I love my new job so much.
That's all. OK gotta sign off. Peace :)
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03/04/2008 23:25 #43557
New JobCategory: work
03/02/2008 11:36 #43528
Flight of the ConchordsNow an HBO series
The Humans are Dead
Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros
Bowie in Space
The Humans are Dead
Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros
Bowie in Space
fellyconnelly - 03/02/08 17:41
uhhhhhh.... wow...
thats ah.. motherflippin... somethin...
my jaw was dropped for a bit there..
i like the second one the best tho!
uhhhhhh.... wow...
thats ah.. motherflippin... somethin...
my jaw was dropped for a bit there..
i like the second one the best tho!
03/01/2008 12:11 #43520
Too Awesomely Something...Category: lawl
This book is available on Amazon: Cube Chic
fellyconnelly - 03/02/08 08:35
i wonder how productive the fur desk would be? but really i am serious about building myself a cubicle just so i can dress it up!
i wonder how productive the fur desk would be? but really i am serious about building myself a cubicle just so i can dress it up!
lilho - 03/01/08 15:38
thats amazing. but how would your boss feel?
thats amazing. but how would your boss feel?
paul - 03/01/08 12:24
Wow, I never thought of dressing it up really.
Wow, I never thought of dressing it up really.
02/28/2008 11:02 #43494
MacRubyCategory: programming
Apple has created a version of Ruby that runs on top of Objective-C.
OK, holy crap. This will be like the only non-objective-c Mac programming platform that's officially supported and hooked into Cocoa from the ground up. The future of Mac apps might just be Ruby, dropping down to Objective-C where you need the hardcore number crunching performance.
OK, holy crap. This will be like the only non-objective-c Mac programming platform that's officially supported and hooked into Cocoa from the ground up. The future of Mac apps might just be Ruby, dropping down to Objective-C where you need the hardcore number crunching performance.
james - 03/02/08 22:09
What's a Ruby?
What's a Ruby?
tiburon1724 - 02/28/08 17:58
I have no idea what you're talking about, though I wish I did :(
I have no idea what you're talking about, though I wish I did :(
jim - 02/28/08 12:18
I guess my point was that unlike the scripting bridge, or the java bridge, MacRuby has all the regular ruby objects descending directly from their NS counterparts. So all ruby strings are descended from NSString, etc... just seemed to me like it went a lot further then RubyCocoa or PyObjC, but I'm not as familiar with PyObjC as with RubyCocoa.
Anyways, I just looked at MacRuby for a few minutes at the start of the day and won't get a change to play around with it until the weekend, so my impressions aren't even half baked.
I guess my point was that unlike the scripting bridge, or the java bridge, MacRuby has all the regular ruby objects descending directly from their NS counterparts. So all ruby strings are descended from NSString, etc... just seemed to me like it went a lot further then RubyCocoa or PyObjC, but I'm not as familiar with PyObjC as with RubyCocoa.
Anyways, I just looked at MacRuby for a few minutes at the start of the day and won't get a change to play around with it until the weekend, so my impressions aren't even half baked.
carolinian - 02/28/08 12:11
There's also PyObjC, the python tie-in. I haven't messed with Ruby, but PyObjC was a real PITA to work with, largely because it didn't have the real nice integration with XCode that Objective-C did and because PyObjC programs are structured codewise in a that's totally different from the proper order that Obj-C programmers expect them to be in.
It's also going in the other direction as well. With the enhancements that Apple's made to Obj-C, it's more like a scripting language, e.g. they added garbage collection to Obj-C 2.0 as well as a foreach-ish loop syntax.
In spite of Apple's moves to make Obj-C more like a scripting language, they still haven't included regular expressions in their API. something which astounds me to no end and makes all my scripting friends say "you gotta be kidding me!" When tasked with searching through lots of text for very specific things, it's at that point that non-Obj-C scripting languages provide a definite advantages as a workaround to Apple's stupidity.
Apple introduced the ruby scripting bridge to Leopard and you might have some fun playing with it.
:::link:::
There's also PyObjC, the python tie-in. I haven't messed with Ruby, but PyObjC was a real PITA to work with, largely because it didn't have the real nice integration with XCode that Objective-C did and because PyObjC programs are structured codewise in a that's totally different from the proper order that Obj-C programmers expect them to be in.
It's also going in the other direction as well. With the enhancements that Apple's made to Obj-C, it's more like a scripting language, e.g. they added garbage collection to Obj-C 2.0 as well as a foreach-ish loop syntax.
In spite of Apple's moves to make Obj-C more like a scripting language, they still haven't included regular expressions in their API. something which astounds me to no end and makes all my scripting friends say "you gotta be kidding me!" When tasked with searching through lots of text for very specific things, it's at that point that non-Obj-C scripting languages provide a definite advantages as a workaround to Apple's stupidity.
Apple introduced the ruby scripting bridge to Leopard and you might have some fun playing with it.
:::link:::
02/26/2008 15:15 #43470
Salt Lake CityCategory: life
I'm going to this regional Ruby Conference in Salt Lake city the last weekend in March. I'm staying after the conference to visit with my family (I'm originally from SLC). It'll be nice to see them after 18 months. I miss my Dad and everyone else :)
I wish I could go to the Rails Conference in May in Portland Oregon, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards. And by the cards, I mean my credit card is already creaking from the weight of other stuff.
in Salt Lake city the last weekend in March. I'm staying after the conference to visit with my family (I'm originally from SLC). It'll be nice to see them after 18 months. I miss my Dad and everyone else :)
I wish I could go to the Rails Conference in May in Portland Oregon, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards. And by the cards, I mean my credit card is already creaking from the weight of other stuff.
Very cool. Safe enough to bring in desk toys yet?
awesome! did you dress up your cubicle yt?
awesome
Hurray!