Archive for 'Software Development'

What Is This Rails Thing?

Posted on01. Oct, 2007 by Ash Christopher.

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A few weeks ago, I downloaded an eBook on Ruby on Rails and gave the first few chapters a read. It was decently interesting, and it sounded like something I would like to get into. I am not a fan of eBooks, so I decided I would spring for a physical copy.

The book covers Rails [...]

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Solving The HTTP Double-Post Dilema

Posted on06. Mar, 2007 by Ash Christopher.

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Everyone who has done any sort of web development, and made use of the HTTP POST has run into this problem. If you haven’t, are you sure you are doing proper QA?
Basically, the problem comes from having the POST information still resident after an HTTP POST. If the user were to refresh their browser, that [...]

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Converting TV Shows To Play On Your iPod In Linux

Posted on02. Mar, 2007 by Ash Christopher.

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There are numerous Windows programs out there to convert video for use in your mobile devices. The problem however, is that unless you have a new dual-core machine your PC is more or less unusable until the conversion is complete.
Now, I know not everyone has a Linux machine just lying around, but I do, and [...]

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