Monthly Archives for 2012 04

Python Collections

2012 April 29 at 06:41 » Tagged as: map , reduce , python , ruby
Lists and Arrays. Correct me if I am wrong here but lists in python are what everyone el...

Python in 48 hours

2012 April 28 at 05:27 » Tagged as: vargs , python , ruby
Spurred on by my recent success in quickly learning ruby,  I am about to embark on a (crash) course ...

Ruby vs Python

2012 April 27 at 09:17 » Tagged as: xmpppy , django , python , religion , ror , ruby
Ruby and Python have been around for a long time almost as long as Java and PHP hang on a second, Py...

So where's the trade halt

2012 April 27 at 05:20 » Tagged as: xmpppy , cse , flash crash , mpi , trade halt
Call it the Colombo Lies Exchange, the Colombo Jokes Exchange or all it whatever you want but please...

Etisalat Cloud Storage

2012 April 26 at 13:24 » Tagged as: steganography , broadband , cloud
Everyone knows about Google Drive by now even though it was announced just a day ago. No one knows a...

Ruby DBI

2012 April 23 at 11:01 » Tagged as: dbi , mysql , ruby
This is another left over post from my learn ruby project. Ran into trouble while learning how to us...

Joomla Worst CMS Ever

2012 April 22 at 03:59 » Tagged as: node.js , joomla , cms , lame
Been a long time since I had a look at Joomla so decided to kick the tires on Joomla 2.5.4 but thing...

Ruby Rails - Could not find a JavaScript runtime

2012 April 21 at 13:22 » Tagged as: swap , javascript , ruby , virtualization
I recently had a series of posts on learing Ruby in less than 48 hours. I managed to do so in spite ...

CSE bugs still not fixed after two months

2012 April 20 at 04:16 » Tagged as: asi , cse
It's nearly two months since the automated trading system of the Colombo Stock Scam Exchange was upg...

The Colombo Lies Exchange

2012 April 19 at 14:51 » Tagged as: bartleet , comb , ctc , asi , sec
Well before the Colombo Stock Exchange ended trading today, I predicted that tommorow's headline in ...

Ruby on Rails in a day.

2012 April 19 at 00:39 » Tagged as: blackbox , scaffold , ror , ruby , sqlite
Having set my self a goal of learning Ruby in a day and managing to achieve it with in 48 hours, i'v...

Ruby Rails and Sqlite

2012 April 18 at 03:32 » Tagged as: swap , ror , ruby , sqlite
When trying to create my first rails app, well it's not my first rails app, I am just trying out the...

Mysql Incremental Backup

2012 April 17 at 15:51 » Tagged as: innobackupex , percona , xtrabackup , mysql
Still using mysql? about time you gave up on it and switched to Percona. It is a drop in replacement...

Ruby classes reloaded

2012 April 16 at 07:36 » Tagged as: swap , ruby
Whilst learning Ruby with the help of the Humble Little Ruby Book, I needed to do a little bit of ex...

Learn Ruby in just under 48 hours

2012 April 15 at 02:27 » Tagged as: sri lanka , ror , ruby
So the learn Ruby in a day project has been transformed into Learn Ruby in 48 Hours. I sure hope it ...

Learn Ruby in 48 Hours

2012 April 14 at 15:31 » Tagged as: joomla , ruby
The plan was to finish reading Humble Little Ruby Book within one day, but that didn't quite work ou...

Learn Ruby in 24 hours

2012 April 14 at 02:42 » Tagged as: joomla , ruby
Continuing live coverage of my attempt to learn Ruby in a day. Well the day had only 53 minutes left...

Learning Ruby in a Day

2012 April 13 at 17:36 » Tagged as: sri lanka , religion , ruby , wordpress
I've made two previous attempts and learning Ruby and both attempts were total failures. This time I...

F#$!king Wordpress

2012 April 11 at 03:54 » Tagged as: gae , wordpress
I am thinking of forking Wordpress. Did you think I meant something else? You have a dirty mind. Wor...

A full circle

2012 April 6 at 04:37 » Tagged as: scrabble , wordpress
The other day I blogged about a new look to the website. What powers the new look? Wordpress. Yes, t...