Monthly Archives for 2012 04

Python Collections

2012 April 29 at 06:41 » Tagged as: python, ruby, map, reduce
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: python, ruby, vargs
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: religion, python, ruby, ror, django, xmpppy
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: cse, flash crash, mpi, trade halt, xmpppy
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: broadband, cloud, steganography
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: ruby, mysql, dbi
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: cms, lame, node.js, joomla
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: virtualization, javascript, ruby, swap
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: cse, asi
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: asi, sec, bartleet, comb, ctc
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: ruby, ror, sqlite, blackbox, scaffold
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: ruby, ror, sqlite, swap
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: mysql, innobackupex, percona, xtrabackup
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: ruby, swap
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: ruby, ror, sri lanka
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: ruby, joomla
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: ruby, joomla
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: religion, wordpress, ruby, sri lanka
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: wordpress, gae
I am thinking of forking Wordpress. Did you think I meant something else? You have a dirty mind. Wor...

Open Exam

2012 April 9 at 01:33
Are you a lecturer or a student? do you need to prepare examinations for your students? or maybe you...

A full circle

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