Monthly Archives: November 2005
Tagging easier: Firefox plugin for del.icio.us
Tagging websites [Del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us/) just got easier. Two small buttons and an extra menu in the chrome of Firefox. Get them you too, with the [del.icio.us Firefox extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1532&application=firefox).
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Fasterfox: Get performance out of Firefox
My rambling thoughts when riding in the backseat of my uncle-in-law’s car yesterday: “Wouldn’t it be good to have the Google Accelerator in a small way, like local, user-controlled, and… integrated in something I already use? The pre-fetch of webpages … Continue reading
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I like Thunderbird
[Mozilla Thunderbird](http://getthunderbird.com) is a fine email client. It recognizes dumb scams automagically for me.
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CakePHP news: Data Bindings v0.1 Example
You might know that I am involved in the [CakePHP framework](http://www.cakephp.org/) project, and I’m developing web sites with it now. On the IRC channel today, I was alerted to the existence of the Bindings sister project. Now they have an … Continue reading
Delicious: Re-use of metadata
I have now added even more stuff to that bloated sidebar of mine. Perhaps you also have a delicious feed, and a WordPress blog? [Grab this plugin](http://www.w-a-s-a-b-i.com/archives/2004/10/15/delisious-cached/) to get started. The folks at Del.icio.us have made it really simple to … Continue reading
ActiveRecord outside of Rails: handy DB-tool
The popular web framework Ruby on Rails has a core part called ActiveRecord. That is the ORM, the object-relational mapper, which lets you use your database records “as objects” in your code. With Rails, ActiveRecord is very powerful, but it’s … Continue reading
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Testing: Ruby, Watir & more
Hi folks. I’ve been busy pushing out a little micro-small shopping cart system, but multiple projects keep dragging on, and “project hang” locks me down. I am getting things done, but there’s just much of it all. Today I needed … Continue reading
Crazy operators: J, a different creature
Warning to non-geek readers: This might be the most in-bred geek-talk posting ever to be made on this blog. Bear with me. Skip this post if functional programming and “different” languages is not on your plate. The web is bigger … Continue reading
Automation of searching: Practical use of Factbites
Do you use a lot of time searching for the right information? I know I do. The meta-web-search site [FactBites](http://www.factbites.com/) can be a way of learning about stuff that you have an inkling of. Let’s take the word [monad](http://www.factbites.com/topics/Monad) and … Continue reading
Tobias as musical star: A Shoggoth on the Roof (world premiere)
Tobias Wrigstad played Obed Marsh in the amazing Shoggoth on the Roof musical – here is the photoset: A Shoggoth on the Roof (world premiere). If you’re into H.P. Lovecraft stuff, then go look. If you know Tobias, then go … Continue reading