapping Chart – MongoDB Handy cheat-cheat of SQL / mongoDB correspondences. tags: database scaling Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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links for 03/27/2011 (a.m.)

MaxMind – GeoIP Javascript Web Service A handy approximate IP-based geolocation that can be used as a fallback if the browser does not support proper geolocation. tags: programming library javascript scalaj/scalaj-collection – GitHub Handy utility library for converting back and forth between Java and Scala collections. tags: scala programming library The Great WebKit Comparison Table [...]

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links for 03/26/2011 (a.m.)

Grid Calculator Calculating web design grid values. tags: css layout design tool backplanejs – A JavaScript library that provides cross-browser XForms, RDFa, and SMIL support. – Google Project Hosting An RDF-oriented Javascript library. tags: javascript library programming Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Social Photo Sharing Sessions at SXSW

There were two different sessions at SXSW covering social photo sharing, one a panel and the other a round-table discussion group. The panel, Photo Sharing – Promiscuity or Private Groups, featured Mayank Mehta from Cooliris the gee-whizz photo browsing company (who have recently added a social photo sharing) and Danny Trinh from Path, the social [...]

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Minimalism is good: programming lessons from music and writing

In his SXSW talk Programming and Minimalism: Lessons from Orwell & The Clash, Jon Dahl from Zencoder asked what other activity is programming like. He acknowledged that it was valid to think of programming being an engineering discipline and valid to think of it as being a craft, but he mostly proposed that programming is [...]

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links for 03/22/2011 (a.m.)

Less Framework 4 A nice-looking CSS framework for building grid-based web sites that are responsive to different screen sizes. tags: programming css html5 mobile layout API Console A way of testing web APIs that is more convenient than curl. tags: programming api Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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What levels of radiation you should worry about

There has been a lot of irresponsible reporting of the possible dangers from the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors. Even the New York Times was guilty of providing an interactive presentation that gave a misleading impression that the U.S. West Coast was in danger. Here is one piece of sanity that I urge you to study [...]

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Links for SXSW talk “One Codebase, Endless Possibilities: Real HTML5 Hacking”

One Codebase, Endless Possibilities: Real HTML5 Hacking joemccann/freebeernearme – GitHub #hack5 code tags: programming mobile javascript html5 Free Beer Near Me! #hack5 example tags: programming mobile javascript html5 SXSW 2011 Presentation – One Codebase, Endless Possibilities – Real HTML5 Hacking #hack5 presentation tags: programming mobile javascript html5 PhoneGap Build Online phonegap build #hack5 tags: programming [...]

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A nice looking JavaScript library for dynamically modifying web pages.

Knockout : Home A nice looking  JavaScript library for dynamically modifying web pages. tags: javascript programming library Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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An explanation of continuation passing style and how you might use it in JavaScript.

By example: Continuation-passing style in JavaScript An explanation of continuation passing style and how you might use it in JavaScript.  (Though not sure why it does not blow your stack.) tags: programming tutorial javascript Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. UPDATE: Thanks to Christopher for pointing out that JavaScript does a good [...]

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Some of my patents over the years

Recursive data naming – Patent 7797359 Our invention for how to have a global naming system in a peer-to-peer aggregation of nodes. tags: patent my ip CREATING AN ALBUM Our invention of creating photo-books as a side-effect of people playing computer games. tags: patent my ip Image dominant line determination and use – Patent 7751627 [...]

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