January 2010
1 post
3 tags
MVC Helper-Helper
Haven’t done this blogging thing for a while.
I’ll throw up some code that helps with MVC helpers that I just made and thought was Neat-O.
public enum TagType {Script,CSS}
public static class QuickTag {
public static TagBuilder GetTag(TagType tagType) {
TagBuilder builder;
switch (tagType) {
case TagType.Script:
builder = new...
September 2009
3 posts
More technical details about Google Chrome Frame
jimray on Chrome Frame:
The Sunspider benchmark for Chrome Frame in IE 8 just ran faster for me than Chrome (4.0.211.7) itself.
IE 8 for reference.
Google acquires reCAPTCHA →
jimray:
Seems like a somewhat natural fit with Google’s “digitize the world” mission
I think that this is slightly more interesting in that, as far as I know, Google has been algorithm driven with no human input or correction.
For example, Paypal is partially human driven (fraud and rebates etc.) while Google Checkout has much less human intervention.
Google Voice transcriptions are, poorly,...
Embeddable Google Document Viewer →
43folders:
“Google Docs offers an undocumented feature that lets you embed PDF files and PowerPoint presentations in a web page. The files don’t have to be uploaded to Google Docs, but they need to be available…
A bookmarklet that opens all linked pdfs to take advantage of...
July 2009
1 post
June 2009
1 post
Going to start writing here more again… The usual excuses: vacation, busy, looking for a job, and graduating took away motivation. Now that I’m at DevTeach learning again, I’ll post some of the stuff I’m writing for that.
May 2009
7 posts
2 tags
I’m going to DevTeach 2009 in Vancouver! I’ll be covering it here: http://bit.ly/DevTeach09
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If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you need Instapaper. Even if you don’t and you still read a lot of articles online that aren’t necessarily bookmark-worthy or if you just want a better way (formatting and readability) to read and save them it’s still totally a cool site & app.
In the post about it’s current status:
instapaper:
… iPhone app: The next...
3 tags
Ctrl-F5ers
Why do (some) people say “Press Ctrl+F5 to run it.” I know what the difference is, I’ve just never understood why they don’t take 5 seconds and clarify the difference when they don’t even say “Use F5 if you actually want to see your exceptions.”
This post brought to you by the sigh after my rant after someone said “How do I see the exceptions...
April 2009
23 posts
1 tag
stevenf:
A few people whose opinions I hold in high regard have told me that the Office ribbon interface is actually pretty good, and that I shouldn’t draw my conclusions from a static screenshot.
It’s a good point. What we refer to as “user interface” extends well below the surface appearance, and I should know better than to go off about something without even trying it first. What I...
“For a year of your life,
you can buy a year’s salary;
but a year’s salary...”
– Quote from a friend, Paul La Montagne, about a decade or so ago. I only knew him for about a year or so but I remember him as being one of the more interesting (and smarter) people I’d ever met.
It’s an interesting quote. What’s missing, at least on the surface, is the fact that most of us don’t...
I’ll get back to my regular routine of not really regularly posting in a bit; I just got a project combining two things that I know nothing at all about: XNA Game Studio and networked based gaming.
I’ll try to post anything interesting or cool I learn on here.
Coding Horror: Revisiting the Black Sunday Hack →
Fascinating breif description of the pirate satellite war.
Google profiles are a way to claim your identity →
jimray:
Add contact information about yourself to be more findable. Take THAT, Facebook.
Been there, done that; a week ago: http://www.google.com/profiles/tylerhamilton
Questions remain though:
How much info do I put on while avoiding identity fraud?
What about spam? (seeing as how the major option for that is to make your profile your Gmail account your profile URL)
One cool yet...
5 tags
A MAGAZINE WITH A PUZZLE INSIDE →
stevebev:
—I’ve got 14 of the 15 mini-puzzles fully solved, and the answer (but not the question, how Jeopardy!) to the 15th, which is driving me crazy. But you can read all about it in tomorrow’s New York Times, page C3.
Rumor has it that it took about an extra 70 hours for the next person to solve the metapuzzle. Didn’t realize I was that fast!
But there are plenty more puzzles I need to...
5 tags
That Favorites Script.NET
original, as below
So I redid this in .NET. It’s the same, command line etc.
Code: http://tyler.hamilt.on.ca/files/code/Faves.cs
exe compiled with csc and I guess it probably won’t work on anything but windows with .NET 3.5 because I used LINQ (which is kind fun to figure out): http://tyler.hamilt.on.ca/files/code/Faves.exe
Let me know what you think.
(after exams,...
3 tags
That Favorites Script
poeks:
Okay, I quickly hacked together a standalone version of my favorites script in Perl. You run it from your favorite shell, it asks for your username, you type it in, and you’re good to go. I realize not everyone is going to have any idea what I’m talking about. Namely, most people.
So if you are one of those hallowed, nerdy few, please try the script out and let me know if it works. It...
2 tags
Why SQL Server 2008 is Bad
Using Experess in User Instance mode, with Visual Studio 2008, local DB files in App_Data and Entity Framework, it silently upgraded the version of the DB to one that was not compatable with SQL Server 2005.
Even when creating a new DB, and choosing compatability with 2005, it lies.
Did for me, anyway.
Really, this is why 2008 is bad, just more of a ye be careful in upgrading tale. Oh well.
1 tag
How to be a program manager - Joel on Software →
I never really knew how important and instrumental a role the program manager is. This article really made me begin to consider this position.
8 tags
FeatherDB - Java JSON Document DB (CouchDB) →
I don’t think this would ever be usable, but it might be very useful & interesting sample code…
Must look into more.
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stevenf:
Every geek I know shares, to some degree, the notion that the “desktop” metaphor for computers is outdated. What nobody seems to have a solid opinion on is what would take its place.
There have really only been two dominant UI metaphors in the short history of desktop computing:
Keyboard + command line
Mouse + desktop
A third metaphor, the pen, never really gained much...
3 tags
http://baconfile.com/ →
Neat-o little file sharing based on S3. It convinced me to sign up for a S3 account, and Amazon didn’t hurt itself by already having my CC# and my browser saved my password. Only $0.10 GB and transfer charges or whatever, so It’s not too bad.
1 tag
nhaml (pronounced enamel) →
This looks kinda interesting and cool. And, more importantly, potentially useful.
Really, really simply, it’s a way to avoid typing tons and tons of angle brackets in ASP.NET MVC.
4 tags
jQuery →
So I know everybody already knows about jQuery, but I just went to the .NET BC User Group presentation on it yesterday evening. I can no longer see compelling reasons to use the MS Ajax Control Toolkit (baring compatability, support and so on.)
That being said, while it does a lot of cool things, the key is to figure out when and where it might be a good idea to use it. Which is why I’m...
“Powerpoint is the most misused technological innovation since the handgun.”
– James Gray (via cleversimon)
Internet comments as heckling →
Interesting brief thoughts on comments.
Microsoft Azure (services platform)…
Didn’t work for me with my system. Had all the requirements but I’m running Win 7, so that’s probably why.
Compile & publish worked, but when it came time to brows to a site, csc.exe thew a nasty weird exception. Published files didn’t work after uploading them to Azure either.
I’d like to make it work, it seems like a...
Stack Overflow is Awesome. →
That is all.
StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide - Save... →
3 tags
Twitter jilts Ruby for Scala →
I’m a language geek I guess. I’ll have to settle down sooner or later though, and learn 1 or 2 per year.
This is particularly cool because it
is based on Java,
runs on the .NET CLR and,
is functional.
I wonder how it compares to F#?
Wikipedia
1 tag
“Introducing Opera Face Gestures
Adult Web sites
Users visiting Web sites that...”
– Introducing Opera Face Gestures
Video
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See: Tumblr →
So most of my cool stuff is over on Tumblr at http://shrt.tylerhamilton.net which should be the same as http://tylerham.tumblr.com
So go there for more frequent updates. I’m saving this…
“Now I sort of think of the whole engine as a special genetically engineered cow...”
– Jonathan Coulton (via 43folders)
A bit interesting and relevant to me, having worked near the end of, as he put it, the cow’s digestive system.
March 2009
5 posts
Front End Developer and Other Crap →
That’s right, I’ll Ajax the crap out of your site. Nothing, and I mean nothing will be static. I’ll pull your data asynchronously from every orifice of your server. Your clients will be SOOOOO impressed.
Here's my impression of every single...
catbird:
“I want a feature about Twitter and I want it on my desk by noon!”
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! →